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Swell Maps is tagged as: post-punk, experimental, punk, new wave, rock

Swell Maps were a British experimental rock group of the 1970s from Birmingham, that foreshadowed the birth of post-punk.
Influenced by the disparate likes of T. Rex and the German progressive outfit Can, they created a new soundscape that would be heavily mined by others in the post-punk era. Despite existing in various forms since 1972, Swell Maps only really came together as a musical entity after the birth of British punk rock.
Consisting of brothers Epic Soundtracks (real name Kevin Godfrey) and Nikki Sudden (real name Nicholas Godfrey) two Solihull based teenagers, plus Richard Earl, David Barrington, John Cockrill and Jowe Head, the band cut the single “Read About Seymour” as their debut in 1977, soon after the brothers left Solihull School (also home of Spizzenergi). It is widely considered one of the classic punk era singles. Epic’s drumming mixed with Nikki’s unique melodies crafted over the assorted threads cast by the six musicians set the band apart from the others. After recording their first John Peel session Swell Maps went into WMRS studio to record their first album A Trip To Marineville, which was released in 1979. With hard rocking punk numbers like “H.S. Art” interspersed by ambient instrumentals and other experimenta...
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Vertical Slum
H.S. Art
Spitfire Parade
Cake Shop
Raining In My Room
Robot Factory
Border Country
Let's Buy a Bridge
Full Moon In My Pocket
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Top 10 Swell Maps Albums
Jane From Occupied Europe
A Trip To Marineville
International Rescue
Collision Time Revisited
Train Out Of It
Sweep the Desert
Wastrels and Whippersnappers
Trip to Marineville
Jane from Occupied Europe'
The International Rescue
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