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godamn you melon.

1st listened to this while high and holy shit. I was fucking out of breath and my head hurt. This shit is insane

Very wholesome description

reminds me of tool. fantastic

So this is the Death Grip Anthony Fantano was talking about

This new Tool album sounds great

Tool is garbage

I hadn't heard of Swans until I clicked on a review by The Melon. I'm so glad I gave this a listen. Also, as a bonus, Swans has a ton of other albums just waiting for me to listen to them. I love it.

I sense some death grips vibes

Tool???

Love the music. Even the description is amazing.

im forcing my self to listen to this shit just to prove i have a superior taste in music ;>
just kidding this song is amazing

Not gonna lie, that's how it started for me. I do think there's something to be said for cracking shells in terms of having predisposed ideas of what music should sound like and the freedom you gain from being able to listen to more experimental / abstract music.

BE STRONG
BE HARD

To Be Kind belongs to my all time favorite recordings.

This music hit different on acid dude

Peeped poopoo (edit thanks for all the likes wow I’m famous)

My best mate saw this live with his dad and he said it was one of the best live performances he ever witnessed. What an epic song

I’m perfectly comfortable knowing that most people will never know the glory of bands like Swans, Jesus Lizard, Cows, Fantomas, Battles, Boredoms, Crash Worship, Shellac, Big Black, Don Caballero, Laddio Blacko, Zulu as Kono, Brown Whornet, The Ruins, Quintron.

All these bands are great! I feel the same way about steel pole bathtub.

There are shitload of great bands you will never get to know either. There's plenty of amazing music to be discovered and one lifetime is just not enough for it. You have to be at peace with that fact!

Two bears hi-fiving.

Where are you at Fantano?
This gets a score of yellow flannel.

y-you too

Well, this Fantano dude must be a big thing if all you folk are getting stirred up about him. He means nothing to me. I'm way out of touch! I'm an old geezer from Scotland who found Swans over 35 years ago through the UK music press, word of mouth and listening to an English Legend called John Peel on the Radio.

Anyway, that's beside the point, really. I just wanted to note that I've just played this track again for the umpteenth time and it still strikes the audio nerd in me as one of the most brilliant examples of stereo side mastering I've ever heard (as well as being yet another stunning Swans track). Man, when it all kicks in. Boom!!! You're surrounded.

Who cares how you found it? Nobody lives in a cultural vacuum. Just appreciate it, you lucky young dudes! Cheers all!!!

John S Rome K People are just saying

@The Guy With Good Taste. Hey, that's cool. I'm not arguing with anyone. Just admitting I dunno who Fantano is! I have absolutely no opinion on arguments for or against.

John S Rome Oh ok just letting you know man

Momento Mori

Have you guys read the description?

The baseline triggers my fight or flight response

Ecstasy.

Am I missing something Anthony this song and album is what you gave Kendrick's last project

I would have never found this album if Anthony didn’t give it a 10!

Here, Now!

What a great opening track. The journey begins.

this is so magnetic

Lou Reed vibes but still one of a kind. Cool shit

Bring bag Jarboe!

🎵🎵

I'm younger, so I get how it can come across comparing an older band to a newer one. But Death Grips ( also Tool) has been like the soundtrack for me through 20-25 ( i'm 26 now). I am already coming into this feeling it like the same way death grips and Tool has affected me.

Swans? More like Yawns. This music put me to sleep 😴

sick burn

wicked roast my friend

Florencio epic

funny did laugh

THIS BASSLINE

Guri Getsadze menacing

I blasted this record in my pitch black bedroom while laying on my back and staring at the ceiling. I was so involved that I didn't realize how loud it was. My mother came in and screamed at me for a good 10 seconds till I knew what was happening. No regrets here. Long live swans.

This sounds a whole lot like "An Open Letter" by Saetia. I don't want to say anything was ripped off but there was definable some inspiration from that song in this one.

phenomenal record

this was one of the few songs that makes me air piano

this makes me feel like im being watched

Joe dude Same

Gira is always watching

I’ve been listening to you guys since 1986! You’ve been a big influence on so many bands and on me personally! You keep evolving and it’s awesome!

michael gira is a fucking bitch

why is that?

PUBLIC CASTRATION IS A GOOD IDEA

Okay I'm here for this...lets see where this album takes me

This is probably the best opening track to an album I've ever heard.

Captain Handsome It goes hard

Tpab has an equally impressive first track. Give it a shot.

I did it all for the nookie

MELON SQUADRON ASSEMBLE

Only the coolest of kids are here from Brad

I beg you Mr. Gira, please do a song with Based God

What a song to kick off an album.

This whole song is like a build up to something that never drops

It drops in the end tho

What's a "drop"? There's certainly a climax at the end. What's the difference between a drop and a climax?

it fucking "drops" at the end, learn to listen

It's not about droping, it's about reaching a peak and just being there

This whole album is a slow build up

Michael Gira es una de esas personas por las que nunca dejaré de comprar discos. Es asombroso tener esto en formato físico. GENIO

Esto acabará en un museo,tarde o temprano.

fucking great

I genuinely believe that if Swans were more popular, their influence would be heard everywhere.

