The Swear’s new album The Clinic and The Sane is a defiant return to singer/writer/guitarist Elizabeth Elkins’ punk rock past inspired by five years of writing country music and playing by Nashville's rules. Rhythm section Kevin Williams (bass) and Kent Aberle (drums) snarl and twist through songs that can only be described as the New York Dolls on an all-night Leonard Cohen bender, with hints of Hum and The Damned. It's a two-minute furious rock and roll assault against hipsters ("East Nashville"), violence on Magazine Street and Sunset Boulevard ("Ghosts of New Orleans", "Outside a LA Rock Club") - and it's a cynical look at the race for fame and love in Nashville ("I Sold My Soul on Gallatin Road", "Stargazers", "Kurt Cobain and Jesus"). Behind the buzzing humbuckers and chaotic lyrics, you’ll find songs as disciplined as they are reactionary, held tightly together by Williams’ prog-punk riffs and Aberle’s disobedient swagger. 

The self-produced EP, mixed by the legendary Nick DiDia, includes guest vocals from Anna Rose, Kate Tucker, Rachel Bolan of Skid Row, Chrystal Leigh and Vanessa Olivarez - and features Ethan Luck on lead guitar.

You may have heard the band’s songs in more than 50 television shows including Rescue Me, Smallville, Wanted, Life as We Know It, Jersey Shore and Roswell. Elkins has cuts by artists including Billy Currington (Billboard Top 30 Country) and Kira Isabella (Billboard Top 15 Country Canada). The band has played the Warped Tour, SXSW, CMJ and toured coast to coast.

ELIZABETH IS PROUD TO BE A GIBSON GUITAR ARTIST.

KEVIN PLAYS ROTOSOUND STRINGS.

KENT IS A GRETSCH DRUMS, DREAM CYMBALS, AQUARIAN DRUMHEADS, GIBRALTAR HARDWARE AND VIC FIRTH STICKS ARTIST.