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For the first time, Headswim’s iconic second album is available on double gatefold vinyl, featuring 7 bonus tracks, including an unreleased version of their hit 'Tourniquet'! Lovingly released on double vinyl in a gatefold sleeve and 6 Panel CD digipack, this deluxe re-issue features seven bonus tracks including previously un-released tracks, including a previously unheard version of their biggest hit, Tourniquet featuring a string orchestra recorded at Abbey Road Studios!
The bonus material was collated by scouring through Sony's DAT tape archives, in this process the band and label found some wonderful lost recordings. The record will be available on either limited edition blue or back 180 gram vinyl. Despite Yourself, featuring the singles "Tourniquet" and "Better Made”, was Headswim’s sophomore album and documents the development of the band maturing as songwriters. “We were aiming for longevity and believed we had written a collection of songs honestly expressing who we were, where we’d been and where we wanted to go. The album was a declaration of intent, an expression of our lived experience, a light in the dark.”
Originally released on 2nd September 1997 Despite Yourself reached 24 in the UK charts and would see the band tour the USA and Europe, make “several TV appearances (including Top of The Pops), film a couple of glossy music videos and get some mainstream media attention. We’d been given a chance and we’d grasped it with both hands.”
Tracklist
1. Tourniquet
2. Hype
3. Years On Me
4. Clinging To The Wreckage
5. Better Made
6. Wishing I Was Naïve
7. Old Angel Midnight
8. Holy Ghost
9. Burnt Out Shell Of Bliss
10. Devil In My Palm
11. Moving On
12. Brother
13. Black Car (Bonus Track)
14. Last Subway Coma (Bonus Track)
15. Recovery Position (Bonus Track)
16. The Seed (Bonus Track)
17. Plagued (Bonus Track)
18. Tourniquet With Strings