''Reel to Real'' is the fourth EP release by English

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band

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. Produced and recorded by the band and

Alan Moulder Alan Moulder (born 11 June 1959) is an English record producer, mixing engineer, and audio engineer. Early life Moulder was born on 11 June 1959 in Boston, Lincolnshire. He was educated at Boston Grammar School. He had an interest in music from ...

, it was promotionally released in 1991, through

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Background

The promotional EP features the song "Sandblasted" which was released as a single and included on the EP of the same name. The EP also features a cover of

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song, "Jesus", written by

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and included on the band's self-titled 1969 album.

Critical reception

Andy Kellman of

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described the Velvet Underground cover as "a decent, drums-heavy version" and referred to the acoustic-driven track "Hands," as "another dandy in Swervedriver's arsenal of 'on a motorbike in the middle of nowhere' epics." Kellman also argued that "'Scrawl and Scream' is a slower, slightly twangy version of Rave Down's 'Afterglow' with different lyrics" and deemed that "it's not as effective as its predecessor," while Joe Tangari of

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described it as "a wicked, steel guitar-soaked headrush."

Track listing

All tracks written by Swervedriver, except "Jesus", written by

. # "Sandblasted" – 5:41 # "Scrawl and Scream" – 3:50 # "(The Watchmakers) Hands" – 3:30 # "

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

" (

cover) – 4:17

Personnel

Swervedriver

* Adam Franklin – vocals, guitar * Jimmy Hartridge – guitar * Adi Vines – bass guitar * Graham Bonnar – drums

Other personnel

* Patrick Arbuthnot –

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(2) *

– production (2); engineering (2); mixing (2, 3) * Philip Ames – engineering (1, 3) * Nick Robbins – engineering (4) * Anjali Dutt – mixing (1) * Swervedriver – production

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1991 EPs Swervedriver EPs A&M Records EPs Shoegaze EPs Albums produced by Alan Moulder