17 May 2010

Swell Maps



Caught the advert for O2 featuring Gorillaz in the pub.

While I was yet again spitting feathers over the apprehensible scheme (priority my arse), I noticed one of the characters was wearing a Swell Maps t-shirt.

And hence I have a tenuous link to blog about some post-punk, for the first time in a long time.

Swell Maps actually preceded post-punk yet their strong DIY ethos, their willingness to throw styles and sounds together and their lo-fi aesthetics means we don't have to re-draw the boundaries too far.

This track is from 1979 and is shouty, surfy and jerky, and over in less than two minutes. It even has handclaps. Ideal.


FYI: This song was recorded in Leamington Spa