The Swellers quell break-up rumours

6 January 2012 | 12:33 pm | Staff Writer
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After internet rumours of the band breaking up, drummer Jonathon Diener has posted on Tumblr setting things straight and discussing new Swellers album plans.

After internet rumours of the band breaking up, drummer Jonathon Diener has posted on Tumblr setting things straight and discussing new Swellers album plans.


After his brother and Swellers frontman Nick Diener posted a Facebook note about a new band, rumours flew about the band breaking up. Jono had this to say:


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Some of you may have seen everything getting posted about my brother, Nick's new band Strange Hawks. Things seem to be getting way out of hand. Why? Because not only is the band NOT REAL, but neither is the drama! Someone found the "band" on Nick's facebook, got it posted to Absolutepunk so we got our friends involved (fake comments/tweets) in a huge joke. That's how the internet works, it's hilarious. We have also started writing the next Swellers album! It's sounding killer so far and we hope to be demoing in the next few months whenever we're home.