Following the release of their well-received debut album Top of the Line in 2024 via Howlin’ Banana Records and À Tant Rêver du Roi, French slacker punk quartet Swirls have returned with a new single, Powerstation, that is taken from their upcoming second album, Surge, that is set to be released in 2026. The single arrives with a music video directed by the band. Powerstation follows Serge, a denim-clad mannequin convinced he’s a rockstar. Shot as a mock-documentary on the road, the video blends irony and tenderness, spotlighting a plastic dreamer chasing electric glory. Visually, it’s a lo-fi, tongue-in-cheek collage of moments captured on the road: Spanish landscapes, service station car parks, exhausted backstage corridors and makeshift dressing room scenes.

“Powerstation is an anthem for anyone running on fumes but refusing to shut down. Energy from where there’s none left. A last-push song about scraping the bottom of the tank to give whatever’s still in there. It’s fast, fragile, and hits exactly where it should. Because it’s often when it’s almost too late that we make our best decisions.”

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