Albums by Swell
ALBUMSouth of the Rain and SnowSwell
ALBUMWhenever You're ReadySwell
ALBUMEverybody Wants to KnowSwell
ALBUMFeedSwell
ALBUMFor All the Beautiful PeopleSwell
ALBUMToo Many Days Without ThinkingSwell
ALBUM41Swell
ALBUM...Well?Swell
ALBUMSwellSwell
Swell's Popular Music Videos
Make Up Your Mind
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At Long Last
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(I Know) The Trip
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Everything Is Good
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At Long Last
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Artist Biography
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
Hometown
United States of America
Genre
Alternative