SWANS: From Filth to the Seer in 12 weeks

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Blast Fantasto: Sep 17, 2007; USAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

I really love the new track. I'm glad it doesn't sound like something straight off The Seer.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2014 19:10

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# ¿ Jan 13, 2026 00:22

Blast Fantasto: Sep 17, 2007; USAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Full list of summer tour dates:

http://pitchfork.com/news/54451-swans-announce-summer-tour/

I am NOT missing them this time, I regret not going to their show on The Seer tour. It's going to be nuts, especially because they're playing Lincoln Hall, which is tiny as hell.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2014 17:17

Blast Fantasto: Sep 17, 2007; USAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

kirkjames posted:

Got a Michael Gira tattoo today. Now my swans obsession is permanent.

That turned out really well, congrats!

# ¿ May 21, 2014 03:26

Blast Fantasto: Sep 17, 2007; USAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

There's a new deluxe edition of Filth on Spotify today. Which is great because the only one they had on there before was the Filth/Body to Body, Job to Job comp.

# ¿ May 6, 2015 18:32

Blast Fantasto: Sep 17, 2007; USAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Sad that this version of Swans will be done, but there's something to be said about accomplishing all you can artistically and moving on. I will definitely be supporting their next Kickstarter.

# ¿ Jul 23, 2015 14:30

Blast Fantasto: Sep 17, 2007; USAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

HorseRenoir posted:

Official statement from Gira: http://pitchfork.com/news/63799-swans-michael-gira-issues-statement-on-larkin-grimm-rape-accusations/

So it's basically He Said She Said. Gira says it's consensual, Grimm says it wasn't.

Given this statement and lack of "evidence", Gira's wife's post was in extremely poor taste.

# ¿ Feb 27, 2016 01:55

Blast Fantasto: Sep 17, 2007; USAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Here is Grimm's response to Gira's statement:

Larkin Grimm posted:

This is a perfect example of why we need to have education about consent. In a gentlemanly move he admits the act happened but cannot conceive of himself as a rapist. Thank you Michael Gira for your honesty. This is your truth as you remember it. Unfortunately, this was still rape. I said no to you many times before that day, begged you not to interfere with me sexually, even made it a part of a verbal agreement we had when I signed a contract with you. I asked you to promise that you would never have sex with me. You assured me that I could trust you. That is about as clear a NO as I could ever cry. I asked for this because I had had other experiences in my music career and I KNEW.

That night I was far too intoxicated to give you consent for any sexual act. The psychological effects of this betrayal were devastating. Even worse, when I finally confronted you about what you had done, you terminated my relationship with Young God Records, damaging my career and leading people to believe there was something wrong with me or my music.

In the end, this is about business. Art is my career. I have worked long and hard for this career, making incredible sacrifices along the way to continue to make music. The fact that a man in power can throw a women's life and work away like they are garbage, simply because she won't sleep with him, is an immoral injustice that happens to many, many women in music. I won't stand for it and neither should you.

The "Demons darkening my soul" are the men like you who interfere with my ability to do my work as a musician. This is a job I am good at. All I want is to be left in peace while I am working.

# ¿ Feb 27, 2016 15:00

Blast Fantasto: Sep 17, 2007; USAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

What do any of us really know about Michael Gira's "character" beyond "writes scary, noisy music" and "sometimes wears cowboy hats"?

# ¿ Feb 28, 2016 00:09

Blast Fantasto: Sep 17, 2007; USAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

WaryWarren posted:

nah, it's cool and good. you can already order tickets for these shows and i would do it soon. especially, since any city relatively close to chicago that is south is getting the shaft (stl, kc, omaha, des moines) and the shows are on friday/saturday night (easier to attend). also, these shows are occurring during pitchfork and gently caress a pitchfork.

Thanks for reminding me, I picked up tickets for Saturday. Missed them on the Seer and To Be Kind tours, want to make sure I see this "version" of Swans before they're done.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2016 22:49

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hughesta posted:

21+. I'll be a month too young for the Chicago show, gonna try to make it up to Detroit.

Your youthful constitution is much too soft to handle the noise.

Also holy poo poo you were in high school when The Seer came out. Now I feel super old.

# ¿ Apr 10, 2016 03:44

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# ¿ Jan 13, 2026 00:22

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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.

# ¿ Jun 17, 2016 15:57

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