swans - JIM

[MattyMattThing]

i design my own breafcases and then i give them out to suckers if you are not a sucker that certainly doesn't bother me.

[MattyMattThing]

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[megaton624]

Just saw swans at ill be your mirror. Every song was pounding noise. Why didn't they play this?

[TheGreaterGood80]

"why does everyone want a friggin' rock album" this is definitely pretty rocking for Swans standards

[stiggyh]

if gira made a cult im afraid id have to join it ... hes just too awesome... lol

[stiggyh]

"ride your beautiful bitch to the ultimate sin "

[sex6cult9revolution]

Ride your mechanical beast to Heaven...

[aziraphale1334]

@dubbinainteasy dave...matthews...band? No, this is not dave matthews. In fact, I think The Swans ate the dave matthews band for breakfast

[UIUIUI79]

great band...gira is still great....the only band that made that made also a good comeback was mission of burma....and don t forget the ex...the new record is also great!!!

[zranasmietana]

Hell Yeah !! They will be in Poland !! Warsaw Love Swans and KIng Gira

[vrem]

MICHAEL GIRA IS A LEGEND.

[ErebosX]

f**k, i can't wait to see them in Berlin...still 4 weeks left.

[dubdork]

F'nn brilliant! Some of the best lyrics I've heard in a while.

[TheKnifeWon]

I think it'd be a little strange for a guy in his 50s with a family to do a 'downright brutal' album. . .there is definitely brutal instrumentation on this album that should satisfy the early rhythmic appetite.

[THEMANOUTOFTHECAVE]

@TheKnifeWon Listen to them live. Then you'll see that their brutality is mantained, if not augumented. AMAZING.

[ClavicleofSolomon]

@TheKnifeWon Haven't you ever heard anything by Whitehouse released in the 2000s? Plus William Bennett is getting ready to release an album of "afro-noise" under his Cut Hands project soon too. Don't know if he has a family, but he's in his 50s.

[TheKnifeWon]

@ClavicleofSolomon OK OK. . .sheesh, I say something regrettable on a whim months ago, and I'm still getting people replying to it. :P Retraaaact?

[ClavicleofSolomon]

@TheKnifeWon haha. No hard feelings. Didn't mean for my reply to sound like an insult, just saying. But in the case of Gira and early Swans, yes I do find it hard to imagine a '50 year old Gira doing Filth/Cop/Young God material in the shirtless frenzied style he used to. Obviously Whitehouse = different music, different aesthetic, and W. Bennett = totally different dude (who doesn't seem to take himself too seriously).

[rothkowitz]

To me it's a rock concept album.

[manman246]

I'm sure Swans fans are going to hate me for this, but although this is a good album. I was really hoping for something just downright brutal like Filth, or Cop.

[neilski1963]

"Best album in a while"......its their 1st album in 14 years, so i reckon it should be.

[tomsawyerbmik]

awesome

[Power2theFlyingV]

I dont see how people can such asses, why does everyone want a friggin' rock album? I wanna see music moving forward, not repeated and rehashed. This is certainly still WAYYY ahead of its time.

[tatonnement]

@Power2theFlyingV because people are resistant to change. swans have been consistent through-out and this album just proves how phenomenal the talent within the group is. people who cannot grasp that are obviously lacking upstairs which is fine- more goodness for the rest of us!

[Power2theFlyingV]

@tatonnement hey dont pay attention to my comment i seriously thought i was listening to another band i was super fucked up lol swans is still really good though

[thefigurant]

at 4:48, what kind of teeth are piled up in the sink? it is driving me fucking crazy.

[ladronguapo]

@thefigurant these methadrine teeth are piled up in the sink...

[stiggyh]

@thefigurant he means dog teeth and human teeth cuz its a dog eat dog world ya know ...

[TheFingerbang1]

A great song dedicated to a great musician.

[realradiodevil]

@TheFingerbang1 who is it dedicated to?

[TheFingerbang1]

@realradiodevil JG Thirlwell

[realradiodevil]

@TheFingerbang1 nice. thanks

[stiggyh]

@TheFingerbang1 i thought it was jim jones ?

[TheFingerbang1]

@stiggyh I can’t remember exactly where he said it but it was definitely dedicated Thirlwell; he has collaborated with Swans in the past (notably on “ A Screw”)

[dubbinainteasy]

its no dave matthews band.

[roejogan8]

@dubbinainteasy no dave matthews band? LMAO. get the fuck outta here.

[CinemaZebra]

@roejogan8 He had to have been joking.

[MrNobody425]

@dubbinainteasy Never a truer statement.

[28g34ajbsd]

The best Swans album in a long while.

[paralelSun]

Gira.... amazing.