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Musicemission - Reviews Swamphouses newest EP The Fade
Swamphouse, over the course of a five-track EP, have managed to condense and distill the best bits of about forty years of a musical commuity into one brilliant sound. 'The Fade' blends old skool hip-hop with ultra-modern R&B (with added dashes of retro soul, funk and blues) to create a fresh vibe that's unlike anything else knocking about today.
Neufutur - Swamphouse - The Fade EP Review
What The Swamphouse do on “The Fade” is create a completely unique style of music that will have listeners’ turning their heads when the first notes of “The Fade” come on. “Break Down” ties together funk, soul, and rap into something that really stretches over the course of the last thirty years in music. The flow that is achieved during the track is tight as all get out, providing an extra bump to the harmony even as it gives listeners a narrative. Each element of The Swamphouse is a cog in a tightly-oiled machine, crafting a style of music that will keep listeners up and bouncing. Whether it is the guitar, bass, or percussive elements of The Swamphouse, each track on “The Fade” provides further evidence that the person behind the respective element is pouring their heart and soul out.
Skope Magazine - Swamphouse, The Fade EP
This LA-based group of EIGHT is bringing an invigorating sound to the table with their latest EP, The Fade. Swamphouse is made up of: Pause-rapper, Devin-vocals, John M F Stover-guitar, Mike Navarette-bass, Blewfoot-drums, Nick-trombone, Forrest-trumpet and Tuna Butter-keys. This large group of musicians offers up so many styles of music that it will make your head spin! I hear hip-hop, rapping, soul, pop, light rock, R&B, funk and even some jazz all meshed together perfectly.
This fresh and hip sound that Pause likes to refer to as “funk hop” definitely makes you move. The music is fun with party-like grooves, but also provides a deeper sense of meaning & purpose. Jams that you can get down to and also take in like fine wine seems to be the best way to describe The Fade. Two of Swamphouse’s songs have already received recognition from VH1. “Break Down” and “Good Girl” were monthly award winners in the VH1-sponsored Song of the Year Contest.
Wildy's World - Swamphouse - The Fade EP Review
Swamphouse brings their visionary mix of Hip-Hop, Soul and R&B to market with their EP, The Fade. February Winners in VH-1's Song Of The Year Contest for 2009 (Break Down), Swamphouse has been mixing it up in Los Angeles and its environs since a 2005 coming out at B.B. King's. Led by rapper Pause, Swamphouse has one of those sounds that's so infectious and original that people stop what they're doing to find out who that band is. For The Fade, Swamphouse drafted three former students of Cal State Northridge's Jazz Performance Program as a horn section, adding a new layer to their already soul-satisfying sound. You'll dance 'til you're dizzy.
ROCKWiRED - UNLEASHED! Interview with Pause
In the beginning, DAN KUSHNIR was a white boy who certainly didn’t mind playing that funky music. It was a sound that propelled him from his sweltering basement studio in Colorado and into some of the hottest clubs in LA after he nicked himself PAUSE and let the spotlight shine proudly on his charismatic band SWAMPHOUSE. In speaking with KUSHNIR, one learns that this ain’t some MARK WAHLBERG film that comically yet earnestly demonstrates how one becomes successful without really having to try. It is the story of entirely different musical backgrounds coming together to make some of the funkiest music this side of FISHBONE. The band’s blood, sweat, and tears in the studio (not a big one reminds KUSHNIR) results in their EP THE FADE which kicks off with the BREAK DOWN – an explosive single that touches on almost every genre within the last twenty years of music effortlessly.
