{"id":44068,"date":"2025-09-04T22:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T22:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/44068\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T22:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T22:22:09","slug":"sword-ii-announce-new-album-electric-hour-share-video-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/44068\/","title":{"rendered":"Sword II Announce New Album Electric Hour, Share Video: Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/sword-ii\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sword II<\/a>, an experimental indie-rock trio from Atlanta, Georgia, have announced a new album: <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/swordii.lnk.to\/electrichour\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/swordii.lnk.to\/electrichour&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/swordii.lnk.to\/electrichour\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Electric Hour<\/a> is out November 14 via <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/section1.world\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/section1.world\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/section1.world\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Section1<\/a>. Below, watch director <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dakotahmalisoff\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dakotahmalisoff\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dakotahmalisoff\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dakotah Malisoff<\/a>\u2019s music video for \u201c<a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/swordii.bandcamp.com\/track\/even-if-its-just-a-dream\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/swordii.bandcamp.com\/track\/even-if-its-just-a-dream\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/swordii.bandcamp.com\/track\/even-if-its-just-a-dream\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Even If It\u2019s Just a Dream<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bassist and vocalist Mari Gonz\u00e1lez and guitarists and vocalists Certain Zuko and Travis Arnold are Sword II. They self-produced their new album, which was mastered by Heba Kadry and mixed by Sebastian Kinsler. Electric Hour also features drumming contributions from Will McGoran, Jake Kelley, and Max Boydston, as Sword II\u2019s original drummer, Jos\u00e9 \u201cFrio\u201d Izaguirre, departed the group after the release of debut album <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/ffm.to\/spiritworldtour\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/ffm.to\/spiritworldtour&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/ffm.to\/spiritworldtour\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spirit World Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Next month, Sword II will open for <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/julie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Julie<\/a> at U.S. shows. Then, in November, they\u2019ll open for <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/feeble-little-horse\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Feeble Little Horse<\/a>. See Sword II\u2019s tour dates below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gzmcOU BaseText-eqOrNE TextBlockText-gyKCst deqABF fAmAZq\">All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission.<\/p>\n<p><a tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-offer-retailer=\"Rough Trade\" data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/en-us\/product\/sword-ii\/electric-hour\" class=\"external-link BaseWrap-sc-gzmcOU BaseText-eqOrNE BaseLink-eTpkqh ProductEmbedImageLink-ldHtA-D deqABF llZwNE fyUolD cNNhkX\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/cna.st\/p\/2iv4czAyo6uFRTC9KUEu6Jm9ik84KXJ2Pyi9AhUkaTLGTHNYoSm25KSPkNEztWHjvek9dAJcqLwYHKKAiCoSAhNYkxatn4Jb6UYwZdpw1fpB2ZR4khLkVmzzZjz6XZGqHWsM8wuLtghia1eApWaynzo5o199vTvRP3KLw6VBf582kgtVnmSJdfPqaAjiHpDuRY3x4qpgUBsJUePdCQkg1mBWv1fpS9Qfx9k4JgoZXi4qMcLnnimp7AaapvMEbBd4DLDkVPi4RYti9ny6rhKwNnTHJ7DqvvCg7C1dqduZKVGX55Me66tcfLBd7TmNAebtGremMYanRD8KXdr79h9fKPX58fDfV8e7Sodgy9B88m2uSo1bY7vngSuU6HLB7U3aHwHxNU78yhGw67hBERfBFc9p8nvx3YaYWLxrdQMweCbkUGbwDehLw1WH4wcubkudDw4sRx79JpoRSMoo8xYJbkoPvyTQdawJdXgWZqqR&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/cna.st\/p\/2iv4czAyo6uFRTC9KUEu6Jm9ik84KXJ2Pyi9AhUkaTLGTHNYoSm25KSPkNEztWHjvek9dAJcqLwYHKKAiCoSAhNYkxatn4Jb6UYwZdpw1fpB2ZR4khLkVmzzZjz6XZGqHWsM8wuLtghia1eApWaynzo5o199vTvRP3KLw6VBf582kgtVnmSJdfPqaAjiHpDuRY3x4qpgUBsJUePdCQkg1mBWv1fpS9Qfx9k4JgoZXi4qMcLnnimp7AaapvMEbBd4DLDkVPi4RYti9ny6rhKwNnTHJ7DqvvCg7C1dqduZKVGX55Me66tcfLBd7TmNAebtGremMYanRD8KXdr79h9fKPX58fDfV8e7Sodgy9B88m2uSo1bY7vngSuU6HLB7U3aHwHxNU78yhGw67hBERfBFc9p8nvx3YaYWLxrdQMweCbkUGbwDehLw1WH4wcubkudDw4sRx79JpoRSMoo8xYJbkoPvyTQdawJdXgWZqqR\" rel=\"sponsored noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sword II: Electric Hour\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eNxvmU cfBbTk responsive-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sword-II-Electric-Hour.jpeg\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Electric Hour<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>01 Disconnection<br \/>02 Sentry<br \/>03 Under the Scar<br \/>04 Sugarcane<br \/>05 Gun You Hold<br \/>06 Passionate Nun<br \/>07 Halogen<br \/>08 Violence of the Star<br \/>09 Who\u2019s Giving You Love<br \/>10 Even If It\u2019s Just a Dream<\/p>\n<p>Sword II:<\/p>\n<p>10-14 Athens, GA &#8211; Georgia Theatre *<br \/>10-15 Birmingham, AL &#8211; Saturn *<br \/>10-16 Gainesville, FL &#8211; The Wooly *<br \/>11-03 Los Angles, CA &#8211; Lodge Room ^<br \/>11-04 Los Angles, CA &#8211; Lodge Room ^<br \/>11-05 San Luis Obispo, CA &#8211; Libertine ^<br \/>11-06 San Francisco, CA &#8211; Rickshaw Stop ^<br \/>11-08 Portland, OR &#8211; Hawthorne Theatre ^<br \/>11-09 Seattle, WA &#8211; Neumos ^<\/p>\n<p>* with Julie<br \/>^ with Feeble Little Horse<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sword II, an experimental indie-rock trio from Atlanta, Georgia, have announced a new album: Electric Hour is out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[18,117,19,17,337,340,836],"class_list":{"0":"post-44068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-new-releases","14":"tag-video"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}