At the conclusion of their ” Raise ” mini-tour, Swervedriver began recording material for a new album at Birdland Studios in Melbourne and then continued work at Konk Studios over the first half of 2014. The band took a break from recording to reprise a one-off ” Raise ” show…
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In June 2013, the band announced a five-date tour in Australia for late September–early October 2013 during which they would be performing Raise in its entirety along with “old and new highlights”. The following month they recorded “Deep Wound” and on 20 August 2013 announced the single’s release through Tym…
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In preparation for an early 2012 American tour, Swervedriver appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on 26 March 2012, performing their debut single “Son of Mustang Ford” and premiering the song “Deep Wound”, their first new material in 14 years, which was mixed and engineered by Albert Di Fiore.…
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Swervedriver would go on to conduct a series of mini-tours over a year-and-a-half span (working around Franklin’s busy solo career) beginning in late 2009 with another short stint in the UK. This first mini-tour culminated at the three-day All Tomorrow’s Parties music festival at Butlin’s holiday camp in Minehead from…
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Swervedriver kicked off their reunion tour on 27 April 2008 at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio , California and continued through North America for the next two months. The band then performed a pair of shows in Great Britain at the Scala London and King Tut’s…
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The following year on 24 November 2006, Hindmarsh published the autobiographical book Rider ( Lulu.com self-publishing ), which chronicles his experiences and observations on the road touring from 1992 to 1998 with Swervedriver. Meanwhile, Franklin had begun an indie rock collaboration with Interpol drummer Sam Fogarino under what would become…
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In the beginning of 2005, the group convened in a collaboration with Castle Music to decide on songs for a retrospective. Juggernaut Rides ’89–’98 compiled 33 tracks remastered from the original DATs (almost half of which being non-album tracks) and was released on 14 March 2005. The two-CD anthology featured…
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In addition to being burned out from the rest of their tour, the band members were growing tired of the encompassing drug scene at their studio space and had entertained selling Bad Earth Studio to Ash before the building lease ran out on them. As they closed down the studio…
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Swervedriver would spend the rest of the year touring extensively for the album. The band performed a promo gig opening for Hum on 26 February 1998 at Irving Plaza in New York and kicked off a North American stint in late May with acts such as Sianspheric , The Dandy…
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Still determined to get the album out, Swervedriver forwent signing with one of two other interested major labels and instead opted for independent label Zero Hour Records out of New York. They officially released 99th Dream , their fourth album, on 24 February 1998. The band also formed their own…
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