Swervedriver: Classic or Dud?

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.

No doubt. I got the purple vinyl coming.

first listen done.
bloody hell, i did not expect that.
the album sounds like the band have continued after 99th dream and made another album.
i expected a clean, polished modern sound, but no, they have made the same mix of dirty guitar noise, fuzz, excess, and hum friendly tunes.
ok, it will never ever surpass 'ejector seat .. ',
as nothing ever will in my world, but as an album to come back with after a long extended break, this really is a brilliant continuation of the bands groove.

2nd listen : even better.

feels like a throwback to Raise

I'm loving it.

Little things ,like the imaginative bass line in the opener , tasty chord progressions on so on.
The overall feel is still lost on the 'highway'(interstate) with an everlasting yearning for something that's always over the everlasting, dusty, horizon.
I say 'highway' rather than road as they are lost somewhere near Topeka , Kansas rather than the A40 near Didcot

I even hear 'gas stations' in the opener.

Fine by me. They take me out there with them

Hoping to see them in York, mind.

Curious what made them the weakest shoegaze band live, back then. Saw them in St Paul a couple nights ago and, wow, so much sensory delight, despite a very modest presentation relative to recent MBV or Slowdive. The music's saturation with melodic, ear- and brain-warming detail was never fuller, in any other band.

Just got tickets for the Brooklyn show! Very excited.

The music's saturation with melodic, ear- and brain-warming detail was never fuller, in any other band.

a perfect summation.

Anyone see em this weekend for free with the Church at SXSW?

me! It was an awesome show, was very impressed by the fiery versions of Satansville and Duel. New songs sounded good to.

*too

Ah lucky you. And though they are past their ... heyday .. would have been fun to see the Church on the bill too

Great video of the SXSW show I went to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joZYZxoOfa0

Really privileging the new stuff here.

This new album is so great for the Spring, I love when releases match their seasons well.

during my thursday wine excess, i got tix for this sundays show in bristol.

any ilm'rs going : FAP ?

Hey, new track via Adult Swim

https://soundcloud.com/adultswimsingles/swervedriver

very nice

Dawn, O.P., Swervedriver -- this singles series is in my brain. Let the thread bump also serve as a reminder that "I Wasn't Born to Lose You" is terrific!

http://www.swervedriver.com/images/Swerve-2017-618.png

Raise and Mezcal Head September Tour 2017:

9/7 Metro, Chicago
9/8 Lee's Palace, Toronto
9/9 Brighton Music Hall, Allston
9/10 Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn
9/11 Union Transfer, Philadelphia
9/12 Back Cat, Washington
9/14 Cat's Cradle, Carrboro
9/15 Terminal West, Atlanta
9/16 The Social, Orlando
9/17 Siberia, New Orleans
9/18 Trees, Dallas
9/19 3ten Austin City Limits Live, Austin
9/21 191 Toole, Tucson
9/22 Casbah, San Diego
9/23 Bimbo's 365 Club, San Francisco
9/24 The Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles

i'm so going, Rise and then a break and then come back to playMezcal Head? heaven!

How about.... hell yes

Yeah, I'll be going to this