Richard Swift
Dressed Up For The Letdown (Secretly 25th Anniversary Exclusive LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 3/Sep/2021 ] Limited edition pressing of Richard Swift's 'Dressed Up For The Letdown' on limited white vinyl. Playing a vast majority of the instruments on "Dressed Up" himself, Swift has created something that is characteristically his. And considering his... |
Richard Swift
Even Your Drums Will Die: Live At Pendarvis Farm 2011 (LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 29/Jan/2021 ] Recorded in 2011 in a dusty, beloved barn, Even Your Drums Will Die is a time machine, a real one, to a moment packed thick with Richard Swift's singular, crackling liveliness. Where Swift's studio recordings are marked by texture, tone and mood,... |
Richard Swift
The Hex [ Secretly Canadian / CD - released 7/Dec/2018 ] Richard Swift believed in and sought real beauty. And so, even at its most caustic and sardonic, his masterpiece swan song The Hex is beautiful. Conceived in pieces over the last several years and completed just the month before his passing, The Hex... |
Richard Swift
The Novelist / Walking Without Effort [ Secretly Canadian / 2 LP - released 7/Dec/2018 ] Richard Swift's duo debuts, The Novelist and Walking Without Effort, are fraternal twins wrestling with same Big Questions in opposite ways - one toiling in a cinderblock basement slugging typewriter coffee; one lost on the Pacific Coast Highway,... |
Richard Swift
The Atlantic Ocean [ Secretly Canadian Music / CD - released 7/Apr/2009 ] This is the fourth release from American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Richard Swift. Celebrated for his lo-fi, experimental mélanges, Swift adds jaunty synthesizers and Motown soul to make 'Ocean' his most danceable record to date. |
Richard Swift
4 Hits & A Miss - The Essential Richard Swift (LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 1/Nov/2024 ] 4 Hits & A Miss' compiles the most beloved and celebrated works from Richard Swift into one tidy collection. Includes never-before-released track "Common Law" and features the song "Lady Luck". |
Richard Swift
The Atlantic Ocean (LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 5/Apr/2019 ] The Atlantic Ocean continues Swift's tradition of defying musical categorization while showcasing his signature wry, whimsical style. Title-track "The Atlantic Ocean" opens the album with bouncy synth-powered pop while orchestra swells blend with... |
Richard Swift
Dressed Up For The Letdown (LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 5/Apr/2019 ] Reissue of 2007's Dressed Up For The Letdown. Richard Swift confidently composed yet another original masterpiece; employing an archaic attitude of tempered restraint on a fresh collection of ten songs, without appearing shamelessly retro or kitschy. |
Richard Swift
Ground Trouble Jaw / Walt Wolfman (LP) [ Secretly / LP - released 5/Apr/2019 ] Ground Trouble Jaw is the lens that pulls Swift's catalogue into a focused oeuvre. It was the first release that folded the tireless, vying personalities of Richard Swift's art - the art brut R&B of Onasis; the John Fante saloon player of The... |
Richard Swift
The Hex (LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 7/Dec/2018 ] Richard Swift believed in and sought real beauty. And so, even at its most caustic and sardonic, his masterpiece swan song The Hex is beautiful. Conceived in pieces over the last several years and completed just the month before his passing, The Hex... |
Richard Swift
Walt Wolfman (LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 17/Oct/2011 ] |
Richard Swift
Richard Swift as Onasis [ Secretly Canadian / CD - released 21/Apr/2008 ] |
Richard Swift
Richard Swift as Onasis (LP) [ Secretly Canadian / 2 LP - released 21/Apr/2008 ] |