Swans - "the seer" || live @ Roadburn / 013 Tilburg || 16-04-2011 (3/3)
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- Опубліковано 18 кві 2011
- www.roadburn.com
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From Last.fm:
Swans is an influential band from New York City, New York, United States, active from 1982 to 1997, reformed in 2010, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira.
Marginally associated with the no wave scene at first, their original sound was slow and heavy, with live performances that were often so brutal and physical that in a number of instances certain audience members were made ill, police were called and venues were shut down. This early physical sound is possibly best heard on the live album Public Castration Is a Good Idea.
Their initial style shifted a little by the time Swans released seminal twin albums Greed and Holy Money. The music had sped up, at times being even more punishing than their earlier output. Drum machines and samples were slightly more prominent. Michael Gira was joined vocally by Jarboe which gave the band a broader sonic range. Tracks featuring Jarboe were often quieter, even pretty, acting as counterpoint to the more harrowing themes on the albums. Over time, this style would come to dominate the Swans' output, although they somehow seem to have been able to make a strummed acoustic guitar seem as brutal as their earlier amped-up assaults. The lush instrumentation of their albums from the late 1980s and the 1990's anticipated the birth of post-rock.
Swans eventually broke up in 1997; Gira went on to release some solo work, later forming the band The Angels of Light, who continue many of the themes and styles found in (later) Swans. Jarboe releases solo work and frequently works with other bands and artists; recently she released an album with Neurosis, a group clearly heavily influenced by Swans.
The influence of Swans upon the music world is profound. Across their 15 years of existence, the various styles they explored gave birth to grindcore (Napalm Death, Nasum) modern "cinematic" post-rock (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mono), and atmospheric sludge metal (Isis, Neurosis).
On January 2010 announced Swans reunion and working on new recordings. The song Jim recently added to the playlist at MySpace is an acoustic demo (solo at home) recording by Michael Gira. This, and many other new songs recorded in the same way comprise many of the new (rough versions) of songs under consideration, to be fleshed out on the coming new Swans album. A CD of these acoustic versions, as well as a live (2 shows) DVD of Michael Gira will be for sale very soon as a hand made (by Gira) package called I Am Not Insane (CD/DVD). this package - in a limited edition of 1000 - will be sold in order to raise money for the Swans recordings.
www.last.fm/music/Swans
pretty sure the guy in the back is a centaur
And the guy next to him is an OG Legend
I love how around the 6 min mark, the drummer we're taking the cue from Gira, and, one minute later, the whole band was taking the cue from the drummer, this band takes their sound beyond the notion of serious
Their greatest track so far!!!!
Saw them live a couple of weeks ago and its safe to say i´ve never experienced anything like it before. Anyone reading this if you can see them you will not fucking regret it! Don´t miss the boat fuckhead!
i'm flying down from Alaska to st louis, mo. to see them in Oct. can't wait. the swans have been my favorite band for twenty-five years.
Saw them last week, Mindblowing. been into them since Greed, but first time saw them never forget, and will not miss next time near me. or within 300 miles.
noise everyone should like
lmao the drumstick 8:38
well spotted :)
I own one of these 'raped' sticks...
Neat how that's a shared phenomenon, a stick broke at the show I went to and I looked up at Norman and he obliged. Kicked it towards me and I got to keep it.
7:50 also
@@thelunarbros prob a pile of wood chips on the floor around him. Savage player with an awesome feel and ability to groove
They are genius
You just made me spit smoothie over my monitor
YEAH MAN!, THIS IS A GREAT OPORTUNITY TO SEE THEM LIVE, I AM TRAVELING FROM MEXICO BORDER TO TEXAS IN SEPTEMBER JUST TO SEE THEM TOO!
wow
tough to put into words what this does
definitely needed
Thanks to all involved.
I’d like to learn how to make such threatening noises on a harmonica.
This is AWESOME - THANK YOU for posting!
Thor sure is keeping it wolf. Love the new album and the two new hours Gira added to my life.
something went flying at the 7:50 from the drummer.. Swans will always be my fav band.
7:49 and 8:39 drumstick breaks, awesome.
thank you so much for upload! thank you...
Kristof seems to be completely relaxed.
Thanx for vid!
brilliant
Please put out another new album of music.
Michael Gira has saved my life on more than one occasion.
The Mind is an Eye. "I see it all, I see it all, I see it all..."
@squatH42
The greatest thing is that it's a song and a trip as well...
In my top 5 Swans songs
magic !!
this is awesome
this music is way above
Oh Yes! Groovy!
New one and a part of ''I Crawled''
WOW!
12 Years ago? Are you still there?
...the critical remark everyone has been dreaming of, but for which they've been affecting a manifest loss for words. The centuria+ thumbs-up just attests it.
It's like the original Rock n Roll of the 50s (from around 4:00 on esp), but way less civilized and reserved. Fuckin love it.
Just imagine an Amon Düül I seance reincarnated, just with more power than there's tea in china. Swans are one of the few bands that can build up for a side-long track without sounding ...errm..."pretentious"? Some bands have this gods-given dna ...and just tend to get better with age. The Seer is too immense to be deemed within a year's time ( and we had hardly recovered from My father will guide me a rope..). Too free, too strong...
Gira genius
Ah, Thor, ca 00:23. All this beautiful music, plus da woofs. :)
This and The Iliad.
This and Blood Meridian tho
you dont have the rest of the I crawled performance do you? The song that cuts out at the end here. The transition from the seer into it sounds fucking incredible.
Pretty sure this is the first thing on the Internet that fully justifies being described as "fucking epic."
le 27/03/13 à Lyon à "L'épicerie moderne" j'y serai...
getting nice and heavy
that's not a song - that's a trip;)
12 Years ago? Are you still there?
очень круто
haha, thought the same during their show in vienna
What's instrument is the lovely centaur fella playing in the back there?
New one, The Seer tbr 27th August :)
He never used to end up wearing anything ! But times change ;)
His name is Thor
that was part of his drum stick that broke off.
the musical version of middle aged spread
you're right. It is a trip. A trip to Heaven and/or Hell. We all choose.
breaking up the digital
Sounds like winonas big brown beaver
Fucking rigth
Oh my god i started crying how hard i was laughing at this :D