Listen to your library, show off your backlog, babble about new music, tell us what you have been listening to today and what you will listen to in the following month, eat pizza, don't crap a castle, just let the good times flow.
Maybe we should move to the thread next to ours desu.
Caleb Watson
i fix
Zachary Jackson
Snerk, that was mine
Bentley Turner
Sorry for not letting your pig thread stay up. I just want to keep Fish's butthole safe. So it really is a /daily/ thread...
Does this mean /daily/ are part of a conspiracy to take over Sup Forums?
Benjamin Gonzalez
Obviously. It is consistently the best thread.
Eli Green
lmao it's fine dude, I'm not butthurt about a thread. Better to keep fish from stringing a long one!
Xavier Russell
Hey ImposterTuco I want in ur tourney gimme gimme :0
Bentley Jackson
yeh i'm REALLY fucking smart, watch out
I guess I don't care anymore if you fuckers know where I live. Queen's University, Kingston ON
Carson Gomez
Hmm. /daily/ controls Sup Forums when? I hope he appreciates my effort to keep his butthole a nice place.
Joshua Rodriguez
That's a happy pigger. I wish I was that pigger.
Jackson Rivera
Guess about my personality because I'm self-centered
Pepperoni is good pizza
Dylan James
I mean, Technomalaser *claimed* it but he hasn't recced yet
Christian Jenkins
*rec the album dood
Henry Jenkins
Here we go!
Brandon Reed
You're not that overweight but you're still sensitive about your weight. Some might even call you .....a pig
Jayden Sanders
NEW JAMBINAI A O T Y CALLING IT NOW
Gabriel Ramirez
You're angry at the bourgeoisie.
Sebastian Powell
John Gilmore is fucking great. I wish he recorded more outside of Sun Ra, although I guess I can't complain considering that's already like 1000 albums.
A more determined version of me might try to clutch Sun Ra but I think that's a little ambitious.
Listening to Sleeping Beauty now *(oo)*
Parker Anderson
also capcha was pizza, thought I screenshotted it : (:) (
William Davis
I'll rec Via Combusta by Massimo Pupillo and Chris Corsano (I've only heard the first track but it was pretty good so I hope you'll like it) if I'm not too late already
Easton Anderson
How do you feel about the production of Strictly Personal? The wew psychedelics really put me off and I almost can't look past it, although I do think it's a good album. Shame what they did to that album, drives me fucking bonkers when creative control is thwarted by the industry.
Levi Lewis
sorry Terts, gotta give it to Tech, I did promise him a spot
John Hall
:'^) no pain
Isaiah Butler
>Swans - The Glowing Man
The Glowing Man is the final movement of Michael Gira’s post-reformation symphony (in D major, all the songs rely on it a bit too much). There is a definite logical sense in the record. The albums all share the same carcass which is Michael Gira’s acoustic guitar 2 or 3 chord structures. The studio and live treatment takes these songs and blows them completely out of proportion in terms of orchestration.
The opening half of the album is interesting to discuss because to me it felt very free-form. I didn’t get this feeling from the earlier reformation albums. Maybe even partially lost. I don’t think they fleshed out the ideas introduced during the live transmutations of the previous tour. I can see how one could prefer their Swans this way, but some sections didn’t feel quiet right. The opening track of The Glowing Man entitled Cloud Of Forgetting, for example, felt extremely underwhelming. I’m not speaking about how Swans should be rough and aggressive all the time, escalating in crescendos. I just felt like the progression was lost. It went towards nothing at all and wasn’t thought out all that well.
Oliver Jackson
Cloud Of Unknowing started off with the Okkyung Lee’s stabs on her cello. I always appreciate playing like this and I definitely did so here as well. The problem is that certain elements of the intro here just sounded like cut up sections of Just A Little Boy. You can clearly hear it in Mr. Hahn’s lap steel and in Thor’s plucked self-made violin. Once the main progression gets my attention 6 minutes in, I sort of forget about the previous incarnation of the track because the hypnotic Swans effect is in action. A repetitive bass line with thorns around it in the shape of Gira’s manic howls and the rest of the band members supporting his ascend. It occurs 10 minutes in (the drum chaos sounds like it was taken straight from The Apostate) and it’s mildly satisfying. The following sound firing also sounds like something straight from The Seer’s title track (again, the D chord struck again and again). What’s unexpected is the classical acoustic guitar section. Now this sounded amazing. Not as amazing as the bass line that brings the track back on the rapid road to ascension. This section, once again, a very free form element. Usually they went into such explorations on 3-4 tracks of the reunited trip. It is satisfying but lost at the same time. They finalize with a switch akin to the “I love you too much” section of The Seer but with no groove. Just hazy cuts of the strings. Michael delivers litanies of Jesus, monster eaters and zombies.
