New SWANS Album Up for Pre Order

[beakripped]

I'm enjoying this latest album. So far Bring the Sun is my favourite song but others are growing on me.

Thantifaxath? I know those guys, they're excellent live! Sadly had to miss a show recently but they've got one coming up in Toronto.

[Severini]

My favorite so far is Kirsten Supine.
Makes me want to watch the movie which it was supposedly based upon (Lars von Trier´s "Melancolia" - although I never liked any of his movies).

About Thantifaxath, I wish I could catch them live...

[vapidleopard]

Extreme long shot but, are any of you TLOers going to be seeing Swans at Supersonic Festival in Birmingham, UK this month?

The rest of the line-up looks pretty good too: wolf eyes, karen gwyer, pharmakon, matmos, backwards, ex-easter island head....

Supersonic ) Line Up

[beakripped]

I saw Swans play Yonge and Dundas Square (for free!) on Friday. It was a truncated set (only 90 mins) but excellent. St Vincent was incredible as well.

[The Silent One]

To Be Kind is, I think, one of Swans' strongest releases to date, but I have not had a chance to listen to it again since shortly after it came out. No doubt my thoughts will be different, but likely no less positive per se.

I seem to only catch the band every other time they make their circuit through the East Coast, but seeing them live is an awe-inspiring experience.

On a related note, St. Vincent has long been a favourite of mine and I was delighted (if very surprised) to see that she had made a contribution to the latest Swans release. I love when strange people cross paths like that. But perhaps the connection should not entirely surprise me given John Congleton's rising status as a producer.