Swervedriver Return With New Album I Wasn’t Born to Lose You, Share “Setting Sun”, Announce Tour

The shoegaze reunion wave continues: Swervedriver have announced their first album since 1998′s 99th Dream. It’s called I Wasn’t Born to Lose You and it’s out March 3 via Cobraside. Check out “Setting Sun” above.

“Setting Sun” will be available as a digital and physical single on January 13. The b-side is the band’s cover of Television’s “Days”.

The band have also announced a series of tour dates, which will take them across North America in March. They’re set to appear at SXSW.

Swervedriver released four albums in their original run between 1989 and 1998. They went on hiatus for a decade before reuniting in 2008. They appeared on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” in 2012, and a year later, they shared their single “Deep Wound”, which will be included on the album.

I Wasn’t Born to Lose You:

01 Autodidact
02 Last Rites
03 For a Day Like Tomorrow
04 Setting Sun
05 Everso
06 English Subtitles
07 Red Queen Arms Race
08 Deep Wound
09 Lone Star
10 I Wonder?

Swervedriver:

03-04 San Diego, CA – Casbah
03-05 Los Angeles, CA – Roxy Theatre
03-06 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
03-08 Seattle, WA – Neumo’s Crystal Ball
03-09 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
03-12 St. Paul, MN – Turf Club
03-13 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
03-14 Chicago, IL – TBA
03-15 Grand Rapids, MI – Pyramid Scheme
03-16 Cincinnati, OH – The Woodward Theater
03-17 St. Louis, MO – The Duck Room @ Blueberry
03-19 Dallas, TX – Club Dada
03-20-21 Austin, TX – SXSW
03-23 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
03-24 Durham, NC – Motorco
03-25 Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel
03-27 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
03-28 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
03-29 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer

Here’s “Deep Wound”:

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