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.
© John Bush /TiVo
Discography
48 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
-
-
Primal Rage
Metal - Released by Positive and Focused Records on 27 Oct 2023
Available in24-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
King of Lies
Metal - Released by Blindsided Records on 2 Jan 2022
Available in24-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
-
Make Up Your Mind
Alternative & Indie - Released by Beggars Banquet on 30 Nov 1998
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Too Many Days Without Thinking
Alternative & Indie - Released by Beggars Banquet on 1 Mar 1997
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
For All the Beautiful People
Alternative & Indie - Released by Beggars Banquet on 1 Jul 2001
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Whenever You’re Ready
Alternative & Indie - Released by Beggars Banquet on 1 Sep 2003
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Everybody Wants to Know
Alternative & Indie - Released by Beggars Banquet on 4 Jun 2001
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Room To Think EP
Alternative & Indie - Released by Beggars Banquet on 19 Jul 1993
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Feed
Alternative & Indie - Released by Beggars Banquet on 6 Nov 2000
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
(i Know) The Trip
Alternative & Indie - Released by Beggars Banquet on 26 Nov 1996
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Everything Is Good
Alternative & Indie - Released by Beggars Banquet on 3 Aug 1998
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
O Mundo ao Meu Redor
Reggae - Released by Swell Band on 29 Mar 2024
Available in24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
-
-
-
-
California, Arizona / Word Gifts
Alternative & Indie - Released by Beggars Banquet on 11 Aug 2003
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Right Here, Dude! (Original Mix)
Miscellaneous - Released by Furthur Progressions Records on 27 Nov 2017
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Loyalty to the Party
Trance - Released by Ovnimoon Records on 10 May 2013
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo