Artist · chart history
Swmrs
Band Oakland United States Formed 2004
Swmrs formed in 2004 in Oakland, United States. Swmrs has 5 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2016–2019. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “April In Houston”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #39. The station that charted Swmrs most often is 102.7 WEQX (Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2019.
SWMRS, pronounced "swimmers", started out in California in 2004 as Emily's Army, when Cole Becker and drummer Joey Armstrong got a band going and Cole's brother Max Becker joined just weeks later. They drew on everything from the Beach Boys to the Ramones, and it shows: sunny surf harmonies crashing into buzzsaw pop-punk, played with the gleeful sloppiness of people who'd rather be loud than careful.
A demo and a string of EPs came first, then the albums Don't Be a Dick in 2011 and Lost at Seventeen in 2013. Travis Neumann played with them from 2009 until he left over creative differences in 2014, the same year bassist Sebastian Mueller signed on. Drive North, released on February 12, 2016, through Uncool Records, was the first record under the new name, and Fueled by Ramen reissued it after signing them later that year.
By 2019's Berkeley's on Fire they'd grown bolder and brattier, and "April In Houston" is the proof: a jittery, hook-crammed rocker with a big chorus and a nervous twitch in its step.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Swmrs on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April In Houston | 3 | #39 | – | 2019 | |
| 2 | Palm Trees | 1 | #40 | – | 2017 | |
| 3 | Figuring It Out | 1 | #45 | – | 2016 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 41 | April In Houston | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019 |
| 2019 | 39 | April In Houston | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2019 |
| 2018 | 79 | April In Houston | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2018 |
| 2017 | 40 | Palm Trees | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2017 |
| 2016 | 45 | Figuring It Out | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2016 |
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