They don't need to be popular to influence artists I'm sure evry rock band from usa to russia heard this album

Theyve influenced a shit load of bands dude. Melvins, Godflesh (Broadrick in particular), Weakling, Black Flag, Black Midi, Tool, Neurosis(I think), Tom Morello

They're both popular, and have influenced a ton of artists and bands.

I missed Tool.

This is nothing like Tool.

@Jeff Wrubel You're right, it's better.

swans does tool

Used to think this was just a neat song, recently started reminiscing too lovingly on the past & started seeing too bleakly into future, to the point where I was shifting hard between the past/future until I realized I _had_ to ground myself into the present, for mental survival. This song really captures that feeling well
Idk if that was Swans intentions but it certainly feels right, thanks Mr. Gira for being... you

Gira is one crazy mf

Published on my birthday, July 28th! An artist I really musically respect brought me here years ago...

Il miracolo !

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magaria

Me: listening for the first time at 2am in the dark
The bassline: RRRRRRRRR
My mind: Ah wtf!!

damn just noticed that

fucking love this dudes voice🖤🖤

I have other stuff I really need to do but the music is so intriguing that I have to keep listening anyways

I love you too michael

The caption is surprisingly really pure

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Public castration is a good idea has some pretty bad songs

Hahaha your comment is by far the best

@owen not particularly. Public castration is doing very well if you compare if to the burning world

The only acceptable way to listen to this is full volume, windows open, blaring it out onto the world.

Holy shit.

I was listening to this for the first time just now and fr I was becoming 4D

Underrated

This reminds me of 46 & 2 by TOOL a lot, which means I love this.

This is weird I don’t really get it. I’m not hating I’m just confused

MirumExMachina I’m just confused about the meaning and the composition of the song

start with "The Seer" album, it took me weeks to finally click and enjoy swans, until i listened to that album for the first time. Definitely not a band you will like so easily

pirulo pirulito ok I’ll give it a try man thanks

@owen gambetta its probably kind of late but dont listen to that guy. The seer is a masterpiece but its not accessible for first timers. Id say to start from White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity or The Great Annihilator.

Maybe the problem is you're trying to "get it" on an analytical level. I feel Swans viscerally. The music, lyrics, vocals are like pure emotion. It doesn't necessarily make perfect sense.

I like the bit were the bass goes *'dug dug diggididug'*

its a better alternativr to brbr deng

@Kamikaze Chivalry dong

o no le ooo

Proud to have the triple vinyl with banner sized poster of this album.

This is really creepy. A scene that matches this sound for me is a abandoned warehouse with 1 person attached on a chair and a killer slowly cutting her skin all the way from her arms, torso and legs.

I pictured a fascistic leader slowly rising to power, and speaking at their cult-like rally as they are praised for promising a perfect world, hence “no pain, no fear, no suffering”, etc. Symbolic of the world descending into pure insanity

You are fucked up, man

i truly appreciate the artistic imagination of swans fans

This is really creepy. A scene that matches this sound for me is a abandoned warehouse with 1 person attached on a chair and a killer slowly cutting her skin all the way from her arms, torso and legs.

What I think instead is us discovering the outside of the universe and our brains not processing anything for we are only dust in full vacuum.

Would love to hear this in a movie trailer

At first this sounds like Beware by Death Grips

lmao no

Not really....

one the best things that happened to me while watching fantano over the years is discovering swans and death grips

@Splathermp Lmao butthurt little bitch mad that Lana Del Rey got a 3.

@Lord Takyon idk who that is

funny thing is, I first discovered death grips, then I started watching fantano, then I discovered swans, later I found out fantano gave them a 10

You make it sound like there isn't anything better, or at least good as those two.

dont say the n word Same thing with me.

20k sub

How many came here after 🍉's review

Zunaid Chowdhowry that’s not even a fucking melon

This is one of my favorite albums of all time. Can anyone recommend bands that are similar to this album. I've tried other Swans albums, but they don't impact me like this one.

I’ll check it out. Frances the Mute is an amazing album btw, Omar and Cedric said they’re going to continue the MV after they’re done with At the Drivein which I’m pretty hyped for

Frances the Mute is one of my all time favorite albums. That's great news that TMV are getting back together. I was underwhelmed by their final album. Here's the link the the album I told you about: Black Jazz the The Shining. One one of their albums they do a cover of 21st Century Schizoid Man the King Crimson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk7T0-fTsQk

Love King Crimson and The Mars Volta I’ll check it out

The album Aenima by Tool

Check out the songs 46&2 and Third Eye if u want smth 'weird'

Try it with "Godspeedyoublackemporer!"

Tight af.

Simply hypnotic。

no dogs, no cats, no trees, no cows, no tune, no skill, no good, no how...

thanks anthony swanno

Vitor Munhoz swantano

I fucking love this album

awesome terrible

This song takes me to the seventh universe of ecstasy

Strong 10

Playing this song in my jogging class as I only had 30 seconds to finish one more lap gave me more adrenaline than fucking meth

Michthony Gitano