Swell was an American indie rock band formed in San Francisco in 1989 when David Freel (vocals/guitar) and Sean Kirkpatrick (drums) decided to record an album.
The band recorded a self-titled debut album and released it on Freel's own pSychosPecificMusic label in April 1990. Swell's influences range from 1980s post-punk bands, Pink Floyd to folk, noise pop and Ennio Morricone film scores.
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Links to Peel[]
Peel first played Swell's material in the the summer of 1991 when he played their debut single. Further material from the group were played by Peel and impressed by their records, he invited the group to do a session for his show in 1992, where they performed four tracks. After the early 90's, Peel seemed to have lost interest in them until 1997 when he played a song from their Too Many Days Without Thinking album on his show. After the end of the 90's, there was no further records played by the band on Peel's programmes.
Sessions[]
SWELL John Peel 28th April 1992
1. Recorded: 1992-04-28. First Broadcast: 06 June 1992. Repeated: 08 August 1992
- Every Day Any Day / Tell Them Why / Life's Great / There's Always One Thing
Other Shows Played[]
- 1991
- 01 June 1991: Get High (7") Spirit/Psycho Specific
- 16 June 1991: Get High (7") Spirit/Psycho Specific
- Peel 004 (Radio Bremen): Get High (7") Spirit Music
- 30 June 1991: Love You All (album - Swell) pSycho-sPecific
- 19 July 1991 (BFBS): Dan, A Son Of God (LP - Swell) Mean
- 26 July 1991 (BFBS): Love You All (LP - Swell) Mean
- 18 August 1991: Stop (album - Swell) pSycho-sPecific
- 02 September 1991 (Radio Bremen): Dan, A Son Of God (LP - Swell) Normal
- 1992
- 27 March 1992: At Long Last (CD - ...Well?) Psycho-Specific
- 28 March 1992: Down (LP - ...Well? ) (pSycho-sPecific Records)
- 03 April 1992: Turtle Song (CD - ...Well?) pSycho-sPecific
- 05 April 1992 (BFBS): 'At Long Last (CD-...Well?)' (Def American Recordings)
- 12 April 1992 (BFBS): Turtle Song (LP - Well?) (Psycho Specific Records)
- 18 April 1992: The Price (CD – ...Well?) pSycho-sPecfic
- 26 April 1992 (BFBS): The Price (album – ...Well?) pSycho-sPecfic
- 1993
- 21 August 1993 (BFBS): Suicide Machine (v/a album - Caution! Hot Tips!) Dedicated
- 1997
- 19 February 1997: 'When You Come Over (CD-Too Many Days Without Thinking)' (Beggars Banquet)