Welcome to Wonderland, by Swill & The Swaggerband

Welcome to Wonderland

by Swill & The Swaggerband

supported by

more...

	/

Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
The only Swill & The Swaggerband album available on CD right now.

Includes unlimited streaming of Welcome to Wonderland via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 5 days

Purchasable with gift card

£12 GBP or more
Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

£9 GBP or more
SWILL'S MUSIC CLUB

Join now to receive all the new music Phil ‘Swill’ Odgers creates, including 8 back-catalog releases, delivered instantly to you via the Bandcamp app for iOS and Android. You’ll also get access to supporter-only exclusives. Learn more.

Join Now £5 GBP/month or more
Full Digital Discography

27

releases

Get all 27 Phil ‘Swill’ Odgers releases available on Bandcamp and save 55%.

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of There But For Fortune, Questions, Answers & Songs, SWILL'S SURPRISE SESSION (JAN 20TH 2022), GHOSTS OF ROCK N ROLL, Folk at the Fortress, THE BEST OF SWILL'S SUNDAY SESSION VOLUME 2, THE BEST OF SWILL'S SUNDAY SESSION VOLUME 3, THE BEST OF SWILL'S SUNDAY SESSION VOLUME 1, and 19 more. , and , .
Excludes supporter-only releases.

Purchasable with gift card

£80.32 GBP or more (55% OFF)

1.	Birth Of The Bop 03:00	info	buy track
2.	The Drinkers 02:59	info	buy track
3.	Missing 02:38	info	buy track
4.	Elvis Lives Here 03:21	info	buy track
5.	Lusty Glaze 02:02	info	buy track
6.	The Story 03:01	info	buy track
7.	Drag You Down 03:18	lyrics	buy track
Johanne Gibbons on Backing Vocals
8.	Sam Hall 02:33	info	buy track
9.	Ordinary Girls 04:36	info	buy track
10.	World Of Discontent 03:38	info	buy track
11.	Ready To Blow 04:04	info	buy track
12.	In The Jailhouse Now 02:48	info	buy track
13.	Marjorie and Johnny 02:15	info	buy track
14.	Hanwell Shuffle 02:22	info	buy track

about

The Men They Couldn't Hang front man Phil Odgers (aka Swill) is well known for his passionate, melodic voice and heartfelt songs and has been a key part of that band since forming 30 years ago. However, in-between a wealth of Men albums and tours he's also nurtured several offshoot projects all very much still part of TMTCH's extended family.

First there was Liberty Cage (with Paul Simmonds) and the release of the album Sleep Of The Just in 1994 and I'll Keep It With Mine EP in 1995 plus a string of bootlegs and live tapes.

Next up, the duo, Odgers & Simmonds produced the classic Baby Fishlips in 1999 as well as Live In Offenburg (2001) and Folk At The Fortress (2002).

Then, in 2004, he roped in some other TMTCH cohorts and Swill & The Swaggerband burst forth with the Hanwell Shuffle EP and the album The Day After, followed, in 2006, by the Doh, Ray, Me-Me-Me- Me-Me-Me EP and Elvis Lives Here album.

TMTCH recorded Devil On The Wind (2009) before two significant Phil Odgers solo releases; the highly regarded Sunday Morning Coming Down EP (2011) and critically acclaimed The Godforsaken Voyage album (2013) both produced by Mick Glossop with guest appearances from such folk luminaries as Eliza Carthy and John Jones and a cast of musicians well known throughout the roots world.

All through this time The Men They Couldn't Hang had also been composing, gigging, recording and kicking back against the system. At time of writing, their most recent release, The Defiant (2014), is being hailed as TMTCH at their very best and an album of the year.

Welcome to Wonderland: The Best of Swill & The Swaggerband This collection presents a selection of 14 tracks taken from the Swill & The Swaggerband EP's and albums recorded between 2004 and 2006. The recording style is no frills and energetic and is made up of live performances in the recording studio. Only acoustic instruments are used - producing a distinctive hybrid of Americana, UK folk and Celtic rhythm. There are flashes of US country, punk energy and Eddie Cochran on this album, all blending in nicely to create Phil Odgers' singularly unique sound and resonant vocal style.

The result is a relaxed yet tight album where the musicians enjoyment is both obvious and infectious. The Swaggerband consists of some past and present members of TMTCH along with a couple of ring-ins. Bassist Ricky McGuire is there on several songs, his thumping acoustic bass adding much to the overall sound. Tom Spencer adds his trademark Rockabilly/Folk/Punk guitar and banjo A few tracks receive a further kick in the pants from former TMTCH drummer Jon Odgers (Swill's brother), adding snare, bongos and shaker. Bobby Valentino is here on fiddle and mandolin. A few extra guests add flourishes of ukulele, harmonica and there's even some yodelling! TMTCH's Paul Simmonds doesn't play on the album, but he wrote lyrics for six of the fourteen tracks.

All in all an inspirational CD, wonderful compositions with a no-nonsense delivery. Odgers' voice is flexible, genuine and gripping. Add to that an often arresting, always solid acoustic guitar and you're in for a treat.

credits

released May 4, 2015

license

about

Phil ‘Swill’ Odgers London, UK

Phil ‘Swill’ Odgers is singer and a songwriter with legendary UK folk rebel rockers The Men They Couldn’t Hang. He is also a solo artist in his own right.

Audiences around the world from Cairo to Reykjavik, Brisbane to Vancouver and Berlin to London have submitted to his effervescent and heartfelt vocal style in stadium, theatre, hall and after hours lock in. ... more

Recommendations

shows

Dec 16

The Water Rats

London, UK
Feb 16

Katie Fitzgerald's

Stourbridge, UK

contact / help

Contact Phil ‘Swill’ Odgers

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

Phil ‘Swill’ Odgers recommends:

Ring The Blues EP
by The Men They Couldn't Hang

The 3rd in a rolling series of digital EP’s from The Men They Couldn't Hang! Track List: Ring The Blues One More Whiskey Ring The Blues Demo Telegram Sam All proceeds go to the TMTCH album fund. Phil ‘Swill’ Odgers
go to album
Campfire Songs
by Naomi Bedford, Paul Simmonds and the Campfire Ensemble

Paul Simmonds from The Men They Couldn't Hang and his partner Naomi Bedford making modern and traditional folk music together Phil ‘Swill’ Odgers
go to album
Back in the Day
by Mick Thomas

Australia's very own Mick Thomas - always a sure thing! Phil ‘Swill’ Odgers
go to album

If you like Welcome to Wonderland, you may also like:

Shun Fame
by The Men They Couldn't Hang

supported by 70 fans who also own “Welcome to Wonderland”

What a tribute, I haven’t the words to say how this group have been the soundtrack to my life, through good and bad. Anything that helps is the least I can do, missed dearly. Joe Zux
go to album
Broadway Melodies (A collection of B Sides and Unreleased Tracks
by The Men They Couldn't Hang

supported by 51 fans who also own “Welcome to Wonderland”
go to album
The Edge of the Land
by Katie Spencer

Spencer's indie folk sophomore album was recorded live in the studio over the course of two days. Bandcamp New & Notable May 6, 2022
go to album

Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Summer Pearl stops by to talk about her new mixtape outmysystem

listen now