Shwank is a music band. Or is it a collective dream wish of vibrational understanding? Maybe an intense longing for harmonization - No, 1 shouldn't say longing. It's more like stubbing a toe on the staircase, then rolling up the carpet so we can dance. It's an irresponsible poetic acceptance of mortality. It's gasoline doused in references doused in gasoline. Is it just human nature? Or a painting of a waterfall. It's stones crashing on water- breathing in, corrosive, unconditional existence; and breathing out, a happy return to nothingness.

Shot by Rafael Lee.



Battle of the Shwanks. Listen to the live performance here:





Designs by Luke Magette







11/23/24 - Neumann Leathers, Hoboken shot by Rafael Lee. @_rafael_lee.



Meditation & Vegetation
Released September 30, 2023

James Hooker - guitar and vox
Sahil Navani - bass guitar
Mikey Brewer - drums and mix engineer
Liam Cunningham - saxophone

Recorded and engineered by Alex Schwindt

Dedicated to the Moon and her Actors



Shwank archive:

4/30/23 Farside Tavern shot by Luke



Pics from Manhattan 4/22/23 by Kaley Fitz.