How do I get into Swans?

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Listen to filth or to be kind to start

Listen to Michael Gira's other band that is way better instead: Angels of Light.

Mother of the World is the first song I heard from them.

I thought it was kind of cool, but too much. Couldn't dig it.

The following week I heard it playing in my head constantly. The two notes repeating over and over.

Went back and listened to it again and it clicked, so maybe start there?

Filth is their debut LP and it's fantastic. Their discography is pretty long and they go through a lot of different styles, but I think these are the best:

>Soundtracks for the Blind
Seems to cover most of their "phases" in this album. Everything from drone to post-rock to electronic dance music to folk to heavier rock. Amazing album. Insanity, depression, religion, and childhood are common themes.

>The Seer
Hard to describe. It's like rolling in a pile of your own shit until it has no effect on you. It digs into that place in your mind that you don't really like to visit often, and forces you to be okay with it. Final track is incredible.

>To Be Kind
More accessible. Meditative rock album.

>Filth
High tier no-wave.

>Public Castration is a Good Idea
Live album that captures the intensity of their earlier shows. One of the best vocal performances from Gira on this release. For open minded listeners.

> The Glowing Man
I honestly didn't really care much for this album except for the first two tracks, which I think are some of Swans best tracks. It seems to turn away from the "beating you down" to lifting you up.

Swans get shit for being a meme but I feel like it's all for fun. Most people that know about them have a lot of respect for them, even if they don't like their music.

Their post-punkish albums are probably the easiest to get into. Try Children of God, White Light from the Mouth of Infinity, Love of Life, and The Great Annihilator.

Wide stylistic range of creative output and yet nothing truly thrilling to listen to in any of them. Why bother ?

>no Greed

Stop this Scaruffi propaganda

I'd say start with My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky. It's one of their weaker albums but it's the best album by them to start with IMO. .

I like everything Swans has ever done, I am just suggesting some albums that I feel are iconic in a way.

Plus Holy Money > Greed