Sweep the Desert

by Swell Maps

Sweep the Desert cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 January 2000
  • Label: Alive Records
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 51:27
  • Community rating: 3.6/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Tom Arnold, Jowe Head, Richard Earl, Nikki Sudden, Epic Soundtracks

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Alive Records' compilation of Swell Maps' recordings gathers the Birmingham band's singles and album tracks. Their fractured, DIY post-punk, recorded with toy instruments and studio debris, influenced the lo-fi movement.

Genres

Descriptors: compilation, experimental, lo-fi, noisy, guitars

Tracklist

  1. Then Poland (1:07)
  2. Full Moon In My Pocket (1:29)
  3. Blam!! (3:39)
  4. Full Moon (Reprise) (1:04)
  5. Big Maz In The Desert (4:03)
  6. Big Empty Field (No. 2) (3:13)
  7. Don't Throw Ashtrays At Me (1:15)
  8. Midget Submarines (4:30)
  9. Bridge Head (Pt. 9) (1:33)
  10. Never To See Any Other Way (0:38)
  11. Doomette (0:31)
  12. Collision With A Frogman Vs. The Mangrove Delta Plan (8:02)
  13. Fashion Cult (2:18)
  14. Big Maz In The Country (3:30)
  15. Cave Mines (3:18)
  16. Avalanche (3:20)
  17. Big Empty Field (3:20)
  18. Raining Room (1:01)
  19. The Graveyard Shift (3:36)

Credits

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