Hey hey! It’s 2026 and we are open for the season!
Our Spring hours are Wednesday through Saturdays 10-5.

For those of you who have been waiting, our fourth annual mixtape, the Swell Planet Songbook, has been completed and released! You can scan or click the link in the image below to go straight to it if you’re in a hurry. Or you can click right HERE to check out which artists are in the mix for this year, as well as listen to all of our previous year’s mixtapes - over 20 hours of curated playlists await you!

For those of you who aren’t familiar…
The Swell Planet Songbook is the annual mixtape that we make especially for our AWESOME CUSTOMERS. Really, it’s a Spotify playlist. We wish we could give each one of you an actual, physical, tangible, tactile and lovely cassette tape. But we don’t have that kind of cash. And very few of you would have a device to play that on anyway. So, in this (sadly) non-analog age, we will have to be satisfied with this digital delivery method. Enjoy this special collection of songs - picked out by SWELL - just for YOU!

If you’ve been in our gallery, then you know that we carefully pick the music that we play in the shop. Every song is given plenty of thought. It doesn’t matter what genre the song is as long is it brings some kind of joy to the space. Over the years we’ve gotten countless compliments on our music selections from our customers. So we eventually got smart and found a way to start sharing that music with you. Don’t know what you’re in the mood to listen to today? Going on a long drive? Got some housework to do? Why not let us pick your music for you for a bit? Give our playlists a listen and enjoy!

And if you know any songs or bands that you think would fit in with our scheme, feel free to email April right here.

In case you don’t know where we’re located…
You can find us right across the street from Diamond Shoals Restaurant in Buxton, in the front building of the Swell Motel. Our address is 46854 NC 12 in Buxton. Thanks so much for following us on our journey to this great spot. It took a long time to get here, but so many people have helped us along the way and we are SO grateful.

While we’re closed (or anytime), if you need a gift for a friend or loved one (or YOURSELF!), why not buy/send a Swell gift card! Just click below and follow the easy peasy steps that follow. ;)