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A human heart posted:You wouldn't know that from listening to it though would you, she might as well be singing about going to the supermarket for all the emotion in the actual song Was she supposed to cry and sob while singing it or something?
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My 2LP came today, signed(!). Now I just have to find my name in the EP credits.
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Anybody cop The Glowing Man leak? It's in the /mu/ archives.
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The album's really good. It's a bit more laid-back than I was expecting it to be, but I'm glad that it has its own distinct identity rather than being To Be Kind Part 2. I'm not loving it as much as TBK but I'd put it on the same level as The Seer; the highs aren't as high as on The Seer, but it's more consistent overall.
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Got my vinyl with the download code but the link doesn't work. Has anyone else been able to download from Young God, or is it just not actually up yet?
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Decades posted:Got my vinyl with the download code but the link doesn't work. Has anyone else been able to download from Young God, or is it just not actually up yet? I had issues when I tried to get Body Lovers/Body Haters, just email them and they'll drop box it to you.
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Heroinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Heroinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Methedrinnnnnnnnnnnne Methedrinnnnnnnnnnnne MDMMMMMMMMMMA MDMMMMMMMMMMA e: God drat I am so happy to have a studio version of Black Hole Man 
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HorseRenoir posted:The album's really good. It's a bit more laid-back than I was expecting it to be, but I'm glad that it has its own distinct identity rather than being To Be Kind Part 2. I'm not loving it as much as TBK but I'd put it on the same level as The Seer; the highs aren't as high as on The Seer, but it's more consistent overall. Am I the only one who thinks The Seer is clearly better than TBK and Swans' best album? TBK felt a lot more scattershot to me; The Seer is just straight-up perfect from start to finish. It feels cohesive in a way that very few albums do to me.
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Criminal Minded posted:Am I the only one who thinks The Seer is clearly better than TBK and Swans' best album? TBK felt a lot more scattershot to me; The Seer is just straight-up perfect from start to finish. It feels cohesive in a way that very few albums do to me. I would agree. To me The Seer feels like an album with a theme whereas To Be Kind feels like a collection of songs (albeit very good ones).
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Soundtracks will probably remain my favorite Swans album and a desert island disc. Psyched to be seeing them in Chicago, even though I still haven't figured out a place to stay at. Also, the show starts at 11, probably to accommodate the people also attending Pitchfuck. Goddamnit.
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Criminal Minded posted:Am I the only one who thinks The Seer is clearly better than TBK and Swans' best album? TBK felt a lot more scattershot to me; The Seer is just straight-up perfect from start to finish. It feels cohesive in a way that very few albums do to me. I'm not sure if it's their best album, only because I have trouble comparing the quality of their various "eras," but I definitely think it's the best of the current lineup. To Be Kind is wonderful but I agree that The Seer feels extremely cohesive in a way To Be Kind just doesn't.
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It's possible I simply haven't listened to To Be Kind enough. It's not as if The Seer immediately clicked for me; I initially found it impressive but unwelcoming, until something turned in my brain and everything fell into place. It's probably my favorite album ever now. When I hear the nightmarish squalling on "95th Ave B Blues," the acoustic ending of "A Piece of the Sky," or the drum solo that closes out the album on "The Apostate," it all feels earned from everything that came before it. There's no moments like that for me on To Be Kind - yet - even though I love individual tracks, like "Just a Little Boy" and "Bring the Sun." I'll have to revisit it...after I give The Glowing Man a good half-dozen listens, that is. Taking it for a second spin as we speak. 
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It's getting pretty lukewarm reviews with several reviewers acknowledging the rape accusations. http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/swans-glowing-man quote:We are, therefore, at something of an impasse when it comes to approaching his band’s music through the prism of his private life, since any attempt to form a conception of Swans’ 14th album in terms of his concrete existence is confounded by the uncertainty and equivocation surrounding the moral worth of this existence. What’s more, it’s this uncertainty as much as anything else that reveals how dangerous the task of weighing a musician’s art against their ethics can be, even if our status as moral agents and political animals arguably impels us to uphold ethical standards at the same time as aesthetic ones. P4K's probably going to poo poo all over it. They didn't put Swans in the headline of their "albums you should be listening to today." I'm enjoying the album, but it feels like I'm doing so in a weird vacuum, and I'm having to ask myself if I'm a bad person for enjoying it, and then ask myself if I'm a sheep if I think I'm enjoying it less. I am failing at separating the art from the artist. That loving groove at 18:16 in Cloud of Unknowing tho
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modestmusashi posted:P4K's probably going to poo poo all over it. They didn't put Swans in the headline of their "albums you should be listening to today." That's a little tinfoil hat, given that the album is still listed in the article. Just not the headline.
