{{Short description|American indie folk band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} thumb|Swear and Shake in Nashville, TN. January 2016. '''Swear and Shake''' was an indie folk band based out of Nashville, Tennessee. Formed in 2010 by Kari Spieler (vocals, lyrics, guitar), Adam McHeffey (vocals, lyrics, guitar, banjo), the band included Shaun Savage (electric bass).<ref>{{cite web|last=Warren|first=Bruce|title=My Morning Download: "Brother" by Swear and Shake (Playing World Cafe Live 10/19)|date=17 October 2013|url=http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/10/17/my-morning-download-by-brother-by-swear-and-shake-playing-world-cafe-live-october-19th/}}</ref><ref name="Greenpoint Gazette">{{cite web|last=Wakefield|first=Kylie Jane|title=Swear and Shake on the Rise in New York City|url=http://www.greenpointnews.com/entertainment/3843/swear-and-shake-on-the-rise-in-new-york-city|publisher=Greenpoint Gazette|accessdate=21 December 2012}}</ref> Time Out New York described their sound as "postcard-perfect indie folk with an undercurrent of sly humor."<ref>{{cite web|title=Communion: Swear and Shake + Matthew Ryan + Zane Carney + Micah + Last Good Tooth|url=http://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/communion-swear-and-shake-matthew-ryan-zane-carney-micah-last-good-tooth-union-hall-december-6-2012|accessdate=21 December 2012}}</ref> Swear and Shake self-identify their sound as "Big Hook Americana".<ref>{{cite web|last=Jacques|first=Amy|title=On The Verge|date=6 September 2013|url=http://www.relix.com/ontheverge/detail/swear_and_shake|publisher=Relix Magazine}}</ref> The band relocated from Brooklyn, New York to Nashville, Tennessee, in November, 2014, to write their second full-length record. On November 23, 2017, via social media, the band announced their breakup and that they will be moving onto new projects after 7 years as Swear and Shake.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1724103934286958&id=124429564254411|title=Swear and Shake|website=m.facebook.com|access-date=2017-11-23}}</ref>
== The Sound of Letting Go LP == In 2016 Swear and Shake ran a second crowdfunding campaign for "The Sound of Letting Go," their second full-length set of recordings. It was recorded in Richmond, VA, at Spacebomb Studios. The 13-track LP was on June 2, 2017, under the band's independent label, Pots and Pans Records.
==Maple Ridge LP==
In 2012 Swear and Shake released their debut album Maple Ridge. The band's campaign to fund the record through the crowd funding website Kickstarter exceeded its goal by $750.00.<ref name="The Deli">{{cite web|last=Antonetti|first=Devon|title=Swear And Shake: Raucous indie folk, reinvented by Long Island purists|url=http://www.thedelimagazine.com/band-interview.php?artist=swear-and-shake|accessdate=22 December 2012}}</ref> The record gained the band attention amongst notable independent music blogs, with My Old Kentucky Blog featuring Swear and Shake in their New Band Smell section,<ref>{{cite web|title=New Band Smell: Swear and Shake|url=http://www.myoldkentuckyblog.com/?p=33021|accessdate=22 December 2012}}</ref> multiple features in The Deli Magazine,<ref>{{cite web|title=Swear and Shake|url=http://nyc.thedelimagazine.com/category/bands/swear-and-shake}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Deli's BK Bazaar show with Emily Wells, Devin, Swear & Shake and Live Footage|url=http://nyc.thedelimagazine.com/11781/delis-bk-bazaar-show-on-1207-emily-wells-devin-swear-shake-and-live-footage|accessdate=23 December 2012}}</ref> and The Blue Indian naming Swear and Shake as their Band Of The Month for December 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theblueindian.com/features/band-of-the-month/december-2012-band-of-the-month-swear-and-shake/|title = December 2012 "Band of the Month" - SWEAR AND SHAKE|date = December 2012}}</ref>
== Members == Current: * Adam McHeffey (2010–present) * Kari Spieler (2010–present) * Shaun Savage (2010–present) Past Members: * Tom Elefante (2010 - 2012) * Benny Goldstein (2013 - 2015)
== Discography == {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Tracks !Notes |- |2010 |Extended Play | # Being and Time # The Promise # Johnnie # Truckstop Flower # Bones | |- |2011 |For Better, For Worse - Single | # For Better, For Worse | |- |2012 |Maple Ridge | # Marbles # These White Walls # Suddenly # Find Her Way # Summer in a New State # Humming to a Sea Snail # Moving Parts # Wrecking Ball # Hand and Foot, Heart and Soul # The Light | |- |2013 |Brother - Single | # Brother | |- |2013 |Fire - Single | # Fire | |- |2014 |"Ain't That Lovin" | # Like You Do # Wishful Thinking on Seagrass Shoal # Daggers # Good as Gone # Be Your Strength | |- |2014 |"I'm Not The Only One" | # I'm Not The Only One |Sam Smith cover |- |2014 |Holiday Split Single | # Santa, My First Love # Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | |- |2015 |I'm Looking Through You | # I'm Looking Through You |Featured on Looking Through You: A 50th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles’ Rubber Soul |- |2016 |Christmas Is You | # Christmas Is You | |- |2017 |Tear Us Apart | # Tear Us Apart - Single | |- |2017 |The Sound of Letting Go | # Tear Us Apart # Not For Nothing # Two Years Lost # Friendly Fire # Falling In Love # Blouses # Tina # Until Someone Does It To You # Love Radiating # Landing Planes # Easier To Do # The Sound Of Letting Go # How We Fight
|Released June 2, 2017 |}
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