Page 8 -The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 15, 1990 Swell Maps Collision Time Revisited Mute/Restless You've been blindfolded for a decade. Your brethren haven't al- lowed you to be exposed to the en- lightened cartography of Swell Maps. But along comes Collision Time Revisited, and the blindfold comes off. You are in a darkened lis- teing room, a room that is slowly becoming illuminated as each cere- motfial candle is lit. You assume the position, between the speakers. The phonograph needle assumes its posi- tion, on the record. Prepare to be ini- tiated! Didn't bring anything with which to, ah, protect yourself? Don't worry -no sheep are involved in this ini- tiation. The brethren only want to expose you to four sides of vinyl by four guys from Great Britain who have better things to do now than to be Swell Maps. Eighteen years after they first formed, 13 years after they released their first record and 10 years after they self-destructed, the Swell Maps finally get their first domestic chance to apply their sonic paddle to Amer- ica's buttock-like musical tastes. Collision Time Revisited collects the a-sides of three of their four sin- gles, lots of tracks from the two al- bums they recorded while they were still together, plus a lot of material that was released on compilations Read Ube D aiElud brothers and sisters. Let the cry be heard: "Thank you, sirs! May we have another?" Another sweet, do- mestic taste of the Swell Maps pad- dle, that is. -Greg Baise The Childrenb The Children Scale of Miles The Children's pleasant LP re- flects the simplicity inherent in their name but after one side this charm- ing quality recedes into blandness. It's not that they are bad but that the summery, mellow tunes sink into repititious oblivion after a few lis- tenings. Their effort has some noteworthy aspects. By using four vocalists of both sexes and a variety of sound styles, the songs fill the album with a texture not found on most records and the band makes the most of this asset. They cover territory similar to that of Canada's Grapes of Wrath, expressed by musical forms from folky pop to softish rock but always within safe boundaries. The Camper Van Beethoven-like violin on a few cuts adds quality noise but once again within an inhibited realm. The many uncomplicated love songs which describe amore in non-. heterosexist yet sweet terms ("We belong together;" "all this time/ we could've been in love") can be satis- fying alternatives to cock rock. But because there are a number of songs like "Home," which drones "Yes I know" 17 times, the album drag,. The band's use of unnecessary filler breaks any positive continuity. They sound like choruses of unfinished songs sung by a large group of peo- ple, including tots. This obvious gimmick is not cute; it's irritating. This album should appeal to yuppies and other simpletons. Those of us with brains could enjoy it i the summer when complicated thought processes are forbidden. We are not children and do not need to be reminded over and over and over and over and over... -Annette Petrusso MUNMA D RECTORT BOGLE Continued from page 7 A veteran performer, Eric Bogle knows to offer something to break up all the gloom and doom at his shows. "We've had a lot of trouble with our audiences committing mass-suicide after gigs," he's been. heard to remark. Songs about over-~ sexed Chihuahuas and the Aussie' barbecue craze will provide the life- saving balance. ERIC BOGLE plays tonight at8 p.m. at the Ark, 6371/2 S. Main. Tickets, will cost students $9.75, $10.75 for everyone else. SISTERS Continued from page 7 powerful universality of the themes defy the need for modernization. Just as Chekhov abandoned the' typical use of climactic action and. resolution, Three Sisters also pre- sents a new approach and challenge to student-run theater. Eldred, a grad- uating senior, said it is "the perfect last opportunity of my college ca- reer, the cherry (orchard) on the ice, cream." THREE SISTERS is being performed , in the RC Auditorium in East Quad tomorrow through Saturday at 8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m' Student tickets are $5, others $6. The Children are such a happy little group. They must be too young to know any better. that appeared throughout the last decade. Swell Maps were this great noise/punk band from England. They were perfecting their schizophrenic style back when Thurston Moore (the sonic goofball who does the liner notes here) was just a lowly Coachman. The Maps could shift from the pseudo-Buzzcockian blud- geoning of "Let's Build a Car" to the pseudo-cacophonous clatter of "Big Maz in the Country," all on two sides of a single. As a double album, Collision Time Revisited extracts a diverse sample of the Maps' music, showing how they careened their homemade, sputtering car into a punk rock abutment, making noises like "BLAM!!" (a propulsive punker), and making noises like the smashing together of concrete bricks accompanied by the humming of an electric typewriter and some insane, undiscernable vocals, these being the three key musical elements of the song "Mining Villages." Mixing the noise with the punk was the Maps' forte, with the depth charge droning of "Midget Sub- marines" disintegrating into the mess of tangled guitar strings of "Bridge Head (pt. 9)." A good reference point for the Swell Maps sound would be the Fall, with Nikki Sudden's vocal de- livery being reminiscent of that of the imitable Mark E. Smith. Sud- den's cut-up-like lyrical approach re- calls Smith as well, except without the Burroughsian surveillance para- noia that permeates the Fall. Besides the guitar and vocals and "songsmith awareness" of Sudden, the Maps boasted the demolitions expertise of Richard Earl's guitar, Jowe Head's bass and Epic Soundtracks' drums. Soundtracks also often contributed piano, which alternates between the manic, as on "Border Country," and the sublime, as on "Raining in my Room," in which the piano totally dominates. Collision Time Revisited pro- vides a healthy introduction and in- duction into the sibling community of Swell Maps fans. What more could a "Greek" want? Well, with their first taste of Swell Maps, the acolytes will be out there, preparing their nicest ties and beanies for the rush to find more Maps material. And with the news that Mute offi- cials in England have re-released the original Maps albums, they can only plead to the pan-Hellenic impulses of the domestic Mute honchos to share the kindness of our U.K. Crossword Puzzle Love notes Announcements S tuff for sale Summer sublets International travel Fabulous jobs Incredible offers excelent results Daring personals Student services ...and much, much morel qtr. 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