Erinn Swan


Erinn Swan is an Australian singer and songwriter from Brisbane. She is also an A&R Representative for Sony Music Australia and Head of Digital for the Australian Labor Party.

Biography

Swan is the daughter of politician Wayne Swan. She is the lead singer for the Brisbane based band The Hangout. She has performed live on MTV's The Lair, Channel 9, NOVA and AUSTEREO national radio, and supported the likes of The Klaxons, Good Charlotte, Kisschasy, Stafford Brothers, among others. Swan is also an actress and has appeared in many Brisbane based projects, including the lead role in Yahoo7's PS TRIXI, and has been a reporter for Austero's Hot 30, which broadcasts nationwide. Swan is also an active member of the Australian Youth Music Council. She is Sony Music’s A&R scout for Queensland. She also ran a small independent label, Smile or Die Music for three years where she managed and worked intimately with the Brisbane scene. She also worked at Mercury Mobility for a year where she drove efforts involving programming music for mobile platforms, and researching and developing programs for how to cope with the music industries’ shift to the digital realm.

Bands

Swan was the lead singer of progressive rock band Nina May and pop rock band Streamer Bendy, and is currently a vocalist for pop rock/hip-hop band The Hangout. She travels extensively to Los Angeles and Sweden, where she writes with the likes of Wayne Beckford.

Musical career