Polar Regions, by Swell Maps C21

Polar Regions

by Swell Maps C21

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The Sound of Swell Maps: a live retrospective presented by Jowe Head with guest musicians in December 2021.Over two nights, Jowe Head, a founder-member of Swell Maps, presented two different sets of the band’s output live on stage at Cafe Oto, with contributions from an impressive range of musicians and singers and artists, including Luke Haines (Auteurs), David Lance Callahan (Wolfhounds), Jeffrey Bloom (TV Personalities), Gina Birch (Raincoats)' Lee McFadden (TV Personalities/ATV) Ian Wadley: drums, Lucie Rejchrtova: piano Cos Chapman: lead guitar & e-bow, Jasmine Pender: cello Sleeve Notes by Thurston Moore and Jowe Head.

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All I know is that when hearing these ladies lay down the impeccable rollick of "International Rescue" one zillion years after it had first been penned – I know, as you may too, o compatriot listener and album cover sniffer, that we lifers in the line of Swell Maps fire continue to be in a place of Providential Exaltation.

Keep plugging in, mates, the amplifiers – they never lie.

Thurston Moore, London 2022

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The Sound of Swell Maps: a live retrospective presented by Jowe Head with guest musicians in December 2021.Over two nights, Jowe Head, a founder-member of Swell Maps, presented two different sets of the band’s output live on stage at Cafe Oto, with contributions from an impressive range of musicians and singers and artists, including Luke Haines (Auteurs), David Lance Callahan (Wolfhounds), Jeffrey Bloom (TV Personalities), Gina Birch (Raincoats)' Lee McFadden (TV Personalities/ATV) Ian Wadley: drums, Lucie Rejchrtova: piano Cos Chapman: lead guitar & e-bow, Jasmine Pender: cello Sleeve Notes by Thurston Moore and Jowe Head.

Excerpt from sleeve notes:

All I know is that when hearing these ladies lay down the impeccable rollick of "International Rescue" one zillion years after it had first been penned – I know, as you may too, o compatriot listener and album cover sniffer, that we lifers in the line of Swell Maps fire continue to be in a place of Providential Exaltation.

Keep plugging in, mates, the amplifiers – they never lie.

Thurston Moore, London 2022

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The Sound of Swell Maps: a live retrospective presented by Jowe Head with guest musicians in December 2021.Over two nights, Jowe Head, a founder-member of Swell Maps, presented two different sets of the band’s output live on stage at Cafe Oto, with contributions from an impressive range of musicians and singers and artists, including Luke Haines (Auteurs), David Lance Callahan (Wolfhounds), Jeffrey Bloom (TV Personalities), Gina Birch (Raincoats)' Lee McFadden (TV Personalities/ATV) Ian Wadley: drums, Lucie Rejchrtova: piano Cos Chapman: lead guitar & e-bow, Jasmine Pender: cello Sleeve Notes by Thurston Moore and Jowe Head.

Excerpt from sleeve notes:

All I know is that when hearing these ladies lay down the impeccable rollick of "International Rescue" one zillion years after it had first been penned – I know, as you may too, o compatriot listener and album cover sniffer, that we lifers in the line of Swell Maps fire continue to be in a place of Providential Exaltation.

Keep plugging in, mates, the amplifiers – they never lie.

Thurston Moore, London 2022

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The Sound of Swell Maps: a live retrospective presented by Jowe Head with guest musicians in December 2021.Over two nights, Jowe Head, a founder-member of Swell Maps, presented two different sets of the band’s output live on stage at Cafe Oto, with contributions from an impressive range of musicians and singers and artists, including Luke Haines (Auteurs), David Lance Callahan (Wolfhounds), Jeffrey Bloom (TV Personalities), Gina Birch (Raincoats)' Lee McFadden (TV Personalities/ATV) Ian Wadley: drums, Lucie Rejchrtova: piano Cos Chapman: lead guitar & e-bow, Jasmine Pender: cello Sleeve Notes by Thurston Moore and Jowe Head.

Excerpt from sleeve notes:

All I know is that when hearing these ladies lay down the impeccable rollick of "International Rescue" one zillion years after it had first been penned – I know, as you may too, o compatriot listener and album cover sniffer, that we lifers in the line of Swell Maps fire continue to be in a place of Providential Exaltation.

Keep plugging in, mates, the amplifiers – they never lie.

Thurston Moore, London 2022

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1.	Wireless 01:18	buy track
2.	HS Art 02:25	buy track
3.	Read About Seymour 01:34	buy track
4.	Bronze And Baby Shoes 04:05	buy track
5.	Let's Build A Car 03:11	buy track
6.	Don't Throw Ashtrays 00:45	buy track
7.	Midget Submarine 04:20	buy track
8.	Cake Shop 03:10	buy track
9.	Harmony In Your Bathroom 04:11	buy track
10.	Big Empty Field / One More Night 03:33	buy track
11.	Jelly Babies 03:19	buy track
12.	Helicopter Spies / Raincoat's Room 05:42	buy track
13.	Ghost Train 03:55	buy track
14.	She Sleeps Alone 05:29	buy track
15.	International Rescue 02:26	buy track
16.	Vertical Slum 07:39	buy track

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The Sound of Swell Maps: a live retrospective presented by Jowe Head with guest musicians in December 2021.Over two nights, Jowe Head, a founder-member of Swell Maps, presented two different sets of the band’s output live on stage at Cafe Oto, with contributions from an impressive range of musicians and singers and artists, including Luke Haines (Auteurs), David Lance Callahan (Wolfhounds), Jeffrey Bloom (TV Personalities), Gina Birch (Raincoats)' Lee McFadden (TV Personalities/ATV) Ian Wadley: drums, Lucie Rejchrtova: piano Cos Chapman: lead guitar & e-bow, Jasmine Pender: cello Sleeve Notes by Thurston Moore and Jowe Head.

Excerpt from sleeve notes:

All I know is that when hearing these ladies lay down the impeccable rollick of "International Rescue" one zillion years after it had first been penned – I know, as you may too, o compatriot listener and album cover sniffer, that we lifers in the line of Swell Maps fire continue to be in a place of Providential Exaltation.

Keep plugging in, mates, the amplifiers – they never lie.

Thurston Moore, London 2022

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released May 5, 2023

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