Sticking to the studio full lengths for this one; acknowledging the slew of non-album material they have released.

I don't think they ever achieved greatness but Mezcal Head got closest. Raise was alright but too steeped in the tinny MBV sound. I Wasn't Born to Lose You was pretty strong for a 'comeback' though I haven't been that compelled to go back. Mezcal is enough to scratch the itch for shoegazy car dude rock I guess.

I feel that Mezcal Head will be the victor but Ejector Seat Reservation has a slew of my favorite Swervedriver songs, like, ever. "The Birds," "Maelstrom," "Last Day on Earth," are lovely songs, and the record as a whole transcends the shoegaze tag even when they lean into it. I just adore "The Birds" with Adam's drawl and saturated melodic guitars. So great.

ESR. The Birds just makes it. MH is more rocking and is tied into a wonderful period in my life, but, The Birds.

One of my fave bands.

Really hard to choose between those first three records.

Raise Rocks and has a weird and kinda arid vibe I reallly dig. I also like that many songs are bass driven. It also has a nocturnal vibe to it.

Mezcal is super catchy but recording is a bit too polished. I love that us copies had "Never lose that feeling", probably my fave song from them.

Probably ESR is the best produced one and the more "classic Rock" sounding, the more accesible. Might have their strongest set of songs.

The rest have their moments, but nothing like that initial run.

ESR takes it.

I'm totally standard for saying Mezcal is best, my only semi unique insight is that 99th Dream is underrated.

99th dream is VG, but it was the first time they didn't "evolve" sonically. Production also is kinda "normal".

But yeah, they still wrote some great songs.

Raise. Ravedown has one of the best main riffs ever. Way better live band than MBV.

On the other hand, the Us version of Mezcal includes Never lose that feeling/never learn.

What say then on the newest release DoReMi FaSo LaTiDo?
Spotify pushed me the first song Butterfly and it was a good opener.

Raise and Mezcal Head are both all timers for me. Some of my favorite guitar records ever recorded. Definitely my favorite band attached to shoegaze. Those two records are a perfect blending of Sonic Yourh, Dinosaur jr and My Bloody Valentine elements and still uniquely their own. Great live band when I saw them back in the 90s!