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Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor
Please tell me about this......don't recall ever seeing this?
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Swell Maps were one of the archetypal frenzied college post-punk/noisey-pop groups. Similar, I suppose, to the Fall and Wire, with traces of Young Marble Giants' quirky snark and Fire Engines' pleasant squall.
They were sonically chaotic and experimental, and in that sense they influenced Sonic Youth... but there was a quintessential Britishness to them that I feel is reflected in Bob Pollard's half-affected "accent" and appreciation for 60's pop.
If you like Pere Ubu, Televsion Personalities, crass, Yellow Pills, Au Paris, Half Japanese, blah blah blah the you really need to get your hands on Jane From Occupied Europe.
Frankly it's one of the best albums ever made. I'll bet most people here who've heard it would agree. It's an absolute necessity.
Sorry if that was a rushed and shitty description.
