Description

Swell Maps – In Jane From Occupied Europe

Released: 1980 | Rough Trade Records | Original UK Pressing | LP

The second and final studio album from Swell Maps, In Jane From Occupied Europe is a wonderfully chaotic and adventurous piece of British post-punk.

Originally released in 1980, the album captures the band’s deliberately unconventional approach to music, mixing punk, experimental rock, tape manipulation, noise and psychedelic influences into something that remains strikingly original.

Led by Nikki Sudden and Epic Soundtracks, Swell Maps operated well outside the conventions of mainstream rock, with fragmented songs, strange sound effects and unpredictable arrangements sitting alongside some genuinely memorable melodies.

Track Listing

Side 1

1. Robot Factory
2. Let’s Build a Car
3. Vertical Integration
4. Big Maz in the Black Hole
5. Helicopter Spies
6. Soundscapes of the Damned

Side 2

1. Big Empty Field
2. The Stairs Are Like an Elevator
3. Whatever Happens Next…
4. Gunboats
5. Collision with a Frogman
6. Secret Island
7. A Raincoat’s a Raincoat

An essential release for anyone interested in the more experimental side of the British post-punk movement, and a standout album from one of the era’s most unconventional bands.