Swim the Current, the electrifying rock band featuring Greg Antine, Marcos Leal (Ill Nino), George Pond (Disciples of Verity), Chris Moore (George Lynch, Autograph) and Joe Gareri, proudly announces their signing with TLG|ZOID, distributed by Virgin Music Group. Their highly anticipated new single, "Stay", will be released on October 18th.
Frontman Marcos Leal expressed his excitement:
“I’m ecstatic to announce Swim The Current’s signing with TLG|ZOID, distributed by Virgin Music Group, as well as our new single “Stay” due out October 18th! I look forward to taking the next step in my career with Swim The Current, as well as explore my Country Rock Roots with this new record!"
"Thank you to Denny Sanders, as well as all the staff at TLG|ZOID, my bandmates, and production team for taking a chance on this new era of my career. Can’t wait to show you all soon!"
Denny Sanders, President of TLG|ZOID, commented on the collaboration:
"I liked the new dimension Marcos had brought to ILL NINO. Now he brings it with a Texas twist to Swim The Current, couldn't be happier to have him on board full time."
Peter Tsiolis, CEO of TLG|ZOID, also sharing his thoughts on the signing, added:
"When Denny emailed me the first demo of ‘So Low’, I said, great cover now let’s hear an original. He sent over ‘Stay’ and I said, let’s jump on the Swim the Current wave. We are really excited about having STC join the TLG|ZOID family."
This signing marks an exciting new chapter for Swim the Current as they prepare to unveil their new sound to audiences around the world. Stay tuned for the release of "Stay" on October 18th!
WATCH the Teaser for "Stay"!
Having played in numerous bands throughout the years, Guitarist Greg Antine came to a point in his career where he wanted to branch out and write songs that had more depth and were inspired by his personal life experiences. Having worked with Bassist George Pond for several years in previous projects including, Disciples Of Verity, Greg expressed his concept for Swim The Current to George in hopes of collaborating with him on this new music venture. The two began to flesh out ideas in George’s home studio and realized quickly that they were on to something special, but still needed something more to see their ideas through to complete their concepts. Greg was introduced to Joe Gareri, Guitar/Keyboards, by George during the Disciples Of Verity debut album recording sessions which Joe is also featured on as a guest artist. The three of them immediately hit it off and worked extremely well together. Greg and George realized that Joe’s cinematic writing style would be a perfect match for their concepts and Joe was then brought in as a full time member. After two songs were completed and demo’d in George’s studio utilizing programmed drums, it was suggested by their friend Allyson Song River Jaynes, that they reach out to her friend, drummer Chris Moore of Ultraphonix, Rock Of Ages, to see if he would be interested in working with the project. Upon hearing the strength of songwriting and musicianship of the band, Chris was all in and signed on as the fourth full time member of STC and now the band, from an instrument’s perspective, was complete.
The final missing piece for STC was a lead vocalist who could capture the sound they envisioned for their music. After working in the studio with a few different vocalists, George ultimately reached out to his friend Marcos Leal, of legendary international touring band Ill Nino. Marcos loved the music of STC as well as having the freedom and creativity of writing lyrics for the project. After recording their first song together with Marcos, "We Are Not The Same", everyone new that this lineup was something special and Swim The Current was now complete! The release of "We Are Not The Same" took off instantly, and amassed thousands of streams, YouTube views and followers through a total organic DIY social media campaign.
Swim The Current’s sound is influenced and reminiscent of many of their favorite artists including, Deftones, Faith No More, Sevendust, POD, and Stabbing Westward. They continue to write new music and look forward to sharing their future releases with the world!
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