Spirit World Tour

by Sword II

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Vtard Dude what if they made a song called "Gold" and it was just about busting down rollies and fit checks BRO that would be so cool. Favorite track: Silver.

jb's world probably the coolest band in the world Favorite track: Silver.

Cody Pennock yo this is the stuff! this sounds like nothing ive ever heard before, excited to see yall play on The Trip

glab This thing's icy as hell omg Favorite track: Crystal.

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Sword II debut LP limited edition cassette tape. Red transparent cassette. Features the entirety of Spirit World Tour on both Side A and Side B.

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1.	Damage 02:45		buy track
2.	First Rule of the Bug 03:27		buy track
3.	Body 02:35	lyrics	buy track
Cold sweat on me Wipe it off Deep down in me Take it out Coldness, surrounding Wrap me up Losing my body Tie me down Shut up, just shut up I don’t think you’ve lost it enough Deep down, in me So take me out Cold sweat, on me Wipe it off Deep down, in me Take it out Coldness, surrounding Wrap me up Losing my body Tie me down I burn the chains around my body I burn the chains around me I’ll burn the chains whenever I get the chance to
4.	Mirror 03:26		buy track
5.	9-12 02:45		buy track
6.	Crystal 02:02		buy track
7.	DRM 04:35		buy track
8.	Silver 04:36		buy track

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The enigmatic Atlanta-based four-piece outfit, Sword II, share their debut album Spirit World Tour - a snapshot into the collective’s shared seminal life experiences over the past three years, with potent lyrics that explore refusal, love and rage, degenerates, fluidity, life force and psychological warfare. Starting their journey playing DIY and experimental shows across Atlanta, Sword II have built up a sonic arsenal of boundary pushing music and combining it with politically-charged lyrics.

Recorded between 2020-2022 at their Lakewood, Atlanta basement studio, which is located a few houses down from The Dungeon, where The Dungeon Family and Outkast made their first records, one of the band’s biggest sources of inspiration, Spirit World Tour was created over a period of unprecedented times across America and the world. “The album title came to us because we were experimenting with a lot of different styles of music and ways of recording, especially during the pandemic & uprising year of 2020,” explains the band. “That whole summer we were just immersed in that climate, making friends with people on the street, bringing generators and speakers to demonstrations, washing tear gas from our eyes. And then when we would finally go back home, finally to make music, we had a whole new perspective on how we wanted to do things.”

Formed in 2018, Mari González (they/them - bass and vocals), Certain Zuko (she/her - guitar and vocals), Travis Arnold (he/him - guitar and vocals) and José "Frio" Izaguirre (he/him - drums and vocals) make up the band - each member coming from different backgrounds within the ATL music scenes. Spirit World Tour was born out of years worth of sessions that were 100% experimental, where guitars would be changed to synths, and then back, real drum kits forged into electronic ones, and speeding up and warping pretty much anything they could get their hands on, the album slowly began to take its shape. The result is a cohesive record that effortlessly glides in and out of ruthless punk to unsettling noise and pop sensibilities.

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released June 23, 2023

Written by: Mari González, Certain Zuko, Travis Arnold, and José "Frio" Izaguirre
Produced by: Mari González (bass and vocals), Certain Zuko (guitar and vocals), Travis Arnold (guitar and vocals) and José "Frio" Izaguirre (drums and vocals)
Mixed by: Graham Tavel
Mixed at: Mirror Mirror Recording Studio
Mastered by: Timothy Stollenwerk
Mastered at: Stereophonic Mastering

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