VINYL FORMAT. On clear vinyl! A comprehensive compilation of this seminal '77 U.K. band (originally on Rough Trade) featuring Epic Soundtracks, Nikki Sudden, Richard Earl and Jowe Head. The release includes various 7"s, songs from their 12" albums plus unreleased tracks. All remastered. Cool artwork, too. The Swell Maps were influential for U.S. bands like Minutemen, Replacement and Sonic Youth, among others.

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Maps - aka James Chapman - recorded Turning the Mind with Tim Holmes (Death in Vegas) at the Contino Rooms in London. Maps' second album follows the Barclaycard Mercury Prize shortlisted debut We Can Create. Talking about the album, Chapman explains, "Turning the Mind is essentially an album which explores themes related to the human mind and the way certain stimuli, particularly chemical, can affect the mind in different ways. A recurring theme throughout the album is that of the 'journey of extremes.' An...   [ read more ]

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Recorded on a 16-track in James Chapman's tiny bedroom, Map's debut album We Can Create is a hugely ambitious, widescreen and epic record that recalls everything from far away electronics and skewed songwriting to euphoric sound-scapes. A work of heart-stopping extremes, the album's eleven tracks run the full length of the transmission spectrum, from dreamy space-rock to folksy, down-tempo whisperings and clattering, thudding noise- pop. A bedroom genius in the truest of senses, the other-worldly atmospher...   [ read more ]

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