Swervedriver: Classic or Dud?

Anyone else see em with me at the Trocadero in San Francisco, 1994?

So I guess they were on Jimmy Fallon the other week?!?!

They were, who was drumming for them though?

They were, who was drumming for them though?

Mikey Jones (who plays in Adam Franklin's solo band). Supposedly Graham will be playing on the new album in some capacity (there were some new songs played).

Jez is in law school now, and currently blogs here: http://badearth.wordpress.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66vPbAmYriE

New song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzi-n6Injzc

And here's "Duel" from Saturday night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUO7K8XRbuM

Kinda bummed that Jez isn't with them anymore, I think this new guy may not be quite so good.

absolutely 100% classic.

so the question is, should i be happy with the original cd issues of the albums, or, should i track down the remasters, as i happen to love the murkiness of the originals but do wonder if i am missing out on a massive layer of 'oooohhhhhh' a la beatles/mbv remasters ....

oh, and less US touring .. us f*ckers in the UK would like a chance to up our levels of tinnitus .. ta.

Mark e - spot on.

One band that I would love to see again, properly, thanks to my Reading fuck up^.

Always touring on another continent....

after years of indecision, i have decided to order the orig edition of the bands debut album on cd as opposed to the remaster so it matches the other albums i have.

also, the remasters are f*ckin' digi-pack, which as me and sick know only too well, are the product of the devil ..

oh, and look :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Juggernaut-Rides-89-98-Swervedriver/dp/B0007735BC/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1336941899&sr=1-4

insane.

italics !?

sorry 'bout that ..

i mean where did these guys get their main love ? UK, or US ?

genuine question.

and yes, i am indeed trying to keep this thread above the sodding MBV reissue thread, a la old school creation battle days.

i mean swervedriver vs mbv

no contest for me ..

hmmmm, has such a poll been done ?

The reason the amazon price is like that is because that seller has a program that spikes the price if there aren't other references to compete with it. It adjusts itself automatically if there are other price points. Or the seller is one of those opportunist idiots.

Yo

http://swervedriver.bandcamp.com/album/deep-wound

Kept the old logo, awesome..

Mixed by mark gardener, huh.

very swervedriver-esque.

love it.

and yes, bands that retain a good logo throughout a career = worthy.

this band is really good!

haha kinda surprised you of all ppl hadn't heard 'em - they're p kickass yeah

i remember like some videos on 120 minutes and stuff here and there but never really listened to them

it's funny i always think of all these american bands that try to be british but i forget sometimes there are british bands that seem american

these guys have a total vibe like Hum or shit like that, or even Sugar...i guess my friend saw them play with Poster Children back in the day that makes sense

yeah I mean you're the ilxor I'd be most willing to believe had a doctorate in 90's guitar indie - Hum comparison otm, although I think if anything I prefer Hum, they had a bit more scope and a fuller sound IMO

there aren't many british bands that seem american tbh but swervedriver probably among the best in a decade that also contained (lol) bush and gomez

although my favourite yankee-style brit indie-rock album of that decade was and probably always will be catherine wheel's 'adam and eve'

finished mezcal head

now listening to raise

man i miss going to shows where all 4 bands sounded basically like this

Duress is massive. That solo, dear lord. The wah pedal needs no further justification (not that it ever did.)

agree.

MH and ESR = best double bill ever ?

quite possibly.

so much more than your standard shoegaze noise.

question : has anyone heard the remastered editions vs the originals ?

i have the original cds, and avoided the remastered editions upon release.

was i a bad man to do this ?

Ha, I just checked the Poster Children archive, the show I saw was 22 yrs ago this past Monday.

P-Kids kind of mopped the stage w S-Driver

and yet ...
the P-Kids releases i have ( tool of the man, junior citizen) are pretty crap and have not become massive playlist faves ..

this reformation (and promise of new material) pleases me a lot more than ride.

never got a chance to see this lot back in the day.

seems to be that they have toured the US a lot more than the UK since they started up again.

Yeah they definitely always had a strong following over here. Good thing too! Of all the original first wave bands they were probably the ones that stuck through the 'tour often enough and something will happen' cycle the best.

oh, yeah that's a great thing ned ..

