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It's all just about how you individually experience it.” “But at the same time, in moderation, social media can do beautiful, wonderful things and help society. “I think some of that song even touched on just missing that feeling of simpler times,” he says. Witt says that the track is a call back to his nostalgia for his '90s childhood and a time when we weren’t so plugged in. The first release of 2021 with Swank on the vocals was “Picture Perfect,” a track about the dangers of social media. But we had time to regroup and really figure out the sound,” Swank says. “Without the pandemic, we would have probably put things out a little sooner. Swank still lives in Austin, Texas, so he’s only been with his new bandmates a few times in the last two years Foxera had to write music virtually. Despite the inconvenience, he wouldn’t have it any other way. The year and a half that followed wasn’t ideal for a group trying to build musical and band chemistry. In December 2019, Foxera officially became a quartet. When the band finally informed Swank of their decision on the audition, all Cuellar could say was, “Well, what’s going to happen next?” The other members of Foxera (Julian Witt and Erick Cuellar on guitar, Michael Cuellar on the drums) had all reached the same verdict: Swank was the missing link.Īs Erick Cuellar tells it, he had always wondered what it was going to feel like when Foxera finally found their singer. Y’all I really miss singing in a band for real- Michael Swank OctoHe met with the rest of the band at The Grand in downtown Phoenix to hear the result of the audition. Like, I have no idea if I'm gonna put myself back out there.” “It's this or I don't know if I'm (singing) again. “For me, the reason maybe why I was so nervous was because I just wanted to make it work,” Swank recalls. At the time, it was unclear which side was more anxious. They ultimately sold Swank on the idea and in December of that same year, he met Foxera for the first time in a weekend-long tryout. It prompted Foxera to reach out and schedule an audition. Swank, whose vocal influences are as rooted in R&B and pop as they are punk, tweeted “Y’all I really miss singing in a band for real” in October 2019. city and auditioned over 200 singers.Īnd then, former Myka Relocate frontman Michael Swank sent a tweet that changed everything. The Phoenix band put Craigslist ads in almost every major U.S. For two years, Foxera was a punk band without a lead singer.