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To Be Kind

by SWANS

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angrypizza98
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angrypizza98 LETSSSS GOOOOO! The only SWANS album I need to complete my trilogy of The Seer, this, and The Glowing Man. This isn't my favorite out of the three, but I also haven't listened to it in awhile. 9/10 Favorite track: Oxygen.
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katsumashi genuinely insane album. michael gira makes this whole thing sound effortless. he also makes it sound actually quite scary at times, but not the "oooh im spooked" kind of scary its more like "I AM BEING CHASED THROUGH A FIELD BY A GUY WITH A GUN". every second of all two hours is perfectly placed. wouldn't change a thing. 10/10

bandcamp won't let me select Bring the Sun (which is my actual favourite track) so I picked this instead Favorite track: Some Things We Do.
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carp OXYGEN

AAAAMENNNNNNNNNNN YEAHHHHHHHHHHH
Favorite track: Oxygen.
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    CD1:

    1. Screen Shot
    2. Just A Little Boy (For Chester Burnett)
    3. A Little God In My Hands
    4. Bring The Sun/Toussaint L'Ouverture Part One
    5. Some Things We Do

    CD2:

    1. She Loves Us
    2. Kirsten Supine
    3. Oxygen
    4. Nathalie Neal
    5. To Be Kind

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Screen Shot 08:04
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She Loves Us 17:00
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Oxygen 07:59
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To Be Kind 08:22

about

A NOTE FROM MICHAEL GIRA:

Hello There,

We (Swans) have recently completed our new album. It is called To Be Kind. The release date is set for May 13, 2014. It will be available as a triple vinyl album, a double CD, and a 2XCD Deluxe Edition that will include a live DVD. It will also be available digitally.

The album was produced by me, and it was recorded by the venerable John Congleton at Sonic Ranch, outside El Paso Texas, and further recordings and mixing were accomplished at John’s studio in Dallas, Texas. We commenced rehearsals as Sonic Ranch in early October 2013, began recording soon thereafter, then completed the process of mixing with John in Dallas by mid December 2013.

A good portion of the material for this album was developed live during the Swans tours of 2012/13. Much of the music was otherwise conjured in the studio environment.

The recordings and entire process of this album were generously and perhaps vaingloriously funded by Swans supporters through our auspices at younggodrecords.com via the release of a special, handmade 2xCD live album entitled Not Here / Not Now.

The Swans are: Michael Gira, Norman Westberg, Christoph Hahn, Phil Puleo, Thor Harris, Christopher Pravdica.

Special Guests for this record include: Little Annie (Annie sang a duet with me on the song Some Things We Do, the strings for which were ecstatically arranged and played by Julia Kent); St. Vincent (Annie Clark sang numerous, multi-tracked vocals throughout the record); Cold Specks (Al contributed numerous multi-tracked vocals to the song “Bring the Sun”); Bill Rieflin (honorary Swan Bill played instruments ranging from additional drums, to synthesizers, to piano, to electric guitar and so on. He has been a frequent contributor to Swans and Angels of Light and is currently playing with King Crimson)...

FULL MUSICIAN CREDITS:Swans: Michael Gira - vocals, electric and acoustic guitar; Norman Westberg - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals; Phil Puleo - drums, percussion, dulcimer, piano, keys, vocals; Christoph Hahn - lap steel guitars, electric guitar, vocals; Thor Harris - drums / percussion, vibes and bells, wind instruments, handmade viola, vocals; Christopher Pravdica - bass guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals. Honorary Swan Forever: Bill Rieflin - (on multiple songs throughout the record) drums / percussion, piano, bass, guitar, synths, keyboards. Guest Musicians: Duet with MG on Some Things We Do - Little Annie. Strings and String Arrangement on Some Things We Do - Julia Kent. Background Vocals on Nathalie Neal, Bring the Sun, Screen Shot, Kirsten Supine - St. Vincent (appears courtesy of Loma Vista Recordings). Background vocals on Bring the Sun - Cold Specks (appears courtesy of Mute Artists LTD). Background Vocals on She Loves Us, A Little God in My Hands - Jennifer Church. More Musicians (Dallas): Violin - Daniel Hart; Mandolin - Rex Emerson; Trombone - David Pierce; Trumpet - Evan Weiss; Piano, Harpsichord, Synth - Sean Kirkpatrick; Piano – John Congleton.

I love you! Michael Gira

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released May 13, 2014

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SWANS New York, New York

Swans are an experimental rock band formed in 1982 by Michael Gira. Initially part of the no wave scene, Swans have, through various iterations, contributed to the development of noise rock, post-punk, industrial, post-rock and more.

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