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Swell is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Pink Floyd and Ennio Morricone. Those roots explain a lot about how Swell arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Throwing Muses, The Folk Implosion, The Wedding Present, dEUS and Camper Van Beethoven, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jellyfish, PJ Harvey and Mazzy Star, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Swell, reaching back through Pink Floyd and forward to Jellyfish. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Swell connections
Swell grew out of Pink Floyd and Ennio Morricone, shares an orbit with Throwing Muses, The Folk Implosion, The Wedding Present and dEUS, went on to shape Jellyfish, PJ Harvey and Mazzy Star. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Swell.
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