Swervedriver say they are marking the 35th anniversary of their 1991 debut *Raise* with a new tour and reflecting on the renewed attention around shoegaze. In the BrooklynVegan interview, the band discuss how the album has endured, how they feel about being revisited as part of a wider genre revival, and why that renewed interest matters for both long-time listeners and newer fans discovering the scene. The piece matters because it frames Swervedriver not simply as a nostalgia act, but as a band whose early work is being reassessed within a broader revival of guitar-led alternative music.

The interview centres on *Raise*, which originally came out in 1991, and on Swervedriver’s place in a scene that has grown in stature well beyond its first wave. Adam Franklin and Jimmy Hartridge talk about revisiting older material live, the band’s complicated relationship with the shoegaze label, and how their sound always sat slightly apart through its mix of noise, melody and forward momentum. The discussion also places the anniversary run in the context of the group’s longer career, from their early 1990s breakthrough through reunion-era activity and later records, as interest in shoegaze continues to expand across newer audiences.