SWANS — The Glowing Man

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Album · 2016

Filed under Non-Metal
By SWANS

Tracklist


1.1 Cloud of Forgetting (12:43)
1.2 Cloud of Unknowing (25:12)
1.3 The World Looks Red / The World Looks Black (14:32)
1.4 People Like Us (05:24)
2.1 Frankie M. (20:54)
2.2 When Will I Return? (05:24)
2.3 The Glowing Man (28:53)
2.4 Finally, Peace.(06:18)

Total Time 119:20


DVD:

1. Frankie M. (22:58)
2. A Little God In My Hands (11:22)
3. Cloud Of Forgetting (26:13)
4. Just A Little Boy (13:34)
5. Cloud Of Unknowing (11:09)
6. The Glowing Man (28:30)

Total Time 113:46

Line-up/Musicians

- Michael Gira / vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Norman Westberg / electric guitar, vocals
- Kristof Hahn / lap steel guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
- Phil Puleo / drums, dulcimer, knocks, vocals
- Christopher Pravdica / bass guitar, vocals
- Thor Harris / percussion, vibes, bells, dulcimer
- Bill Rieflin / drums, piano, synth, Mellotron, bass guitar, electric guitar, vocals
With:
- Jennifer Gira / lead vocal (track 6)
- Okkyung Lee / cello (track 2)

About this release

2CD, digital and 12" vinyl 3LP released 17th June 2016 on Young God Records (YG58).

2CD/DVD and 12" vinyl 3LP released 17th June 2016 on Young God Records (YG58) / Mute (LCDSTUMM 389).

2CD and 2VD/DVD released 15th June 2016 in Japan on Traffic (TRCP-201).

Thanks to siLLy puPPy for the addition and Bosh66 for the updates

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Warthur
A solid followup to To Be Kind, and a substantial improvement on it. Swans' post-rock sound here remains strongly influenced by other artists in this realm - substantial sections of The Cloud of Unknowing in particular make me think of this incarnation of the group as Godspeed You Black Swans! - but the musical twists and turns into other styles feel better judged and the material is less padded out. At points they go to places you never expected to visit with Swans; in particular, at one point The World Looks Red/The World Looks Back shifts gears and starts sounding booty-shakingly funky, but it somehow works within the wider context of the composition.

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