Artist/Band you just "don't get"

this one is good:

https://www.discogs.com/Swell-Maps-Train-Out-Of-It/release/326625

I don’t care for the comps (stuff is remixed, etc.). I love the first album, can leave everything else — so maybe I’m not the fanniest “fan.”

The singles tracks don't seem to be collected together anywhere as far as I can tell, they're scattered on those compilations, which is an irritant.

The Peel Sessions are also hot sh!t. They’re on YouseTube.

^^ very true

and xp to Halfway yes and there's STILL one single that's not on CD afaik:

https://www.discogs.com/Swell-Maps-Real-Shocks-English-Verse-Monologues/master/246556

I think it's just that the Maps are best understood as part of a pre-punk/proto-punk context that includes said artists, Krautrock, the Velvets/Stooges, etc, and IMO that's an easier point of entry than the postpunk scene they were part of

xp Real Shocks is on both Train Out of it and International Rescue CD comps

Nm you mean english verse and monologues dont you