SWERVEDRIVER Raise LP CREATION 1991 UK orig+inner CRELP 093 FANTASTIC DEBUT
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SWERVEDRIVER
The band who brought the car song into the shoegaze era, Swervedriver were formed in Britain in 1990
by vocalists/guitarists Adam Franklin and Jimmy Hartridge, bassist Adi Vines, and drummer Graham Bonner.
Fusing the swirling textures of the shoegazer aesthetic with the more traditional boundaries of pop,
the group debuted with a series of brilliant EPs -- Son of Mustang Ford, Rave Down,
and Sandblasted -- before issuing their full-length debut, Raise, in 1991
"RAISE"
1991 LP CREATION RECORDS CRELP 093
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 5 017556 300930
LABEL: CREATION - BLACK/RED LABELS - RED/BLACK TEXT
Label Code: LC 6306
Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) CRELP 093
Catalog on labels: CRELP 093
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): CRE LP 093 A1 BAZZA MPO
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): CRE LP 093 B1 MPO
On labels: rim text reads "All Rights.......Prohibited
All songs written & arranged by Swervedriver
Published by EMI
? & © 1991 Creation Records
Made in England
LC 6306
On Inner Sleeve: Produced by the band
On Back Cover: Sleeve by Designland. A Creation Records Product.........Distributed by Pinnacle. Made in England.
tracklisting
Side A: SCI FLYER - PILE UP - SON OF MUSTANG FORD - DEEP SEAT
Side B: RAVE DOWN - SUNSET - FEEL SO REAL
SANDBLASTED - LEAD ME WHERE YOU DARE...
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RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
A molten extension of Daydream Nation-era Sonic Youth, the Stooges' drill-press rhythms, and early Dinosaur Jr., Raise should have been made by young record shop rats from the Midwest. Adding to this is a fascination with the open road; only two of the album's nine songs do not directly reference cars or driving. It's no real surprise, then, that this Oxford, England-based band found a home on Stateside turntables that were otherwise Anglophobic, despite being pigeonholed as shoegazers. In all fairness, the band was about as exciting to watch as any actual shoegaze band, and Adam Franklin's vocals were buried deep within the studio and live mixes. And though they are buried to the point of serving merely as another instrument, Franklin's vocals are ideal for the band's sound and themes, like those of a road trip junkie made weary by exhaust fumes, brutal heat, amphetamines, and heartbreak: "Been driving for days to take the pain away." A fantastic debut, and the band wasn't even close to full power...(AllMusic)
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