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Raise
Swervedriver
Raise
Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop, Rock
 
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Following their recent reunion and a very successful tour in 2008 after 10 years away, Swervedriver are back! As one of the finest bands from the so-called 'shoegaze' scene in the mid 90's, their music is often described a...  more »

     
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All Artists: Swervedriver
Title: Raise
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: SECOND MOTION
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 1/20/2009
Album Type: Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop, Rock
Styles: Indie & Lo-Fi, Europe, Britain & Ireland
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 634457505629, 0886973641125

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Following their recent reunion and a very successful tour in 2008 after 10 years away, Swervedriver are back! As one of the finest bands from the so-called 'shoegaze' scene in the mid 90's, their music is often described as a cross between British ethereal bands such as Ride, Lush and My Bloody Valentine, and Motor city rock and roll classics like the Stooges and the MC5. In these digi-packs both their debut ''Raise'' and ''Mezcal Head'' have been re-mastered for the first time and extended with 4 rare bonus tracks and additional liner notes by the band.

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CD Reviews

One of the very best bands of the 90s
10/21/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)

""Raise", Swervedriver's freshman album, caused genuine -and strangely unanimous- excitement among British and American critics and caught a fire with a midsize but devout fanbase. Their sophomore and junior efforts generated even stronger praise, but for me the first is the most gripping of their records. Nobody, except perhaps St. Johnny with "Speed is Dreaming" made such a combination of vibrant colour and texture with crackling power in their guitar attack. The owners of many, many effects pedals, Jimmy Hartridge and Adam Franklin trade scattering prismatics of feedback, instrumental and amp noise, woven with picked melodies into tremendous, cascading guilloches. The rhythm section pounds with a thick elasticity, and accentuates the uncanny dynamics in the songwriting, while Franklin's smoky vocals merge a moody lethargy obliquely with the speeding traffic of the blurry guitars. The Swervies rev with power and chunk while other British "shoegazer" bands lacked the force and verve to give their guitar textures bite. The resulting tension, going nowhere fast, is highly evocative of... one can never say quite what. Swervedriver are daydreamers in a rainy England of Constable lanscapes, flying saucers, cathedrals and political discontent, if you know what I mean."
I remember when.....
J. Joseph | Richmond, VA United States | 04/06/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I remember when this album was first released and the song "Son of Mustang Ford" was used for the kickball scene in a Pete and Pete show. It kicked me in the head then, and it still does now as I listen to it. These guys are guitar heroes that should have been infinitely more popular than they are. If you like hard hitting rock, this band does it more tunefully and intellegently than many of the other artist of the genre."
Lo-fi shoegazing at its best
J. Young | Dallas, TX | 08/24/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Swervedriver is, simply put, an amazing band. "Raise" is alternatingly their best or second best album (along with "Mezcal Head") depending on my mood. This one I love for its true shoegazing sound. It is muddied and dreamlike, and full of guitar work that one can only truly appreciate if they see Swervedriver or Adam Franklin (Toshack Highway) live.This is full of so many great songs I don't even know where to begin. Perhaps most importantly, the album has a great flow to it, similar in that regard to both XTC's "Skylarking" and Radiohead's "OK Computer" (even though the music is much, much different for all those bands). For fans of old Dinosaur, MBV, or Sonic Youth, this CD is a must, as is "Mezcal Head" and any assortment of early Swervedriver b-sides that you can find. Swervedriver's b-sides are second to nobody's, not even the better Cure b-sides."