#1620 Swervedriver - I Wasn't Born to Lose You

These guys basically picked up exactly where they left off half my life ago, same walls of swirly guitars whorling you down the whirlpool. It's actually the catchiest thing they've done, with beautiful little breakdowns and vocal hooks asserting themselves. Heck, the vocals almost seemed embarrassed to be in the same room as the guitars on their previous albums, but it's 17 years later and they're all grown up 3.5/5