alternate mixes of songs from early albums), which both appeared in 2003. Early 2004 Swell toured the States for the first time in six years. Swell also toured Europe again in 2004 and played shows in Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Spain (Primavera Sound Festival) and in France. The tour band consisted of Mat Mathews on drums, Greg Baldzikowski (keyboards and guitars), Doran Bastin (bass) and David Freel (vox, acoustic guitar). After three years of silence David Freel started recording new songs in spring 2007, assisted by Nick Lucero (ex-Qotsa) on drums. The new album South of the Rain and the Snow was released on 12 December 2007 on Freel's own label pSychosPecificMusic, together with The Lost Album, a 9-track compilation of rarities from the 1995–1997 era. Both records were also released by the French label Talitres in 2008. Swell toured Europe in October/November 2008. The band played dates in France, Austria, England, Switzerland, Holland, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Belgium where the tour ended on 26 November with an extra show in Heist-Op-Den-Berg. David Freel's sidekicks on this tour were Ron Burns (drums) and Brian Mumford (guitar & fx). In March 2009 David Freel released the album Be My Weapon, for the first time without using the name 'Swell'. Freel died on April 12, 2022. Discography Swell (1990) pSychosPecificMusic ...Well? (1991) Def American 41 (1994) American (US)/Beggars (EU) Too Many Days Without Thinking (1997) Beggars Banquet Records For All the Beautiful People (1998) Beggars Banquet Records Feed (2000) Beggars Banquet Records Everybody Wants to Know (2001) Beggars Banquet Records Bastards and Rarities 1989-1994 (compilation) (2003) Badman Recording Co Whenever You're Ready (2003) Beggars Banquet Records/Badman Recording Co South of the Rain and Snow (2007) pSychosPecificMusic / Talitres The Lost Album (compilation) (2007) pSychosPecificMusic / Talitres Be My Weapon (2009) pSychosPecificMusic Greasy (2014) pSychosPecificMusic References External links Musical groups established in 1989 Indie rock musical groups from California Musical groups from San Francisco