Swell Maps

The Profile

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.