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Swell Maps

Swell Maps is a group from the UK, active from 1972.

Group GB 1972–1980 post-punk art punk punk rock
TOTAL PLAYS
104
SONGS PLAYED
41
STATIONS
1
FIRST PLAYED
2009-04-21 04:20 · 6 Music — "Bleep And Booster Come Round For Tea / Secret Island"
LAST PLAYED
1 month ago · 6 Music — "Foam Rubber Wedding"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2009 — 2026
20 15 10 5 0
'09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 104 100%
Radio 1 0 0%
Radio 2 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 International Rescue 14 2020-11-23
2 International Rescue (Radio 1 Session, 16 Oct 1978) 9 2022-10-24
3 Read About Seymour 8 2026-05-25
4 Lets Build a Car 8 2024-09-24
5 Harmony in Your Bathroom 5 2013-12-02
6 Let's Build a Car 4 2025-09-03
7 Big Empty Field 4 2021-10-04
8 Read About Seymour (Radio 1 Session, 16 Oct 1978) 4 2020-12-16
9 Full Moon In My Pocke / Blam 4 2013-08-06
10 Another Song (Radio 1 Session, 16 Oct 1978) 3 2022-10-24
11 Bleep And Booster Come Round For Tea / Secret Island 3 2021-10-04
12 Harmony In Your Bathroom (Radio 1 Session, 16 Oct 1978) 3 2020-12-16
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-07-29 20:05 Foam Rubber Wedding 6 Music
2026-07-15 21:02 From Head to Phones (6 Music Session, 15 July 2026) 6 Music
2026-07-15 20:54 Water Ev'rywhere (6 Music Session, 15 July 2026) 6 Music
2026-07-15 20:42 Foam Rubber Wedding (6 Music Session, 15 July 2026) 6 Music
2026-07-15 20:00 A Morning Star (6 Music Session, 15 July 2026) 6 Music
2026-07-14 21:36 Foam Rubber Wedding 6 Music
2026-05-25 21:11 Read About Seymour 6 Music
2025-11-09 20:12 Midget Submarines 6 Music
2025-09-03 20:04 Let's Build a Car 6 Music
2024-12-08 21:52 Secret Island 6 Music
2024-09-24 20:00 Lets Build a Car 6 Music
2024-08-01 20:33 Lets Build a Car 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

41 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Morning Star (6 Music Session, 15 July 2026) — 1 ▶
Ammunition Train — 1 ▶
Another Song — 3 ▶
Another Song (Radio 1 Session, 16 Oct 1978) — 3 ▶
Armadillo (John Peel session 15 May 1979) — 1 ▶
Bandits (John Peel session 15 May 1979) — 1 ▶
Bandits (John Peel session 15-05-1979) — 1 ▶
Big Empty Field — 4 ▶
Black Velvet — 1 ▶
BLAM!! — 1 ▶
Bleep And Booster Come Round For Tea / Secret Island — 3 ▶
Cake Shop — 1 ▶
Epic's Trip — 1 ▶
Fashion Cult — 1 ▶
Foam Rubber Wedding — 2 ▶
Foam Rubber Wedding (6 Music Session, 15 July 2026) — 1 ▶
Forest Fire — 1 ▶
From Head to Phones (6 Music Session, 15 July 2026) — 1 ▶
Full Moon In My Pocke / Blam — 4 ▶
Full Moon In My Pocke / Blam (Radio 1 Session, 16 Oct 1978) — 1 ▶
Full Moon in My Pocket — 1 ▶
Harmony in Your Bathroom — 5 ▶
Harmony In Your Bathroom (Radio 1 Session, 16 Oct 1978) — 3 ▶
helicopter spies / a raincoat's room — 2 ▶
International Rescue — 14 ▶
International Rescue ( John Peel Session 16/10/1978) — 1 ▶
International Rescue (Radio 1 Session, 16 Oct 1978) — 9 ▶
Let's Build a Car — 4 ▶
Lets Build a Car — 8 ▶
Midget Submarine — 2 ▶
Midget Submarines — 2 ▶
Midget Submarines (John Peel 15 May 1979) — 1 ▶
Read About Seymour — 8 ▶
Read About Seymour (Radio 1 Session, 16 Oct 1978) — 4 ▶
Ripped & Torn — 1 ▶
Robot Factory — 1 ▶
Secret Island — 1 ▶
The Helicopter Spies — 1 ▶
Vertical Slum / Forest Fire (John Peel session 15 May 1979) — 1 ▶
Vertical Slum Forest Fire (John Peel session 15-05-1979) — 1 ▶
Water Ev'rywhere (6 Music Session, 15 July 2026) — 1 ▶