The group joins the trek on November 15th in Philadelphia at Theatre of Living Arts and continues through December (see itinerary below). The Flint, MI-based band is currently on tour with labelmates Paramore.

The Swellers were featured as a Buzzworthy artist on MTV.com, which stated that "they adept at Tearing. It. Up. For an up-and-coming band they've got a lived-in, robust, buzzsaw sound that will surely fill up all the space at the larger venues Paramore are about to play."

The Swellers, known for their merging of melodic hooks and hard-edged punk power, recently released their Fueled By Ramen debut album entitled "UPS AND DOWNSIZING." In true punk tradition, the album is the outraged cry of a band that has seen its world on the precipice. The album's title song, and much of the album, was inspired by what has been happening in Michigan long before the recession hit the rest of the country�dwindling jobs, people moving out of state, a bleak future�and how it hit founding band members Nick and Jonathan Diener at home. Their father was laid off from an automotive-related job, forcing he and the brothers' mother to relocate to North Carolina.

OCTOBER
21 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom *
22 Rockville Center, NY Vibe Lounge (Anxious Arms, The Overunder, An Endless Assembly)
23 Freehold, NJ Freehold VFW (w/ Farewell, The Years Gone By)
24 Norfolk, VA The Norva *
26 Orlando, FL House of Blues *
27 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle *
28 Wilmington, NC The Soapbox Laundrolounge
29 Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern (w/ Zeus, The Predecessor, Human Vindictive Sovereign)
31 Gainesville, FL The FEST 8

NOVEMBER
3 St. Louis, MO The Pageant *
4 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theatre *
6 St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium *
7 Kearney, NE Knights of Columbus Hall
8 Denver, CO The Fillmore *
10 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre *
11 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium *
15 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts ^
16 Asbury Park, NJ The Stone Pony ^
18 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club ^
19 New York, NY Nokia Theatre Times Square ^
20 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre ^
21 Montreal, QC Le Medley ^
22 Toronto, ON Phoenix Theatre ^
23 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall ^
24 Chicago, IL The Metro ^
25 St. Paul, MN Station 4 ^
27 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre ^
28 Salt Lake City, UT Murray Theatre ^
30 Seattle, WA Showbox ^

DECEMBER
1 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom ^
2 Chico, CA Senator Theatre ^
3 San Francisco, CA Grand Ballroom ^
4 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues ^
5 Pomona, CA The Glass House ^
6 San Diego, CA House of Blues ^
7 Phoenix, AZ Marquee Theatre ^
9 Dallas, TX Grenada Theater ^
10 New Orleans, LA House of Blues ^
11 Orlando, FL House of Blues ^
12 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution ^
13 Tampa, FL The Ritz ^

* supporting Paramore
^ supporting Less Than Jake