Carson Phillips
The World Looks Red/The World Looks Black is a more interesting track. Repetition is once again in place, but this time the main core is in a repeating melancholic piano note progression. It is all set to a krautrock-y back up and Mr. Gira’s reciting his ancient lyrics he let Thurston Moore take all this time ago. The guitar here sounds a bit off and the track itself feels a bit too self-indulgent. The formula used by Gira on the previous albums was usually dependent on something really catchy, whether it was the hook or the riff. Can’t hear anything that catches my attention (and I’m giving it all I have) for too long. Once it switches to the second section, it reminded me a little bit of Waters-era Pink Floyd but with a stronger swing. The World Looks Black is great. Piano roars, brass shouts and a reprisal (at least in my opinion) of No Words/No Thoughts with the lyrics. The chants were nice too. I did like the ending, sounding like a haste awakening. Moments like this are godly but in the back of my head I had a feeling that Michael decided to include a little bit too much into a single track. I did enjoy it though.
Side A ends with a standard post-reformation breather in a form of a short acoustic ballad with pretty orchestrations. Classic Gira-esque lyrics (rusty clouds, bones dust, bruised sky, etc.) delivered by Mean Monster Mike with his wife doing back up vocals. This one sounds like a goodbye from the opening lines and is somewhat sad.
Jack Adams
Side B opens with the standard TBK tour opener: Frankie M. Frankie M live has been one of my two favourites and I don’t think it disappoints here. The drone intro from the live shows is reworked here with a choir (or just Jenny Gira’s reverberated vocals) smothered next to Westberg’s guitar feedback gushing out. The build up starts here. Gira joins, Thor and Phil start stroking their cymbals, Norman and Christoph drain their feedback onto everyone, Christopher plays a slow and a mellow note over and over and over again. They switch to wave delivery of this potion after the 6th minute until they hit you straight to the face with the main build up riff on the 8th minute. This has been one of the most satisfying moments of the live shows and of the record here as well. It imprints into your brain with this constant repetition, very reminiscent of the way the intro to Bring The Sun did. I like the small variation in which Norman brings in a bit of his overdriven Telecaster tone right before Michael plays the main riff. F#m-Bm if I remember correctly. I like the way they treated the percussion in the studio with the metronome. I think it sounds great, even though the slight rise of tempo takes away an element of melancholy, especially in Michael’s almost “cheerful” delivery (drugs are bad). Not a big fan of the “pam-pam-pam” thing once the “butterflies” part kicks in but I don’t mind it all that much. The final guitar clash is neat. For the most part, I am satisfied with this track.
When Will I Return is another acoustic breather but fully delivered by Jennifer Gira. From what I remember it was written for her too. It was previewed on The Gate and it sounds fairly similar to the studio version. Simple, lavished with different instruments and expanded into a Gira-supported coda. The layered keyboards/guitars on this one sound fantastic. Pretty sure this is Bill Rieflin’s contribution.
Oliver Diaz
The title track follows. It went through 2 name changes and different live arrangement ideas but what we get on the final version is different. The 2 section track is broken into 3 now. The first section is fuelled by Gira throat singing, a steady guitar strum and a completely new lyrical segment. It starts with a description of a man who seems to be part everything. Go-getter, heart-breaker, etc. - just a man of many faces. The second section takes the man and brings him to enlightenment/destruction/ascent/whatever you want to call it. Let’s just say a major shift happens. What else could you establish this with other than the reprise of To Be Kind’s Bring The Sun. Now with more pace and Jennifer Gira! I think it is just as good as the original. Just as important too. This D-chord obsession relives another moment of vitality. It ends up in a total, cacophonous chaos and a set of punching crescendos but with more character added by Christopher’s killswitch usage and Norman’s clean guitar stabs.....
Christian Perry
The third section is what I was waiting for. One of Swans’ most aggressive bass lines kicks the groove off into the monster that is The Glowing Man. A man, once everything, turns into nothing. Gira indulges into talking about “Joseph” that is Gira’s inner demon. The demon that extracts all the light and all there is to remove from the inners of Gira to the point where he glows with nothingness and floats. What a fantastic section! The best part of this track is the noise blasts after each Gira phrase. During live performances it was one of the most satisfying things I have ever seen in a live setting. Him just standing there and raising his hands, as though calling out the hounds of anger from both sides. Norman and Christoph unleash them. Worked well in the live setting, works just as well in the studio version. This IS war. The sound is relentless and powerful. The closing section ends with a small reprisal of the live guitar shockwaves and a choral performance.
The final track on the album, “Finally, Peace” is a very soft pop song. All the harshness from the previous song is gone and we’re left with a Gira family duet. It’s pretty and I think it is appropriate for this iteration of Swans to end on a soft note rather than a pummelling title track.
