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Mezcal HeadSwervedriver are an English alternative rock band formed in Oxford in 1989 around core members Adam Franklin and Jimmy Hartridge. Mezcal Head is their second studio album, originally released in 1993. The album includes their most successful single Duel which was awarded NMEs Single of the Week.The album became one of the hottest albums in 1993 and was recognized a masterpiece from start to finish of vintage dreampopshoegaze on AllMusic. Mezcal Head was ranked at number 265 on Spins The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years 19852014 list. Alternative Press also ranked it 39 and 90 on their 90 Greatest Albums of the 90s and Top 99 Albums of 85 to 95 lists respectively. Pitchfork Media Ranked the album 10 in their list of the top 50 shoegaze albums in 2016.Mezcal Head is available as a 30th anniversary edition of 1500 individually numbered copies on blue marbled vinyl and includes an 4page booklet.RaiseThe Oxford based alternative rock band Swervedriver continued to develop themselves by implementing different music into their alternative rock and shoegaze sound. Their first album Raise can be categorized as an album with a heavy sound, but also some melodic parts. Their direct approach of the shoegaze sound can be heard by listening to a song like Rave Down. But theyre mainly focusing on the noisy and distortion guitar lines. While listening to the classic Son of Mustang Ford you feel the roaring engine run and are drifting back into the American landscape. Its one out of the fascinating 9 tracks, with solid hooks and shiny guitar riffs. Twisted relationships gets their punchline on the epic Deep Seat. The great debut album meant the start of a great career which havent been finished to this date.Swervedrivers heavy days have not yet been gone. Since their reformation in 2008 theyre touring all around the world and in 2018 they hit the stage again. There latest release I Wasnt Born to Lose You dated from 2015 and meant their return in the shoegaze revival.Raise is available as a limited edition of 1500 individually numbered copies on flaming coloured vinyl and includes an insert. Swervedriver Vinyl is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £54