Sword II

The enigmatic Atlanta-based four-piece outfit, Sword II, shares their debut album Spirit World Tour – a snapshot into the collective’s shared seminal life experiences over the past three years, with potent lyrics that explore refusal, love and rage, degenerates, fluidity, life force and psychological warfare. Starting their journey playing DIY and experimental shows across Atlanta, Sword II have built up a sonic arsenal of boundary pushing music and combining it with politically-charged lyrics.

Formed in 2018, Mari González (they/them – bass and vocals), Corey Zuko (she/her – guitar and vocals), Travis Arnold (he/him – guitar and vocals) and José “Frio” Izaguirre (he/him – drums and vocals) make up the band – each member coming from different backgrounds within the ATL music scenes. Spirit World Tour was born out of years worth of sessions that were 100% experimental, where guitars would be changed to synths, and then back, real drum kits forged into electronic ones, and speeding up and warping pretty much anything they could get their hands on, the album slowly began to take its shape. The result is a cohesive record that effortlessly glides in and out of ruthless punk to unsettling noise and pop sensibilities.