Watch new Video from Swervedriver – “I Wonder?”
In March ’90s British shoegazers Swervedriver returned with I Wasn’t Born to Lose You, their first new album in 17 years. Now they have released a video for “I Wonder?” The psychedelic clip superimposes performance footage with shots of the band on the road. The band has also announced a new round of U.S. tour dates. Check out the video and the dates below. [via undertheradarmag]
Swervedriver are an English alternative rock band formed in Oxford in 1989 around core members Adam Franklin and Jimmy Hartridge. Between 1989 and 1998, the band released four studio albums and numerous EPs and singles despite a considerable flux of members, managers, and record labels. By 1993 the band’s lineup had settled with Franklin on vocals/guitar, Hartridge on guitar, Jez Hindmarsh on drums, and Steve George on bass. They had emerged with a heavier rock sound than their shoegazecontemporaries, and over the next five years it evolved to include elements of psychedelia, classic pop, and indie rock. In 2008, the band reunited for touring purposes. They released their first new single in fifteen years in September 2013, and their first full-length album in seventeen years in March 2015.
Swervedriver Tour Dates:
08/28 Denver, CO – National Western (Riot Fest)
08/29 Omaha, NE – Reverb Lounge
08/30 Kansas City, MO – Record Bar
08/31 Columbia, MO – Rose Music Hall
09/01 Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall
09/02 Columbus, OH – Skully’s Music Diner
09/03 Pittsburgh, PA – Club Cafe
09/04 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
09/05 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
09/06 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
09/08 Buffalo, NY – Waiting Room
09/09 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
09/10 Ann Arbor, MI – Bling Pig
09/12 Chicago, IL – Douglas Park (Riot Fest)
09/14 Nashville, TN – Exit/In
09/15 Asheville, NC – The Mothlight
09/16 Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club
09/17 Birmingham, AL – Saturn
09/18 New Orleans, LA – House Of Blues – The Parish
09/19 San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
09/20 Houston, TX – House of Blues – Bronze
09/21 Austin, TX – The Parish
09/23 Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar
09/24 Las Vegas, NV – Bunkhouse Saloon
09/25 Costa Mesa, CA – Maison
09/26 Pioneertown, CA – Pappy and Harriets (Desert Stars Festival)
09/27 Santa Barbara, CA – Velvet Jones
09/28 San Diego, CA – Casbah
10/01 Honolulu, HI – The Replublik
