astral swans

Astral Swans is the main project of acclaimed Canadian songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Matthew Swann. 

In 2014, Astral Swans rose to national prominence, when two-time Juno award-winning songwriter Dan Mangan signed Astral Swans to his newly-minted label Madic Records (a subsidiary of Arts & Crafts) on the strength of Swann’s demos.

As a follow-up, in 2017, Swann re-entered the studio with new material, working with producer Scott Munro of the band Preoccupations, recording engineer Paul Chirka (Calgary Philharmonic), and Dan Mangan offering his hand with co-production.
 
The result is STRANGE PRISON -- an experimental folk record combining pristine production with Swann’s abstract narratives of lonerism, human frailty, and dread, all told with darkly comedic empathy and helpless concern. STRANGE PRISON is out May 2018 on Saved by Vinyl (North America), Moorworks (Japan), and Tiny Room Records (Europe).