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Agreed, but I mean they gave their last two albums 9+/10s. When Radiohead posts something on Instagram it's considered breaking news. E: If they felt the same way they did about Swans 2 years ago, they would prioritize them above a new Mitski record. Poppy Nogood fucked around with this message at 16:08 on Jun 17, 2016 |
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The album's really good
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The whole pitchfork review is gonna be about the rape Allegations and have one paragraph about the actual music, 8.1 no bnm.
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Whatever, the indie press is pretty fickle and stupid and not much they do makes a whole lot of sense.
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modestmusashi posted:They didn't put Swans in the headline of their "albums you should be listening to today." ah gently caress, this is an outrage
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This is a really silly album.
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i liked to be kind but this album is a huge loving slog
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I started to really like this album after the third listen, but it loses track of itself a few time along the way. It's a good album, but doesn't match up to To Be Kind or (especially) The Seer. The version of Glowing/Black Eyed/Black Hole Man on The Gate wipes the floor with the studio version. Kinda hoping Gira re-rez's Swans as an AoL style project, but this run was great. Can't wait to see music critics shoehorn the Larkin stuff into their interpretation of this LP and deduct marks accordingly...
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Spam posted:The version of Glowing/Black Eyed/Black Hole Man on The Gate wipes the floor with the studio version. Could not disagree more. The production and additional arrangements make that song so much more immersive on the album. The version on the Gate is just louder.
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8.1 from Pitchfork It's not a 10! They hated it!!!!!!!!!
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Possibly Chicken posted:The whole pitchfork review is gonna be about the rape Allegations and have one paragraph about the actual music, 8.1 no bnm. 
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Mutant Standard posted:well, pitchfork is pretty predictable The one shocking thing they have done is managed to underrate the most recent Radiohead album.
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Well King of Limbs was kind of poo poo so they're slightly less sacrosanct than they were.
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Setlist from the first show: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/swans/2016/union-transfer-philadelphia-pa-63ffee33.html Seeing them tonight in Boston for the first (and possibly only) time, cannot wait!
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They sounded great tonight! Weirdly, Thor wasn't there. They also had a keys player in tow, who I think was the pianist for Little Annie, the opener on the To Be Kind tour. e: enjoy the original Swans page https://web.archive.org/web/19970415224725/http://swans.pair.com/ Ingmar terdman fucked around with this message at 05:09 on Jul 29, 2016 |
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Anyone wanna buy a standing ticket for the London show on 14th October? I bought the ticket a while back but I've realised I'm going to be on holiday then.
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sharktamer posted:Anyone wanna buy a standing ticket for the London show on 14th October? I bought the ticket a while back but I've realised I'm going to be on holiday then. I may do if I'm not lucky enough to get a press pass!
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OK I'll remember you, not gonna charge full price, just wanna make back as much as feels right.
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Swans are playing The Knot in their recent live shows, is that a new song?
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ICHIBAHN posted:Swans are playing The Knot in their recent live shows, is that a new song? Is that what that was? I saw them in Austin and I couldn't recognize the opening track. Also shouts to the handful of teenagers who tried to start a mosh pit during "The Glowing Man" and immediately got chewed out by Gira
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Yeah i read about the moshing. How do you mosh to that kinda material lol. And im going by setlist.fm. Aye, no idea what The Knot is.
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ICHIBAHN posted:Swans are playing The Knot in their recent live shows, is that a new song? It's a rework/expansion of No Words / No Thoughts based on the audio I've heard.
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Cool, thanks
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Seeing Swans in a few weeks. Says doors are 7pm. Are they touring with a support this time?
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ICHIBAHN posted:Seeing Swans in a few weeks. Says doors are 7pm. Are they touring with a support this time? Dunno if she's still with them but Okkyung Lee opened at the show I saw. If that's still the case don't miss her she's great
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