Swell Maps - The John Peel Sessions

Follows the sold-out Record Store Day edition -remastered and available officially for the first time inover 40 years.

Noisy, chaotic and defiantly experimental, Swell Mapsmay not have found commercial success in their time,but their impact on music is undeniable. An inspirationto bands such as R.E.M., Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.,Pavement and Nirvana, with Kurt Cobain famouslybeing a fan and often seen sporting a Swell Maps TShirt.

Members Biggles Books, Jowe Head and brothersNikki Sudden and Epic Soundtracks helped shape thelandscape of post-punk and DIY music. Now, for thefirst time in over 40 years, ‘The John Peel Sessions’brings together all three of their recordings for JohnPeel, a figure instrumental in championing their sound. Formed in the early 1970s and fully realised by 1976,Swell Maps embodied the DIY ethos, launching theirown label and self-releasing the jagged, frenetic debutsingle ‘Read About Seymour’ in 1977. Peel was anearly supporter, playing their record as soon as itlanded on his desk - a moment the band described asone of disbelief and elation. His regular airplay of theirmusic helped solidify their cult status, and thesesessions capture the raw energy, off-kilter melodiesand boundary-pushing creativity that defined them. ‘The John Peel Sessions’ is a vital document of SwellMaps at their most unfiltered - three sessions ofunpredictable, exhilarating noise.

Tracklisting
A1 International Rescue - 16/10/78
A2 Harmony in Your Bathroom - 16/10/78
A3 Read About Seymour - 16/10/78
A4 Another Song - 16/10/78
A5 Full Moon / Blam!! / Full Moon (Reprise) - 16/10/78
A6 Armadillo - 15/5/79
A7 Vertical Slum / Forest Fire - 15/5/79
B1 Midget Submarines - 15/5/79
B2 Bandits One Five - 15/5/79
B3 Big Empty Field - 18/3/80
B4 Bleep And Booster Come Round For Tea / Secret Island - 18/3/80
B5 Let's Buy a Bridge - 18/3/80
B6 Helicopter Spies / A Raincoat's Room - 18/3/80

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