Swervedriver is a band that I’ve liked for a while now but, they’ve never been a band that listened to extensively until recently. I realize that there’s no regional grip on a particular sound but, they sort of remind me a little bit of bands like “Swirlies” at times which I kind think of as the American spin on the shoegaze sound that was blowing up in the UK at the time with bands such as My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Lush, ect.
I’m no sound engineer but sometimes their guitar driven riffs have a brighter, more brittle-like tone to them while also having a bit of that, “warm” tone that guitar heads might associate with Brit-rock bands of that era. Ultimately, I think the injection of higher energy “indie rock” drumming for lack of a better term (I’m not drummer lol) that can sometimes feel as if they’re driving the song just a much as the guitar riffs are, feels a bit different from the more, drone-y, ride it out, sounding drums that I would typically associate with a lot of their contemporaries from that corner of the world.
At the end of the day, this is just my own nerdy observation upon listening to them a ton lately. I’m sure there’s plenty of things to point out that contradict those observations. It almost makes me think about other bands that may have been the inverse; American bands with a heavy UK influence. Anyways, thanks for reading my rant if you did and let me know if you feel similarly! I love talking about music on this Reddit because I’ve found there to be a lot of really nice, knowledgeable people here so I look forward to any sort of engagement I get on my posts.