Headswim - Despite Yourself (1997)

Despite Yourself is the second and final studio album by the English rock band Headswim. The album was released by Epic Records on 2 September 1997 in the US, and on 18 May 1998 in the UK and the rest of Europe, and spawned two singles for the band, "Tourniquet" and "Better Made". The album's musical style showed a marked change from the hard rock/grunge of the band's earlier work towards a more personal, alternative rock sound (partly influenced by the death of the Glendinings' brother Matthew from leukaemia in 1994), which drew comparisons to Radiohead.

Although the album reached number 24 in the UK Albums Chart and the first single "Tourniquet" made the top 30 of the UK Singles Chart, Despite Yourself did not sell as well as hoped and Epic dropped the band soon after its release.