What is really great about the final testament of this line up is the idea of reoccurence. I have mentioned those several elements, all mostly connected to rehashing the song formula Michael Gira incorporated for this reunion Swans line up. The D-chord might be the fault of Christoph Hahn’s tuning, but the thread is nice in a way. From the other perspective, of course, a lot of it is just recycling because they reached their potential as a unit. I’m glad they’re dismantling the current line up. I think it is for the best of all the members.
Joseph Gonzalez
Now I do have a comment about Gira’s lyrics. While I do enjoy some of them on the record, I constantly had this feeling as though Michael’s fascination with certain topics has reached a level of certain self-parody. Especially his talk about Jesus. I understand that it’s a common theme and almost an emblem of the spiritual ascent this album represents, but I just couldn’t shake this feeling.
It’s a good album but I don’t really like it as much as I would expect. John Congleton did a good job here just like he did on To Be Kind but some of the tracks were a little bit too hard to restrain with his production techniques and instrumentations. I think certain elements would require the grit and the dust from The Seer’s production for example. Pristine cleanness worked well for To Be Kind, but the moments when Swans turn into an ambient bulldog just feel weak.
Regardless of this all, it was good. I liked it. It might grow on me like My Father… did. I might reevaluate my thoughts on it eventually.
I wonder what Gira will do next.
7/10
This was a long car ride, sorry for the size of this review.
Owen Sanders
Nice review but where's the mention of the Larkin accusations!?!?!?
Elijah Hernandez
"haha"
Mason Bell
You're living on it.
Christian Stewart
damn...
Jaxon Fisher
whats you are favorite swannes album mine is pic along with white light 90s swans best swans makes u think
Isaiah Campbell
I like Swans are Dead personally, although Children of God comes really close followed by Cop of the revival albums, probably The Seer, although Glowing Man is giving it a run for it's money
Jackson Davis
good review, first tripfag in about 6 months that I won't filter
Lucas Edwards
Is that the hammer he kills people with Also, thanks for listing your Jandek , I'll have to try for a YouTube playlist or something
Juan Collins
SFTB, no doubt
Leo Nguyen
/daily/ BTFO
>I think it is just as good as the original. oh, so not good at all, right? Bring the Sun was a huge buzzkill among the gems in that album. Starts off too heavy to carry any momentum. Like an anchor weighed ship.
Jaxson Evans
>My father grew on me Would you like to talk about it? No one here will judge you.
Ayden Taylor
mine is Chilluns of God but I haven't heard STFTB, Swans are Dead, the rabbit albums, TBK or Public Castration
Dominic James
it's from Not Here/Not Now cover
Hope you find these Jandek songs! >Bring the Sun was a huge buzzkill among the gems in that album. Starts off too heavy to carry any momentum. Like an anchor weighed ship. It's my favorite on the album. Probably my top 3 in their reunion run. ;^)
John Jones
>he hasn't heard the best swans albums Which are SFTB, white light, public castration and swans are dead I don't listen to it as often as I'd like because I only do it at night in the dark and at times it's really scary.
Parker Brooks
off for the flight, peace /memers/!
Leo Moore
CoG > STfB > TBK > Cop > else
Noah Baker
i always thought the Seer was a spoopy album with the cover and all.
may /daily/ be with you
Ryan Russell
bad choices save for sftb to be honest friend Nah, it's somewhat dark and has some 20 and 30 minute songs with a lot of repetition but it doesn't seem to have demons inside like SFTB.
Brayden Brooks
Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me if they lay off the distortion this'd be pretty good Not a fan of J Mascis' vocals on this Poledo threw me for 6, it's a great track, more like this.
Radiohead - Amnesiac I've decided that bleep bloop Radiohead is best Radiohead, it feels right, more vital, more innovative, fitter, happier, more productive That being said, I don't love love Radiohead, sometimes Thom's voice annoys me, and the semi whiney sadness of it all isn't for me
Stereolab - Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements This starts off slow and finishes great Jenny Ondionline is a 10/10 track, it's fucking great the Kreautrock influences are strong and immediately apparent, it's pretty refreshing to hear it pulled off so well like this
what next
Connor Hernandez
fly safe doggy hope you don't sit beside a fatty
Nicholas Rivera
nick cave and the cavemen
Ian Howard
Good job not falling for the indie distortion meme
Ples do Desertshore, It's a short album too
Elijah Kelly
do Evol, Washing Machine, Bringing it All Back Home, Fear of Music, Goat, Insignificance, Piper , and The Mollusk soon pls
Ian Fisher
Smile sessions! I liked that Dino Jr album, if anything the distortion only added for me but it's been a while since i've heard it. could be on your side after relistening
David Kelly
Might start doing a thematic chart because why not. I'll put in a couple things myself but I'll have some spots open. What are some albums that you like a lot but can't explain why?
