Reformed shoegazing legends Swervedriver formed in the mid 80s in Oxford. Their driving, rocky take on the shoegazing sound marked them out from their peers, who notably included fellow Oxford group Ride. Signing to Creation Records the band released some critically acclaimed albums, which in recent years have been remastered.

Swervedriver return to Australia to perform at the Perth International Arts Festival and this Melbourne sideshow. Swervedriver’s last visit in 1998 had them as special guests of then rising-Australian stars, Powderfinger. That tour would prove Swervedriver's undoing though, with the band performing their final show for a decade at the Bootleg Brewery in Margaret River, WA. For the upcoming Australian tour, Swervedriver mainstays: singer/guitarist Adam Franklin, guitarist Jim Hartridge and bassist Steve George are to be joined by drummer Graham Bonnar who has never toured Australia with Swervedriver before.