SWELL
Alternating influences from neo-psychedelia, noise pop, and Ennio Morricone film scores, Swell formed in San Francisco in 1989 when vocalist/guitarist David Freel and drummer Sean Kirkpatrick decided to record an album. Enlisting second guitarist John Dettman and bassist Monte Vallier, the band recorded a self-titled debut album and released it on their own Psycho Specific label in April 1990. After playing live for the first time in August -- a support slot for Mazzy Star at San Francisco's I-Beam -- Swell toured around California, and released a second album, Well?, by February 1992. Though Dettman left the band soon after, Freel and Kirkpatrick soldiered on, receiving an offer from Def American Records to give Well? a wide release one year after its first issue. Adding guitarist Tom Hays to replace Dettman, Swell began recording their third album. The LP, 41, was released by American in November 1993. Subsequent efforts include 1997's Too Many Days Without Thinking and 1998's For All the Beautiful People. Everybody Wants to Know appeared in spring 2001. After the band became inactive, David Freel recorded as a solo act and relocated to Oregon, where he would open a custom vinyl-cutting business. Freel died on April 12, 2022 at the age of 64.
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41
Alternative & Indie - Released by Beggars Banquet on Feb 9, 1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Too Many Days Without Thinking
Alternative & Indie - Released by Beggars Banquet on Mar 1, 1997
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For All the Beautiful People
Alternative & Indie - Released by Beggars Banquet on Jul 1, 2001
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Whenever You’re Ready
Alternative & Indie - Released by Beggars Banquet on Sep 1, 2003
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Everybody Wants to Know
Alternative & Indie - Released by Beggars Banquet on Jun 4, 2001
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Room To Think EP
Alternative & Indie - Released by Beggars Banquet on Jul 19, 1993
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Feed
Alternative & Indie - Released by Beggars Banquet on Nov 6, 2000
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(i Know) The Trip
Alternative & Indie - Released by Beggars Banquet on Nov 26, 1996
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Make Up Your Mind
Alternative & Indie - Released by Beggars Banquet on Nov 30, 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Right Here, Dude! (Original Mix)
Miscellaneous - Released by Furthur Progressions Records on Nov 27, 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Orientation
Trance - Released by Blacklite Records on Jun 25, 2020
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Swell no Estúdio Showlivre (Ao Vivo)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Showlivre on Oct 20, 2016
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Vengo Tranki (En Vivo)
World - Released by 2020 Swell on Jun 12, 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Psychadelic Advocate
Trance - Released by Plan B Records on May 21, 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo