The Check-In with Matt Dowling-SWOLL

Matt Dowling is a multi-instrumentalist and founding member of Baltimore based SWOLL. SWOLL’S newest record, Avoid Attach is due out September 26th with the lead single Scar is out now on all digital platforms.  Matt gives us the lowdown on the Baltimore scene and shares his DC to Baltimore migration experience.  He tells us why he picked up the bass after years of piano training, what led him to move from a “band member” to a solo artist and why he had an insecurity attached to this evolution. Matt explains how the new single Scar in a nod to DC band Puff Pieces and why the record title Avoid Attach is both a personal and cultural exploration of the avoidant attachment behavioral style. We learn why Matt uses band names for song titles and why he thinks vinyl is a useful barometer for the health of independent music.

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