HYDE

This is Aeroplanes from our live at Assault and Battery album. 

It's available here: http://orlandoseale.bigcartel.com/

AEROPLANES

A remix Of Dance Little Man by our friends The Chap (whose music we highly recommend).
http://www.thechap.org/

DANCE LITTLE CHAP VS ORLANDO SEALE AND THE SWELL

Released on March 23rd as a double a-side single along with 'All Of The Dogs'

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FILTHY HOPE

'All Of The Dogs' Released March 22nd as a double a-side single alongside 'Filthy Hope'. 

Order here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/filthy-hope-all-dogs-single/id975637642

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ALL OF THE DOGS

“The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing” - Marcus Aurelius

‘Wrestling’ is the new single from Orlando Seale and The Swell. Conceived in a condemned Denmark Street rehearsal room and inspired by the collapsing state of Seale’s own personal life, ‘Wrestling’ pitches us straight into the heart of the fray.

Recorded with Rob Wilks at Squarehead Studios in Kent ‘Wrestling’ is powered along by a remorseless rhythm, discordant pianos, and a palpable sense of jeopardy and impermanence. Matching Seale’s dramatic delivery the band have mercilessly stripped away layers to reveal something both ugly and beautiful as the song builds to a draining yet ultimately cathartic climax.


WRESTLING

Orlando was living and working as an actor in LA when his girlfriend at the time lent him Elliot Smith’s old guitar. Then she left him. He made his way home to London and was struck by the rapidly changing city, its caffeinated highs and 'Gin Street' lows. Thanks to a special collaboration with the Southbank Sinfonia, Orlando met viola players Becky Hopkin and Patricia Ramirez. Along with bassist Micky Turkington they created the Swell, an attempt to capture the epic sweep of the unreal city.

Then the sky fell down.
Life lurched left and steadily became more like wrestling than dancing. 

So armed with new drummer Andrew Gallop the band holed up in a condemned rehearsal space behind Denmark Street and began to carve out a harsher, less lyrical sound that reflected the turbulent times. In December 2015 they released their latest single ‘Wrestling’.
Happily critics and fans embraced the new direction and The Swell have since been playing sold out shows around the country and performing at some of the UK’s leading festivals. New releases are on their way…
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“Such freshness, and vigor, and power and newness about the writing and the delivery…it really swept us away. You must try and see Orlando Seale and The Swell if you possibly can.”
Tom Robinson BBC6 Music

“Brilliant British band Orlando Seale and The Swell – like Arcade Fire with better lyrics.”
Serena Davies, Daily Telegraph

“Like a male Florence and The Machine”
Noel Fielding

”A ballsy, bohemian behemoth coming on like Jarvis Cocker fronting Arcade Fire with a petite orchestra of drum-beating and string-serenading beauties.”
Will Rees, Wilderness festival

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