Description
//Tiny Global Productions//
£21.99 – 1xLP, Hand-Screened Sleeve (1 of 3 Randomly Allocated Designs)
One of the first punk bands to set up an “indie” label, Swell Maps were also pioneers of “alternative” music, mixing punk with experimental sounds.
In 2021, Jowe organised performances with ten musicians to play a diverse selection of Maps material over two consecutive nights at London’s Cafe Oto, and did it again at the Rough Trade launch for Jowe’s book on Swell Maps in 2022. Concerts followed across the UK and Europe, with more planned. This ongoing project has resulted in a new studio album, C21, released through Tiny Global Productions.
The material was composed at various times between 1979 and the present, including older songs never recorded professionally, a remake of Soundtracks’ astonishing Jelly Babies and plenty of surprises. C21 offers memorable melodies, wild riffs with super hooks, yet never veers from their adventurous spirit, radical ideas and eccentric musical shapes.
The current collective of musicians features: Jowe Head, David Callahan of Wolfhounds / Moonshake / solo fame, Jeff Bloom out from Television Personalities, Alternative TV’s Lee McFadden, Lucie Rejchrtova (Crazy World Of Arthur Brown), Chloe Herington from chamber rock faves Chrome Hoof, and Luke Haines, who led Auteurs and Black Box Recorder and plays with REM’s Peter Buck.
Tracklisting:
1 A Morning Star
2 Foam Rubber Wedding
3 Vertical Take-Off and Landing
4 Crow Crow
5 Jelly Babies
6 From Head To Phones
7 Johnny Seven
8 HAK Utopia
9 Water Ev’rywhere
10 Saved By The Warts
11 Tele Visions
12 Au Rora
