Early Swans > Any other incarnation of Swans

Eh, not really, but I have to say that it's an underrated phase that a lot of youngsters are not looking into, which is a fucking shame, cunts are missing out.

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why are the only good songs on this album screenshot and oxygen?

>>73565032
How come?

>>73565052
Because Bring The Sun doesn't exist, apparently

>>73565054
Well, I dunno, the kids that I've met are either into the recent stuff or the neofolk material, which are a cool period for the band, but the first phase of Swans is quite essential to the sound, so you should at least try it. But, that's just my opinion on the matter.

The Glowing Man is their best since soundtracks and if you dont count soundtracks then its their best since Holy Money

>>73565052
She Loves Us > Screenshot and Oxygen

Its apples and oranges.. no reason to debate over two completely different sounds

>>73565004
I always though Feel Good Now was a better live album but I never see it mentioned on here.

>>73565402
same with Kill The Child, imo

>>73565388
I like apples better than oranges

>>73565054
they don't flex their muscles

>>73565004
They're sound just grew more complex over time. Early Swans and current Swans are about equal in my opinion. Depends on my mood.

Deliquescence is the best thing they've released since The Glowing Man

>Swans
classic babby's first le extreemm moosiks xDD!

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>>73565815

>>73565836
rec some good extreeeeeeme muzak!

>>73565839
i'm serious

>>73565864
i know. i agree but the only thing they've released since glowing man was the remastered great annihilator

>>73565164
Eh. I've actually recently binge listen to a bunch of early swans album/EP/comps.
They're good. But become too redundant sometimes for me to enjoy. But Greed is still a favorite of mines.
But yeah. I agree people should still at least check out Cop - Holy Money.

>>73565815
>>73565864
nigga it's the only thing they've released since Glowing Man

Gira

>>73565852
listen to some Ween for godddd's sake

>>73565004
Fuck that overrated turd of an album. Literally my least favorite Swans album

>>73565836
:^^^)

>>73565555
yeah maybe if kill the child wasn't ridiculously fucking inconsistent in quality and didn't have that fucking boring as shit rendition of Sex, God, Sex. not to mention how those little fucking cunts thought it would be cool to combine it all into one track despite nothing fucking flowing into anything in a way that makes you fucking feel "hey, this might've been a recording of a whole show!" which was their only fucking reasoning for doing this bullshit. good fucking god

>>73566628
i understand your frustration, but the recording of beautiful child makes up for sex, god, sex

>>73565052
kirsten supine is my favorite

>>73565402
Public Castration is a better and more unique recording of a better album

>>73566705
honestly the first few songs on that album were some of the best shit Swans have ever done imo. I don't by any means think it's a terrible album but it just has a few glaring issues that stop it from being one of their best

>>73566758
considering that Feel Good Now actually has variation while Public Castration is just rhythmic dissonance from start to finish (with the exception of Fool) that is debatable

>>73566794
I don't think I'd ever say that Feel Good Now has variation. Beyond that, though, I meant that PCIAGI presents longer expressions of the songs that assume a much different tone and that the recording quality is much better. With the 18-minute Blind Love providing the only real exception, Feel Good Now may as well just be a slightly slower Children Of God. The atmosphere is the same as that of the studio album.

The Knot is the second-best Swans song

>>73565052
She Loves Us, Bring the Sun/Toussaint Louveture, A Little God in my Hands, Nathalie Neal and To Be Kind are all better than Oxygen

Young God > Public Castration Is A Good Idea > Holy Money > Filth > Cop

Rate Swans' full studio albums from best to worst, in your opinion

>>73567661
>best
SFTB

>worst
Burning World

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This album is criminally underrated
It's like Angels of Light cranked up to 11
One of my favourite Swans albums

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>>73565004
I think we can all agree that his best period is with Jarboe, 86-96 albums.

>>73567661
Soundtracks For The Blind
The Glowing Man
Holy Money
White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity
The Seer
The Great Annihilator
Greed
My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
The Burning World
To Be Kind
Children Of God
Filth
Cop
Love Of Life

>>73568052
>Children Of God that low
You should really re-listen it.

>>73568095
I think it's very good, but I don't like it more than the albums I ranked higher than it

>>73565052
screenshot and oxygen are the most accessible tracks on that album please think about the choices you have made in life again you fucking faggot

>>73568494
Calm down

>>73565004
Cop may be my favorite swans album.

how much money have you all given Gira?
$340 from me

>>73565836
kek

>>73565052
Every song on this album is fucking stellar

>>73568951
except for a little god in my hands

>>73569126
Why does everybody hate this song? It doesn't work very well in front of bring the sun, but it's a good standalone song.

>>73568052
Why is glowing man so high? What makes it so good? Glowpill me.

>>73568620
youre the heeeaarrt to the heaaaartacheee

>>73565004
this is the first swans thread that was actually good, who wants a STFTB vinyl?

>>73565004
antiques roadshow >swans

>>73567693
It's not underrated, their later releases just overshadow it.

Early Swans is just edginess with very little substance. They didn't actually mature artistically until the mid-90s. They perfected their sound in this decade.