Swervedriver are about to hit the road on their Raise/Mezcal Head tour - the band will be performing both classic shoegaze greats in full on tour. In promotion of the tour, leader Adam Franklin was asked by Noisey to rank all of Swervedriver's albums. Don't worry, I won't ruin the surprise for you, however...
...one of the interesting parts of the feature was finding out Franklin does not consider 1993's Mezcal Head one of his favorites. The album is widely considered one of the gold standards in the shoegaze genre, however Franklin called the album "flawed" and suggests that the tracklisting is what did the record in. He reveals that had they included b-sides on the album, then perhaps it would have been Swervedriver's greatest.
Read the feature on Swervedriver here.
Swervedriver are set to return with their sixth studio album in 2018. They recently launched an album campaign on Pledge Music - check it out and take a look at all the pre-order options here.
Swervedriver - Raise/Mezcal Head North American tour
Sep 07 -- Chicago, IL @ Metro
Sep 08 -- Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace
Sep 09 -- Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
Sep 10 -- Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Sep 11 -- Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Sep 12 -- Washington D.C. @ Black Cat
Sep 14 -- Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
Sep 15 -- Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Sep 16 -- Orlando, FL @ The Social
Sep 17 -- New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
Sep 18 -- Dallas, TX @ Trees
Sep 19 -- Austin, TX @ 3Ten Austin City Limits Live
Sep 21 -- Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole
Sep 22 -- San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Sep 23 -- San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo's 365 Club
Sep 24 -- Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
Published September 3rd, 2017