Current Swell is a Canadian indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia… Read Full Bio ↴Current Swell is a Canadian indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia. They released their first album, So I Say, in 2005.
The members of Current Swell no longer live together under a single roof — as they did years ago,
when the group first came together as a unit — but the bond between the four friends is stronger than
ever.
Touring the world for the better part of five years, from Brazil to Australia, often has that effect.
Current Swell’s years of experience on the road can be heard — and felt — in the nooks and crannies
of Long Time Ago, the new full-length from this rootsy Victoria, B.C. quartet. The record shifts
between upbeat folk (the title track, Long Time Ago) and singalong-ready roots rock (the first single,
Too Cold) with a fluidity and ease that could only come from continual touring.
The band originally wanted to call its fourth record People Not Places, as if to signify its new lyrical
direction. “We used to write about traveling, because that’s all we did for a while,” says singer-
guitarist Scott Stanton. “But on this record, we wrote mostly about people in our lives.”
Friends, acquaintances — even strangers — have been an integral aspect of Current Swell’s personal
and professional development. Decidedly grass-roots, the band has developed a strong online
following over the years, dating back to the independent release and promotion of its previous
recordings, So I Say (2005), Trust Us Now (2007), and Protect Your Own (2009).
Fans have remained steadfast in their support, something the members of Current Swell do not take
for granted. When the band earned first place at Vancouver’s Peak Performance Project (a 2011 radio
contest which awarded the group $100,500 for top prize), the first people on Current Swell’s thank-
you list were their fans.
“The online community has always backed us,” said singer-guitarist Dave Lang, addressing the group’s
considerable presence through iTunes and YouTube. “That is a big reason for our success.”
Steady momentum at the grass-roots level (the group’s video for its campfire-friendly single, Young
and Able, became a word-of-mouth YouTube success in 2010) has now translated to the stage, where
Current Swell shines. Their ability to capture a crowd was honed the old-fashioned way — through
constant practice. Current Swell has always tweaked things as needed, careful not to move in a
direction that feels inauthentic.
The band, which also features drummer Chris Petersen and bassist Ghosty Boy, started its career
with the most modest of expectations, playing shows in settings that ranged from backyards to
beaches. “When we first got together, we just started writing music for fun,” Stanton says. “Then we
got an opportunity to perform, and then we got an opportunity to tour. It wasn’t something we ever
chased too passionately at first. A lot of things just fell into place for us.”
The quartet struck upon a rhythm soon after, the size of its concerts increasing in tandem with its
rapidly progressing talent. Momentum kept Current Swell moving forward in the years that followed,
culminating last summer with a Canada Day concert before 45,000 people at the B.C. Legislature, one
of the largest concerts of its kind ever in Victoria.
That level of accomplishment (when coupled with sets in support of everyone from the Tragically Hip
and Xavier Rudd to K‘Naan, K-OS, The Beach Boys and more) suggests a band long-removed from its
learning-on-the-fly early days. That didn’t happen by accident.
“We’re all much more educated and knowledgeable about our career nowadays,” Stanton says. “We
feel like we know how to do this for a living.”
Despite years of careful planning and intuitive, thoughtful decisions, some things remain beyond
Current Swell’s control. Case in point: Brazil.
Through a mixture of circumstance and happenstance, the members of Current Swell are now the
beneficiaries of a large and loyal following in Brazil, the largest country in South America. The group
has just returned from a tour of the country, a trek which saw Current Swell headline two large
festivals in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, among the largest cities in the world.
“We’d get an e-mail here and there, ‘Please come to Brazil, I’m a huge fan,’ which was hilarious to
read,” Stanton says of the group’s throng of Brazilian fans. “But then we’d go on YouTube and there
was a bunch of people covering our songs. Someone even covered one of our music videos, lip-
syncing all our lyrics.”
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The members of Current Swell no longer live together under a single roof — as they did years ago,
when the group first came together as a unit — but the bond between the four friends is stronger than
ever.
Touring the world for the better part of five years, from Brazil to Australia, often has that effect.
Current Swell’s years of experience on the road can be heard — and felt — in the nooks and crannies
of Long Time Ago, the new full-length from this rootsy Victoria, B.C. quartet. The record shifts
between upbeat folk (the title track, Long Time Ago) and singalong-ready roots rock (the first single,
Too Cold) with a fluidity and ease that could only come from continual touring.
The band originally wanted to call its fourth record People Not Places, as if to signify its new lyrical
direction. “We used to write about traveling, because that’s all we did for a while,” says singer-
guitarist Scott Stanton. “But on this record, we wrote mostly about people in our lives.”
Friends, acquaintances — even strangers — have been an integral aspect of Current Swell’s personal
and professional development. Decidedly grass-roots, the band has developed a strong online
following over the years, dating back to the independent release and promotion of its previous
recordings, So I Say (2005), Trust Us Now (2007), and Protect Your Own (2009).
Fans have remained steadfast in their support, something the members of Current Swell do not take
for granted. When the band earned first place at Vancouver’s Peak Performance Project (a 2011 radio
contest which awarded the group $100,500 for top prize), the first people on Current Swell’s thank-
you list were their fans.
“The online community has always backed us,” said singer-guitarist Dave Lang, addressing the group’s
considerable presence through iTunes and YouTube. “That is a big reason for our success.”
Steady momentum at the grass-roots level (the group’s video for its campfire-friendly single, Young
and Able, became a word-of-mouth YouTube success in 2010) has now translated to the stage, where
Current Swell shines. Their ability to capture a crowd was honed the old-fashioned way — through
constant practice. Current Swell has always tweaked things as needed, careful not to move in a
direction that feels inauthentic.