Christopher Anderson
Skinny as fuck man
Pretty much
While the cliché psychedelic tropes are annoying, they're not as as bad as everybody makes them out to be, and I can easily look past them.
Wyatt Bell
Sonic Youth - Evol
One of their best!
The Residents - Eskimo I really have no idea why I enjoy this album its almost ambient but it's not and I can't articulate why it's good
Gabriel Morales
Ulver - Bergtatt Michael Gira - Drainland Lee Noble - No Becoming in that order
Xavier Sullivan
Some brand new shit to listen to (besides Swans, for whatever reason they weren't on AllMusic's list), for those who are interested
Jackson Foster
where do you think you are (might be because of the grimm controversy, what a shame)
Parker Lewis
first impressions are really good, sounds kind of Christmas caroly
Aiden Smith
Nice, it's kind of mythical and renaissance-y in the same way Joanna Newsom is, albeit completely different.
Also when you listen to Songs of Leonard Cohen be sure to pay attention to the lyrics and paint images in your head along with it, if you backround it and give it a "bretty boring 3/10" I will rage something fierce.
Juan Hernandez
any one if we rly get down to it, lol but especially pic related
Nathan Jackson
Could not in a million years explain why I love this so much. But damn if I don't.
William Nguyen
hello /daily/
If you like jazz, and semi-structured threads for talking about your reactions to music then you should check out the /BLINDFOLD TEST/ threads that go on every week.
David Clark
Pic related. most of the band's output is fairly standard synth pop with a vocalist who sounds to some people horribly bored, but there's just a genuinely kind quality to their music that i can't get over.
Justin Ross
And what exactly is that? Reverse search brings up Shuttershock orange wallpapers and textures.
Julian Scott
Waddup /diary/, just spend a week and a half in Spain spending all my saved up bux on wine and aged hams, it was good. Woman In The Dunes is also good, tip tier movie, recommended.
>6 for dinosaur jr my man, horribly overpraised album
Hunter Howard
Sure, now that it's summer I have more free time. I'll listen to the list sometime today so I'll probably be there tomorrow. I've heard like 10 prestige albums though.
Jackson Torres
Blanch Blanch Blanch - Songs Of
Juan Hall
No-wave Swans is worst Swans. Fight me.
Noah Murphy
you're right tho
William Gray
but it's neofolk swans
Jace Lee
Haha
Yes I know but these people like opinions and stuff...
Kayden Baker
why is jim o`rourke is so good lads
Andrew Gomez
Yes.
Jason Garcia
kys
Xavier Stewart
no u
Leo Wright
rad photo, would hang out/10
Liam Rivera
Thanks for having my back herb!!!
On it :lerudiface:
Blake Robinson
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks Some really great lyrics on this thing, it's really bluesy as well in a way that is catchy It's Dylan upbeat which is odd to hear It kind of falls apart towards the middle, although it picks up again in the last 3 tracks, but it's not something that I feel I could return to, sure the lyricism is great but beyond that there's nothing really there to grab me First three tracks are brilliant though, nearly untouchable
Nico - Desertshore Some really grand but restrained folk Got a strange combination of sounds where it feels like minstrel music but also like something a street musician out of the late 19th early 20th century might play, really sombre and droney but also medieval, hard to describe Feels like funeral music almost, kinda dour, but really quite beautiful as well I'll have to re-visit this one
Noah Rivera
The Even Oxes cassette has officially been ordered
I don't really have much to say about this one. kind of painfully generic. has no personality to it. feels like a caricature of a slowcore album.
>S - I'm Not As Good at It As You
pretty sure this is only tagged slowcore due to it's association with Carissa's Wierd. even then, I never felt that their later stuff was really slowcore either. that isn't to say that this release is bad though. quite the opposite. it has the magic of Carissa's Wierd later albums. and I can't get enough of that. lyrics aren't as good though.
Jack Thompson
Night /daily/
Aaron Foster
Olivia Tremor Control, Built to Spill, and Yo La Tengo are probably my favorite that you have left on that chart. maybe check those out next?
Benjamin Torres
come plug if yr alone on a friday night
>rudi's delinquent twin
David Ross
Art of Fighting - Wires Grace Cathedral Park - In the Evenings of Regret
Aiden Long
its decent for the most part, nothing really stands out besides filth and s/t that stretch from tbw to tga is really bad tho [except for white light]
cant wait to buy one
>rudi's delinquent twin lol
Charles Sanchez
>Everything has one vote
We did it /boyz/
Jacob Turner
Thanks Also I'll join in a min, have to finish stupid year evaluation first, but I'm all for sync and everything that isn't plug.
Carson Cook
nobody's in sync tho.....................
Matthew Cooper
they're using plug the plebbes
Elijah Bell
I knew a guy who was dyslexic, but he was also cross-eyed, so everything came out right
