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Infobox musical artist| name = Headswim| image = HeadswimPromoPhoto.jpg| caption =| landscape = yes| background = group_or_band| origin = Essex , England | genre = Alternative rock , indie rock , grunge | years_active = 1992–2001 | label = Crush Records Epic Records|Epic Pet Sounds| website =| current_members =| past_members = Daniel Glendining Tom Glendining Clovis Taylor Nick Watts Headswim was an English alternative rock band active during the 1990s, best known for their 1997 single "Tourniquet". Band members would subsequently go on to projects including BlackCar , The Tenebrous Liar and Mew (band)|Mew .
History
The band originally formed in 1989 in Essex , England under the name Blinder . http://www.myspace.com/mattpeggonthebass Biography on Matt Pegg's MySpace page The initial lineup was Daniel Glendining ( guitar / vocals ), his sibling|brother Tom Glendining ( drums ), Nick Watts ( keyboard instrument|keyboards / backing vocals ) and Matt Pegg (bass guitar). The band's main influences were grunge and progressive rock and their most successful concerts were two support slots for It Bites in 1989 http://www.procolharum.com/procolmp.htm Matt Pegg biography on Procul Harum homepage, accessed August 28 2009 (one of which was to a capacity audience at the Hammersmith Odeon ). Following Pegg's departure Blinder rethought their approach, reducing the progressive rock elements in their music. Pegg was replaced as bass player by a friend of the band, Clovis Taylor, and by 1992 Blinder had changed their name to Headswim.
Headswim’s first releases were two four-track Extended play|EP s, Tense Nervous Head and Moment of Union on their own Crush Records label (the eight songs from the two EPs would later be compiled and released as the mini-album Tense Moments ). The EPs made enough of an impression for them to be signed by the Sony Music subsidiary Epic Records in an eight-album dealcite news |first=Ryan |last=Gilbey |title=Production Notes: Tom Glendining of the band Headswim on recording their debut album |newspaper=The Independent|url= http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/production-notes-tom-glendining-of-the-band-headswim-on-recording-their-debut-album-1447103.html |date=6 September 1994 |accessdate=10 February 2011 and they released their full-length debut album Flood (Headswim album)|Flood in 1994. The album's third single "Crawl" made the UK Singles Chart and the band embarked on their first extensive concert tour|tour of the United Kingdom|UK and Europe . However, the death later that year of Dan and Tom's brother Matthew (who had created all of the band's album artwork up to this point) after a long battle with leukaemia had a profound effect on the group, who took time off to regroup.
Headswim re-emerged in 1997 with their second album Despite Yourself which contained many cathartic songs about death and spirituality. The group’s music had also shifted from their earlier grunge influences to a more reflective alternative rock sound more akin to artists such as Radiohead and Jeff Buckley . The lead single "Tourniquet" reached the Top 40|Top 30 in the UK and was a minor radio hit record|hit in the United States|U.S. Soon after, the band supported Kula Shaker on a U.S. tour. However, sales of the album did not live up to expectations and Sony made the decision to drop them. Subsequently the band released only one further single, "Dusty Road", in 2000 on the independent record label Pet Sounds in the UK, before splitting up in early 2001.
Following the group’s split, Daniel Glendining formed a new band, BlackCar , essentially a solo project with occasional contributions from other musicians. He also composed the instrumental film score for Lindy Heymann’s 2010 low-budget film|low-budget British film , Kicks. http://www.myspace.com/danielglendining Daniel Glendining's MySpace page Tom Glendining also plays drums for BlackCar, dividing his time between the group and another band, The Tenebrous Liar. http://www.myspace.com/stixmagraw Tom Glendining's MySpace page In February 2011 it was announced that Dan would be joining his brother Tom in The Tenebrous Liar as their new guitarist http://www.tenebrousliar.com/news.html The Tenebrous Liar official website, news story 12 February 2011 while continuing to work as BlackCar. Nick Watts now works as a graphic designer , but is still involved in the music business as he plays keyboards for the Danish alternative rock band Mew (band)|Mew when they are on tour. http://www.mewx.info/wp/? page_id=63 Interview with Nick Watts by Tero Heikkenen on MewX.info
Discography
Studio albums
Flood (Headswim album)|Flood (1994)
Despite Yourself (1997 in USA, 1998 in UK & Europe) - UK #24
*combined and released as the mini-album Tense Moments (1994)
Singles
"Gone to Pot" (1994)
"Soup" (1994)
"Crawl" (1995) - UK #64
"Tourniquet" (1997 in USA, 1998 in UK & Europe) - UK #30
"Better Made" (1998) - UK #42
"Dusty Road" (2000)
(highest UK chart positions taken from "British Hit Singles & Albums")cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 248
References
Reflist Category:Britpop groups Category:English rock music groups Category:Musical groups established in 1992 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2001 Category:English alternative rock groups
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