The Swear

John Lennon Songwriting Contest Grand Prize Winner ++ International Songwriting Competition Finalist and Honorable Mention ++ The UK Singer/Songwriter Awards Runner-up ++ Billboard/Discmakers Independent World Series of Music Southeast Finalist ++ Taste of Chaos/MySpace Finalist for the Taste of Chaos Tour ++ Movie Tunes Indie 101 Featured Artist in Atlanta, NYC and LA ++ Arizona Jeans Radio Free Arizona Featured Artist ++ Top 50 Qualifier in the American Music Awards presents the Coca-Cola New Music Award ++ Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands 7 Finalist ++ Featured/Spotlight Artist on XM Radio, Sonicbids.com, Garageband.com, Buzzplay.com, NumberOneMusic.com and FreshTracksMusic.com ++ "Deadfall" demo charted in the Top 20 on FMQB, Clear Channel's The Album Network and UNCLE commercial specialty show playlists

Check out some recent press:

"Sometimes ya just dig a good pop song where the guitarists are punching and jabbing through the melody and groove in a way that truly lifts things up. In this regard, Elizabeth Elkins and Jeremy Zamora are rock warriors with total command of meaty riffs, feedback swells, dynamics, and churning, crunching chords." -Guitar Player

"One of the Top 25 albums by a Georgia artist in 2005. Solid, scorching and sensual. So much power and ferocity...there's more emotion on this collection than a half-dozen major label releases from new, inferior bands. A breathless and mournful good time." -Georgia Music Magazine

"One of the Top 17 albums by a Georgia artist in 2005. A combustible presence." -Creative Loafing

"One of the Top 10 albums of 2005. Wicked." -Punk Globe (UK)

"The Swear write some of the best songs in rock today." -Aaron Hickman, 105.3 FM The Buzz, Atlanta

"It's dark, it's real and it hits home. Elkins is a top songwriter on the verge of big things." -Lollapalooza promoter Kip Schaumloffel

"One of the trends we'd like to see in 2006 is Atlanta getting one of its many stalwart rock bands - Second Shift, The Whigs and The Swear come to mind - into the upper reaches of the charts. The Swear is terrific. Memorable guitar riffs and a thundering rhythm section careen behind Elkins' forceful vocals. The songs paint vivid portraits of envy, jealousy and the things we do for love and lust." -Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Number 47 on the 2006 Atlanta "It" List (joining Outkast, Sugarland, Ludacris and TI as the only musical acts on the list). This quartet turns out smart, catchy rock songs, as they proved on their punchy debut CD. Elkins nails down her tough-girl stance like a 21st-century Suzi Quatro; her slightly frayed delivery lends an extra note of authenticity to the memorable chorus of 'The Sleep Inside,' which favorably recalls Liz Phair's accessibly edgy moments. Zamora confidently peels off sharp, catchy riffs, offsetting the radio-friendly polish of 'Last Breath'." -The Sunday Paper

"It was less than a full song into The Swear's show opening for The Subways before I was sending off text messages to friends in other states reading 'I've found the new Brody Dalle'. If you've ever been a fan of a song, only to delve into it later and find that the lyrics and melody continue to come back to haunt you, you've found a new band to obsess on. 'January' has been that to me. It's one of those choruses made for nights when the rain literally saps the light from outside." -Resonator Magazine blog

"The Swear's ballsy debut album hits with a mega-ton blast of guitar, drums, and Elkins' razor-edged vocals. Rough, demanding and alternately soothing and antagonistic, The Swear is unapologetically rock and roll, and Every Trick's A Good One is their declaration of such." -Southeast Performer

"Thank God there is a rock band in town with enough balls to act like a rock band should. And it took a woman to do it. The Swear is fronted by Elizabeth Elkins, the no bullshit queen of the Atlanta scene. With vocals falling somewhere between Love and Stefani, Elkins leaves the Prada and the Prozac out in favor of the rock. " -Civilian Magazine

"Punky smashchords and Elizabeth Elkins' growl evoke the immortal Joan Jett." -Macon Telegraph