Swans - The Glowing Man

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Swans new album, The Glowing Man, will be released worldwide June 17th, 2016 on Young God Records/Mute. Formats include 3X LP, 2CD + DVD, 2CD, as well as download.
Pre-order your copy from the Young God Records web site. http://bit.ly/1RYggPG
Also available through Mute in the UK: http://bit.ly/1q1o0nw
Upcoming Tour Dates:
http://bit.ly/1RAGk1p

This sounds much faster, no ? I guess I like it, but we'll need more than a sample to be able to say anything of course.

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It always takes me about a year or two to 'get' the latest Swans release. With that disclaimer, I am not sure why they would pick this particular segment to get people excited...

Swans along with Coil are the primary bands I constantly badger myself to get into and yet never do.

damn, sounds surprisingly upbeat. More than anything they've done in the previous 3 albums. Exaite

The way Swans just kept one-upping their previous albums from My Father

Wasn't this going to be the last one for the near future?

Swans' swan song innit

  On 4/5/2016 at 6:29 PM, Herr Jan said:

The way Swans just kept one-upping their previous albums from My Father < The Seer < To Be Kind makes me very curious for this one. Last time I saw them live I recall a fast track like the sample, pretty sure it was unreleased... It was insane.

this (teaser) song is bring the sun/black eyed man on the live album The Gate. absolutely massive

yeah this is supposedly the last album from this current iteration of Swans, he goes into more detail on his fb page

Digging the preview, but would've wanted a full track like they did with TBK tho

sounds incredible

ugh, do I order the vinyl or cd with a live show on dvd?

I've gone for the CD/ DVD combo. That teaser track does indeed sound pretty epic.

come on friday!!!

Massive. But is it as good as the previous two albums?

this is incredible. totally different.

Yep it's quite different to To Be Kind and The Seer. More introspective, takes the droning up a notch, less screaming by Gira? Need. Few more listens for it to sink in really, but there are some great tracks on here.

Frankie M is stuck in my head.

only listened a couple times, felt like the same kind of buildup/crescendos from the last couple albums but at the same time it also felt very different. Gotta give it a proper listen

Frankie m might be my favorite thing they've done yet

Anyone seen them live?

3X baby, once in a public square in Toronto, next to advertisements for Pixar movies, while he sang about tearing the buildings down.

I strongly recommend seeing them at least once - in one concert your feelings could range from boredom to elation.

From the live DVD.

Had my first listen yesterday, it turned out to be exactly the album I hoped it was going to be, captured the vibe of the live gigs I've seen throughout the years perfectly (2x Swans and one time Gira solo acoustic). IMO a great album to end this formation on, wouldn't want anymore after these three monoliths but I am really curious what form they will take on next.

It also made me buy a ticket for their last gig in October :)

  On 6/20/2016 at 7:25 AM, o00o said:

Anyone seen them live?

Yeah, right after To Be Kind came out. Everyone got their money's worth. Gnarly. Two swans up.