# Swell Maps | Hiper Musicas

> Machine-readable artist reference for HiperMusicas crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://hipermusicas.com/swell-maps
Full AI reference: https://hipermusicas.com/swell-maps/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-09-17 21:22 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://hipermusicas.com/swell-maps
- Compact AI file: https://hipermusicas.com/swell-maps/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://hipermusicas.com/swell-maps/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Swell Maps
- Visible lyric pages: 2

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: HiperMusicas live database for artist `swell-maps`.
- Generated on request: 2026-09-17 21:22 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-d92e45ed7f200b1c
- Visible lyric pages: 2
- Pages with stored lyric text: 2
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with HiperMusicas editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 1320
- All-time HiperMusicas visits: 4
- Monthly HiperMusicas visits: 0
- Weekly HiperMusicas visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time HiperMusicas signals: Cake Shop, and Maps
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Swell Maps came together in Bristol around 1972, with Nikki Sudden and his brother Epic Soundtracks (Kevin Haskins) at the core, alongside Jowe Head and Richard Jobson. They were part of that loose, fertile post-punk moment, but their sound was its own thing, a bit raw, a bit experimental, never quite settling into one lane. Their records, like the early single 'Maps' and the album 'A Trip to Marineville' from...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Cake Shop — https://hipermusicas.com/swell-maps/cake-shop
2. Maps — https://hipermusicas.com/swell-maps/maps