This product is a RECORD STORE DAY 2025 title and not available to pre-order. • Available to buy in-store from 8am on Saturday, 12/04/2025 (Record Store Day). • Remaining copies will be available to buy online from 8pm on Monday 14/04/2025.Never released on vinyl since 1997, this Record Store Day edition has re imagined artwork from Sean in the band and is pressed on Oxblood vinyl.Swell were an indie rock band from San Francisco, formed in 1989 by David Freel and Sean Kirkpatrick, with Monte Vallier joining in the early 90's"Too Many days without thinking" was their fourth and some would say their most important recordIt was recorded between 1994 and 1996 in Los Angeles, San Francisco and finally in New York with producer & mixer Kurt Ralske ( Ultra Vivid Scene)What Ryley Walker thinks about Swell & "Too Many Days without thinking" … Swell is one of those bands," Walker notes"An SF indie rock band from the 90's that kinda blipped and faded awayI really don't know too much about their story beyond they were once signed to Rick Rubin's American Recordings and Beggars BanquetI've met maybe two other people who are obsessed with themIt's this brilliant downer acoustic guitar driven rock bandNot in any sort of flip-flop wayJust brainy, stream of consciousness paranoia with great riffsI put them up there with Pavement and Built To Spill as West Coast-ish beautyThis record in particular is the shining highlight of their catalog.
