Epic Soundtracks was the drummer with Swell Maps. His rattling percussion lifted the band head and shoulders above their contemporaries and he also contributed the haunting piano heard on many of their records.
After the band split, Epic played with a 'who's who' of alternative musical talent including Red Krayola, Crime and the City Solution, The Jacobites (with his brother Nikki Sudden), These Immortal Souls, various members of Sonic Youth etc etc etc...
He popped out his first solo single on Rough Trade in 1981 and collaborated with Jowe Head on the excellent (and way ahead of it's time...) Rain, Rain, Rain 12". An album ("Daga Daga Daga ") was planned by Epic and Jowe but only this single was released, other tracks cropped up later on the Jowe Head album Strawberry Deutchsmark.

It wasn't until 1992 that he released his first solo album and his true voice was heard.

From his first to his posthumous last album, Epic delighted and surprised everyone with his gentle and beautifully crafted songs! For the first time his Brian Wilson, Carole King & Laura Nyro influences were allowed to blossom. The songs, often about lost love and sang with a fragile vocal, stand as a testament to an artist who never got the recognition he deserved.

Epic sadly died in 1997 - "Good Things" is a recent release of the songs he was working on at the time.

Epic Soundtrack Website | Nikki Sudden's Website

Meet me on the beach | She Sleeps Alone | Nothing New Under the Sun | Nothing New Under the Sun (solo)

They also recorded a version of "Hear the Whistle Blow" but it was crap.

The NoMen have other Swell Maps related cover versions by -
| Jowe Head | Nikki Sudden | Phones Sportsman | Richard Earl | Cult Figures |