Swami (2026)
Swami John Reis kicks off his 2026 with a 7" of two new songs. If I remember the listing on the Swami shop page correctly, I think these were from the same sessions that produced the last full length. Though I am not positive about that as the page for this on the site is now gone, likely because the 250 copies of this record that were pressed disappeared pretty quickly.
On the A side we have "Turn On You." This one is a medium tempo chugger with lots of good downstroking in the verse. But the guitar really shines through said chugging as it has a bright tone with just a hint of jangle. We blast into the expectedly big chorus that also has some nice keyboard flourishes. It's a fun one.
"Meme Bitch" holds down the B side and is much faster with perhaps double the downstrokes per minute. It kicks off with a relatively straightforward verse with a chord progression that feels very Swami, even though it probably would seem unusual for many songwriters. I, however, am not a songwriter, so I probably don't know the technical name for this part of a song, but there's a bridge/transition/breakdown thing right before the before the chorus that has a a strong Hot Snakes feel to me, but without the big crunch of guitars that is synonymous with that band. RIt's great. The chorus is a cathartic shout along and The whole shebang wraps up pretty quick.
The Swami can do no wrong by me and this 7" is just another excellent record to add to the collection. I feel like the amount of new Swami music is definitely on the uptick these last couple of years and I hope that continues to be the case. I always want more.
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