New Love Crowd

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New Love Crowd
Origin Brooklyn, New York and Birmingham, Alabama
Genres Indie rock, cowboy pop, psychedelic pop
Years active2014-present
Labels Maintenance Records

New Love Crowd is a Brooklyn-based music project founded in 2014 by singer-songwriter Travis Swinford. [1] [2] [3] New Love Crowd has released one full length album, one EP, and two singles.

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History

Before founding New Love Crowd, Travis Swinford was active in several other musical projects, including the band Plains. [4] [5] Although originally from Birmingham, Alabama, New Love Crowd is currently based in New York City. [6] New Love Crowd's debut self-titled EP was released by Happenin Records and premiered by Impose Magazine. [2] [7]

In 2017, New Love Crowd was featured in Alt Citizen following a performance with Larry Sass and Champagne Supperchillin. [8] New Love Crowd has shared stages with Paul Bergmann, Dougie Poole, Dark Tea, and Baby Jey, amongst others. [9] [10]

In January 2019, New Love Crowd released "Cotton Candy" on Maintenance Records. [3] [11]

Discography

Albums

Singles and EPs

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