Dublin where Hot Press Magazine praised the band's "epic sound". In September 2013, the band announced they had signed a publishing deal with UK label Smalltown America Music. Shortly after that the band made another television appearance on The Works on RTE One, followed up by a live radio session with Paul McLoone on the national broadcaster Today FM. Tidal Waves Following a prolonged period of songwriting and recording Swords returned a new single "Betty Machete", which premiered on Nialler9 in July 2016. "Betty Machete" was described as "One of those songs that makes an immediate impression" by Nialler9 & "Insanely catchy. A triumph" by Hot Press. With The Last Mixed Tape calling it "A bold but organic departure from Swords previous work, by-the-throat music, made to grab people’s attention". The band followed up with the single "The Letter" which Hot Press described as "mesmerizing". "Sixty Thousand Years" was the third single taken from the album Tidal Waves and featured a video produced by Bold Puppy. Swords released their second album Tidal Waves on 28 October 2016. The album made its debut at Number 1 in the iTunes Charts in Ireland and Number 3 in the full charts. A sold-out headline show at The Workmans Club Dublin was followed by a show at Other Voices in Dingle. Tidal Waves was produced by producer Karl Odlum, and mastered by Mandy Parnell. With the band noting "We gave a lot of thought to what type of songs we wanted to write, how we wanted to record and how the album should sound. We recorded live as much as possible and tried to let the songs breathe and stand alone without dense production or layers". Various tracks from Tidal Waves got regular airplay on Ireland's main radio stations RTE 2fm and Today FM. It was also album of the month on 8 Radio. Critically the album was a success, the Irish Times describing it as an "assured collection" with "superb tunes" and placing at Number 3 on both 8Radio and The Last Mixed Tape's top albums of 2016, while Betty Machete featured on Nialler9 and Today FM's top tracks of 2016. Band members Diane Anglim – Lead vocals, piano and synthesizer Jarlath Canning – Bass guitar, Guitar, backing vocals and synthesizer Ian Frawley – Drums Discography Lions & Gold (2013) Tidal Waves (2016) References External links Official Swords website Breaking Tunes Musical groups