The Swirlies are a band from Boston that formed in 1990. Similar to My Bloody Valentine they have been referred to as shoegaze musicians. They play loud, wall of noise, guitar music. The Swirlies released a series of EPs and three albums -- Blonder Tongue Audio Baton (1993), They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World of the Salons (1996) and the remix record Strictly East Coast Sneaky Flute Music (1998) -- on the Taang! label before moving on to Bubblecore Records for 2003's Cats of the Wild Volume 2. A handful of singles have also appeared through Slumberland, Pop Narcotic and Working Holiday. Damon Tutunjian and Andrew Bernick have been with the band throughout its existence, with Adam Pierce and Rob Laakso filling out the most recent core lineup. Controversial offshoot The Yes Girls also released a limited edition album in 2000 on the Pehr label. City nickname: Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe), Athens of America Location Location in Massachusetts Government Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas Menino (Dem) Physical characteristics Area Land Water 89. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Clockwise from bottom left: Colm OCiosoig, Bilinda Butcher, Kevin Shields, Debbie Googe My Bloody Valentine were an Irish-British shoegazing rock band. ... Shoegazing is a style of music that emerged in Britain in the late 1980s. ...
Notorious for loud, wall-of-noise guitar music, as well as a twisted quiet side, Swirlies have a fondness for the phrase "sneakyflute music" to describe their endeavors.
Swirlies released a series of EPs and four albums on the Taang!
Controversial Swirlies offshoot The Yes Girls toured the US and Denmark opening for Mew and also released a limited edition album in 2000 through Sneakyflute Empire/Pehr.
The Swirlies made their recorded debut with the six-song EP Swirlies Number One, and then proceeded to release a slew of singles, including Red Fishdreams with fellow chimp rockers Kudgel.
This lineup of the Swirlies recorded They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World of the Salons, the band's second full-length album, which included more keyboards and drum machines in their sound but maintained a lo-fi aesthetic.
The Swirlies continued to record and release singles for the next few years, collecting some of them, as well as new material, in 2003's mini-album Cats of the Wild, Vol.
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