Swami & the Bed of Nails, featuring Swami John Reis, have today released their new album titled ‘All Of This Awaits You’ as well as announced their latest tour dates. The valid and varied history of all things swami aside, this is a true banger of an album. Diversity meets dirt with a truly signature sound that captures the mind, body, and soul of a band monumental with hooks and timeless originality.

‘All Of This Awaits You’ should be considered an expanded preview of a band that can easily capture that live sound in the confines of a studio. Each song could be a single and each note could be a story. Unique chord progressions and outside-of-the-box musical choices all work even when seeming a bit risky. Experimentation as a lifestyle.

About Swami & the Bed of Nails & ‘All Of This Awaits You’

Swami & the Bed of Nails featuring Swami John Reis (Hot Snakes, Drive Like Jehu, Rocket From The Crypt, PLOSIVS and more) are excited to announce the release of the band’s debut album, All Of This Awaits You (stream/purchase HERE). Produced by John Reis and mixed by Ben Moore, All Of This Awaits You was born out of the final Hot Snakes writing sessions in 2023. Transforming into what Reis describes as “a growing tributary” after the passing of his longtime friend and bandmate Rick Froberg, the songs on the eventual nine-song album presented here come from this challenging time of reflection and redirection.

All Of This Awaits You is an immediate blast of joy intended to celebrate our time on Earth. It is nostalgia for a past that probably never happened. It is the hope that the future will consider embracing the innocence of rock ‘n’ roll. It is an idealized pursuit intended to elevate the status of the simplest pleasures and ridicule the unattractive lust of the unhindered ambitious. The music is a reenactment of the past lives of elderly teenagers returning once again to sustain their echo. All Of This Awaits You is punk rock music, but what that means is your guess. Watch the music video for new single, “Ketchup, Mustard and Relish,” on YouTube.

“I’ve never thought much of self reflection, at least not the deep kind,” Reis says. “I dunno, I think I felt that kind of introspection would somehow derail my rock n roll instincts and objective. My goal has always been to make explosive music, exciting records, play meaningful shows, shake hands, kiss babies and then repeat. I never treated anything I did artistically as being precious. There is always going to be a next thing that I would hopefully love even more.”

Much like the Swami John Reis LP, Ride The Wild Night, All Of This Awaits You features Joe Guevara on piano and synthesizer. Whereas the last record occupies a garage-y take on rock ‘n’ roll, All Of This Awaits You is punk through the lens of rock ‘n’ roll. Instead of the organic piano featured prominently on this first record, the sound now is predominantly arpeggiated, buzzsaw synths and reedy organs.

On drums is both Jason Koukounis of Hot Snakes and Night Marchers and Richard Larson. Koukounis propels the earlier recordings with blown out 4/4 bombast while Larson offers a loose whip approach and parks it back in the garage. On bass is Tommy Kitsos, also from Night Marchers, CPC Gangbangs and a Hot Snakes fill-in, reservist. Kitsos has a sound bigger than all outdoors. On second guitar is Mark Murino who played in Radio Wendy and Dirty Sweet. He brings a stylistic timelessness, making it hard to date this recording. Also appearing on this record is Rob Crow (who plays with Reis in PLOSIVS as well as Pinback), Anthony Anzaldo (from Ceremony and Cold Cave) and Jacob Turnbloom (from Mrs. Magician).

“The importance of noise and the deep need for me to connect with the language and culture of music and song might be the most meaningful thing to me of all,” Reis says. “But, I have zero expectation of my music having any importance to others. My pursuit is a personal relationship. As I continue to ‘grow’ (get older), I’m even less patient with explaining myself, my intentions, what I am thinking and feeling and what it all means. I really have no idea what it all means and I doubt it even matters. I’m thankful for those that spend time with my noise. I’m grateful that I have become close to so many people all over the world that have gravitated to this noise. ‘All Of This Awaits You’ is more of that noise. I dedicate this record to my friends and loved ones, alive and in the beyond. Long live the rebel noise from the primitive dimension.“

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