Swell Maps

English experimental punk band formed in Birmingham in 1973. Key names mentioned in reviews are Nikki Sudden and Epic Soundtracks (the Godfrey brothers) and Jowe Head. Their full-length debut A Trip To Marineville arrived in 1979.

Reviews highlight the band's avant-garde punk approach, use of noise, toy instruments and found sounds, and place them among more experimental English punk acts.

A fervent, vivid review of Swell Maps' A Trip To Marineville. The reviewer praises the band's avant-garde approach to punk, noise elements and inventive use of found sounds. Highlights Nikki Sudden, Epic Soundtracks and Jowe Head.

For:Fans of punk, post-punk, experimental and noise music; listeners of 1970s British underground music.