The band, which also features drummer Chris Petersen and bassist Ghosty Boy, started its career
with the most modest of expectations, playing shows in settings that ranged from backyards to
beaches. “When we first got together, we just started writing music for fun,” Stanton says. “Then we
got an opportunity to perform, and then we got an opportunity to tour. It wasn’t something we ever
chased too passionately at first. A lot of things just fell into place for us.”
The quartet struck upon a rhythm soon after, the size of its concerts increasing in tandem with its
rapidly progressing talent. Momentum kept Current Swell moving forward in the years that followed,
culminating last summer with a Canada Day concert before 45,000 people at the B.C. Legislature, one
of the largest concerts of its kind ever in Victoria.
That level of accomplishment (when coupled with sets in support of everyone from the Tragically Hip
and Xavier Rudd to K‘Naan, K-OS, The Beach Boys and more) suggests a band long-removed from its
learning-on-the-fly early days. That didn’t happen by accident.
“We’re all much more educated and knowledgeable about our career nowadays,” Stanton says. “We
feel like we know how to do this for a living.”
Despite years of careful planning and intuitive, thoughtful decisions, some things remain beyond
Current Swell’s control. Case in point: Brazil.
Through a mixture of circumstance and happenstance, the members of Current Swell are now the
beneficiaries of a large and loyal following in Brazil, the largest country in South America. The group
has just returned from a tour of the country, a trek which saw Current Swell headline two large
festivals in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, among the largest cities in the world.
“We’d get an e-mail here and there, ‘Please come to Brazil, I’m a huge fan,’ which was hilarious to
read,” Stanton says of the group’s throng of Brazilian fans. “But then we’d go on YouTube and there
was a bunch of people covering our songs. Someone even covered one of our music videos, lip-
syncing all our lyrics.”
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facebook.com/currentswell
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Reap What You Sow
Current Swell Lyrics
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Absent Mind Never changing or rearranging The things in life that cause …
B. T. Green I am not the wisest man This world has ever seen So…
Billy Stewart Over and over I tell you that I love you It's over…
Converge My barren plan to be a better man Rots in abandoned…
D.A.Jay Reap what you sow Chorus All you do A meds and…
Damn Broads You created your own world full of lies and deceit Seems…
Demoraliser You lost respect the day you said you missed me And…
Dismemberment The masses look upon red skies The surface crumbles at their…
Duane Allman Just one thing, baby child, before you go Just one thing,…
Ghalia Volt One day baby, you're gonna reap what you sow, Yeah one…
It Lies Within You Treated Me Like An Option So I Left You Like…
L.C. McKinley There was a time We had it all Still you wanted more Walking…
Lucky Dube We hear you crying So bitterly Trying to get people to help…
Matt Elliott Look at you now proud and lonely lost in belief that you're …
Otis Rush Just one thing, baby child, before you go Just one thing,…
Rachel Croft You're a bitter little man This I know Pour salt upon the…
RipLoaf Shit ain't go your way for once you spoiled now…
S.O.C.O.M. There was a time We had it all Still you wanted more Walking…
Sarah Jane Nelson Honey, did he tell you I'm a bitch That's his…
Stewart Billy Over and over I tell you that I love you It's over…
The Ford Blues Band Just one thing, baby child, before you go Just one thing,…
The Great Commission Who are you to cast the first stone? And with these…
The Product G&B I am not the wisest man This world has ever seen So…
The Tiger Lillies He's got to have a hobby He's got to have a…
The Twang Ain't it always like that You got good intentions but just…
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Bad News I was walking home when I got word that you…
Brad's Song He's a sitting man People fear his words like they used to…
Bring Me Down Bring me down. But don't bring me down to low. I…
Brumner I met the girl of my dreams so many times…
Chasing Got to get myself in order all this time that…
Chestermans Valley Knocked out start thinking about all the shit that we…
Christmas Alone People are crazy Most of the time Without adding in hard boo…
Desire Don't know what to desire Thought it was love but love…
For the Land Won't you tell your daddy I'm an educated man Goyim is jus…
Go On High, High on this mountain top True Love, ain't gonna find…
Gunshots Gunshots fire into the sky But I don't salute Run children…
Honest Man Doing time for a crime that he didn't commit the look…
Keys to the Kingdom I got the keys in my pocket but I still…
Long Time Ago This day feels long. It feels brief when the light is…
Money Riff Loosing count ya Loosing count, all those times you try to…
One Day I'll Be Rich One day I'll be rich, rolling in dough One day I'll…
rollin He doing alright when his ear is on the ground But…
Room of the Faded Moon Room of the Faded Moon Lyrics Tell me what do you…
Short Stories I don't wanna write songs about depression you probably won'…
Stomach We started talking about the ocean Talking about the waves T…
The Digger Straight off the top of my head I told the…
Ulysses Have you ever seen my baby Walking through the grass just…
Unescapable Dome Is it the snowflakes here in the winter time that…
We Will Run We would run, we would run We would run, we would…
Who's With Us He calls her up on the telephone Losing track of the…
Wishing Well Baby its gonna be a while, A while until we meet…
Young and Able Hey my baby well ain’t that nice, Turn a lifestyle into…
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Surfjuice
its cool cause i appreciate you uploading them in first place! I just noticed when i was in the other room and it kept going slient and then scaring the shit outta me lol. CURRENT SWELL IS THE RULES!
Troy Smaili
shit I cant find this awesome album on 4shared!
itsigawmo
anyone have chords for this.?
Ramon Schweden
Who else want's to skate and snowboard now?
Surfjuice
why do all these songs have long empty spots at the end with no sound? its annoying for playlists!!!!