Headswim

Headswim were an indie-rock band formed in Essex England in 1992 by ex-Blinder frontman and guitarist Dan Glendining and his brother, drummer Tom Glendining. The line-up was completed by their friend Clovis Taylor on bass guitar and local musician Nick Watts on keyboards. They released two EPs, "Tense Nervous Head" and "Moment of Union" in their first year together - these made enough of an impression for them to be signed by Sony Music in 1994. The band refined their grungy, Pearl Jam sound for their debut album, 1994's "Flood". The lead-off single "Crawl" fared well in UK radio charts and the band embarked on their first extensive tour of the UK and Europe.

However the death soon after of Dan and Tom's brother Matthew, who had fought a long battle with leukaemia, had a profound effect on the group. Dan and Tom took some time to regroup and Headswim re-emerged in 1997 with their second album, "Despite Yourself" which contained many cathartic songs about death and spirituality, adopting a more sombre tone more akin to artists such as Radiohead and Jeff Buckley. The single "Torniquet" reached the Top 30 in the UK Singles Chart and was a minor radio hit in the U.S. Soon after, the band supported Kula Shaker on a U.S. tour. Commercially the band were underperforming though and Sony made the decision to drop them. Subsequent to this the band managed only one single, "Dusty Road", released in the UK on an independent label (Pet Sounds), before they split up in 2001.

The Glendining brothers went to form BlackCar. For more information on this new project: [http://www.lewisslade.com/DanGlendining BLACKCAR] .

Discography

tudio albums

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