~ mumble l*cky b*stard mumble mumble .. ~

No UK dates again?
wtf?
Great band; One of my favourite homegrown groups, who I nearly missed thanks to shitty journalists tying them into the shoegaze scene (which I didn't hate, but...) -cos they liked effects pedals and they came out of Oxford, seemingly .
They had some real high spots. Then just sort of faded away. I haven't played their last album much at all
I quite like some of Adam Franklin's solo stuff, mind.

I reckon they'll be dull live ,anyhow... fck em

Oh are there dates already listed?

not seen any dates .. just going on past grooves.
never heard any of adams solo material.
am i bad man who believes that the sum of parts etc.
and yeah, you could be right re them being dull.
but, damn, some of those songs over a wall shaking pa system.
stare at your shoes all you like, but just make that wall of noise, please.
have re-added the bands albums into the archive (higher bit rate cos i wanted to !), and they still sound absolutely fantastic.

http://www.swervedriver.com

On here Evan

oh look .. i was right.

f&ck.

not even one solitary 'lets get all of the uk fans in one room' gig in london ..

Ha- I guess I should have just checked the band's website.

They played in London in April fwiw

ahh .. i knew that was going to happen.
as it is, i very much doubt i would have been able to go along due to parenting chaos etc.
still, my point remains.
the US vs UK groove for this band.
i understand the reasons of course.
perhaps i should listen to ride more.

New album details, new song

http://www.stereogum.com/1727869/swervedriver-setting-sun/mp3s/

this is amazing news. even though i think they were the weakest shoegaze band live, Chapterhouse blew them off the stage, still going to see them at the Roxy on Sunset show.

Swervedriver:
03-04 San Diego, CA - Casbah
03-05 Los Angeles, CA - Roxy Theatre
03-06 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
03-08 Seattle, WA - Neumo's Crystal Ball
03-09 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
03-12 St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
03-13 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
03-14 Chicago, IL - TBA
03-15 Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme
03-16 Cincinnati, OH - The Woodward Theater
03-17 St. Louis, MO - The Duck Room @ Blueberry
03-19 Dallas, TX - Club Dada
03-20-21 Austin, TX - SXSW
03-23 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
03-24 Durham, NC - Motorco
03-25 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
03-27 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
03-28 Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
03-29 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer

as much as I want to be excited about this, I'm feeling pretty skeptical that the album will be good. Their new drummer has a real plodding style that takes away from the energy of their music.

yeah, as much as i hate to admit it, i agree.

is alan moulder involved with the production for this album, as i would say he was a big factor in how the albums sounded.

Rock & Roll Hotel is a big step down from their last DC show I went to at 9:30 Club... would definitely see them again though.

http://www.resident-music.com/image/cache/data/variousmarch2015/swervedriver-500x500.jpg

http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/189734/9

The band will also hit the road for an 11-date tour between in May, stopping in Portsmouth, Brighton, Cardiff, Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, York, Oxford, Bristol, Nottingham and London. They're also set to appear at SXSW next month.

Tickets for the new tour are on sale at 9am on February 21, priced at £15.00, £16.50 in Bristol and Nottingham, and £17.50 in London, plus fees.

Swervedriver Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows

Tue May 12 2015 - PORTSMOUTH Wedgewood Rooms
Wed May 13 2015 - BRIGHTON Haunt, Brighton
Thu May 14 2015 - CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach
Fri May 15 2015 - BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy2 Birmingham
Tue May 19 2015 - GLASGOW King Tuts
Wed May 20 2015 - LIVERPOOL O2 Academy2 Liverpool
Thu May 21 2015 - YORK Fibbers
Fri May 22 2015 - OXFORD O2 Academy2 Oxford
Sun May 24 2015 - BRISTOL Thekla
Mon May 25 2015 - NOTTINGHAM Bodega Social Club
Wed May 27 2015 - LONDON Scala London

Annnnd new album streaming

http://www.npr.org/2015/02/22/387539394/first-listen-swervedriver-i-wasnt-born-to-lose-you

Nice! A few songs in and it is already better than I expected. I was really worried this would just plod along without much fire.

several songs in .. and this is a keeper.