Name: Mezcal Head
Brand: Swervedriver

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

MOVLP1851

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Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-07-22

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Little Amber Fish

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

8719262003491

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Swervedriver

Genre GB

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Label GB

Music On Vinyl

Swervedriver are an English alternative rock band formed in Oxford in 1989 around core members Adam Franklin and Jimmy Hartridge.

Mezcal Head is their second album, originally released in 1993. The album includes their most successful single "Duel", which was awarded NME's Single of the Week. The album turned out to be one of the hottest albums in 1993 and was recognized a masterpiece from start to finish of vintage dream-pop/shoe gaze on AllMusic with a 9/10 rating.

Mezcal Head was ranked at number 265 on Spin's "The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (1985-2014)" 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.

Finally, for the first time since its original release in 1993, Mezcal Head is available on European soil

Mezcal Head

Music GB