Headswim have announced the deluxe re-issue 'Despite Yourself', which among other formats, will be released on vinyl for the first time ever. A pre-order campaign is underway now, with the album set to arrive on 6th December 2024.
Trapped Animal records is proud to announce the release of Despite Yourself Deluxe from 90’s legends Headswim, which has never been available on vinyl before.
Lovingly released on double vinyl in a gatefold sleeve and double CD digipack, this deluxe re-issue features seven bonus tracks including previously un-released tracks. 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.”
As a reminder of Headswim’s prowess feast, your eyes on their top 30 single 'Tourniquet', below.
To celebrate the release, Dan (lead singer of Headswim) is performing with some friends as Blackcar, and singing both new songs and songs from Headswim’s back catalogue at The Lexington on Saturday December 7th.
More commercial than their debut album 'Flood', in 2022, eonmusic spoke to Dan, who said of 'Despite Yourself'; "It was reflective, I suppose. A lot of the songs were written and demoed, and they did sound more like ‘Flood’. It got cleaned up in the production quite a lot".
To pre-order Despite Yourself deluxe on two different double vinyl formats, double CD and download go to https://trappedanimal.com/products/headswim-despite-yourself
There are also limited edition bundles available that include signed formats.
Lovingly released on double vinyl in a gatefold sleeve and double CD digipack, this deluxe re-issue features seven bonus tracks including previously un-released tracks. 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.”
As a reminder of Headswim’s prowess feast, your eyes on their top 30 single 'Tourniquet', below.
To celebrate the release, Dan (lead singer of Headswim) is performing with some friends as Blackcar, and singing both new songs and songs from Headswim’s back catalogue at The Lexington on Saturday December 7th.
More commercial than their debut album 'Flood', in 2022, eonmusic spoke to Dan, who said of 'Despite Yourself'; "It was reflective, I suppose. A lot of the songs were written and demoed, and they did sound more like ‘Flood’. It got cleaned up in the production quite a lot".
To pre-order Despite Yourself deluxe on two different double vinyl formats, double CD and download go to https://trappedanimal.com/products/headswim-despite-yourself
There are also limited edition bundles available that include signed formats.
