How do I into Swans? Thinking of starting with To Be Kind, then

>>73713427
What kinda music do you like the most?

>>73713427
Honestly I would start with The Great Annihilator, a great mix of Swans' goth and industrial period with driving post-punk grooves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY6qjHrJJHQ

>>73713427
Sounds good to me. To Be Kind is easily their best. Their old stuff sounds pretty shitty at first but it's actually good once you give it a minute to seep into your brain.

>>73713451
A difficult question. Mostly 70s prog rock I guess, which I'm not really expecting from Swans

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have a chart

>>73713596
Well if you can dig heaviness in your proggery, To Be Kind is a good start. I also really like The Great Annihilator.

To get into Swans tho, start with the 60s prog/drone rock band Pärson Sound

>>73713427
>>73713596
Damn, I also was a huge prog fan before getting into Swans, you've got the right 3 albums to start with, but if say to go Filth, To Be Kind, and then Soundtracks for the Blind, then go to The Seer and White Light

>>73713427
Don't

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I would not start with the early 80's stuff like Filth or Cop. That's just bludgeoning, with no melody, very no-wave. If that yanks your plank, go for it, but it's for a good 20-30 minutes, and after a while it just sounds like a migraine, which is maybe the point, whatever.

However, IF you wanna get into the Swans, I'd say go for My Father first, then the Seer. Then the other post-Seer stuff.

I'd steer clear of the late 80's stuff, unless you like being disappointed with cheesy Casio keyboards. That said, The Great Annihilator is a worthy listen. Do not under any circumstances listen to Soundtracks for the Blind unless you fucking love GY!BE but wish they were *more* obtuse.

A fucking brilliant out is 'Swans are Dead'. It's on Spotify. It's a greatest hits of their late 80's, early-mid 90's stuff, but without the studio (being live and all), and it's fucking brutal - so much more so than the studio versions. Hit that, and ignore the proper 80s/90s albums, cos they sound thin and stupid by comparison.

I hope I have helped, anon.

>>73713758
Man now i need the original slam tight piggy image

>>73713758
Like anon said, ignore anything with Jarboe in it. As Thurston Moore taught us, being in a band with your bitch is not a fantastic game plan.

>>73713635
Thank you!

>>73713584
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>>73713690
Sounds like To Be Kind was the right choice. I will compromise with >>73713690 and go TBK, Filth, SFTB

>>73713758
The thing is, I have a strange fondness for cheesy Casio keyboards (I own several). This makes me want to listen to their late 80s output.

>>73713939
Bump the Great Annihilator up before soundtracks. It's like an hour shorter and it really helps the ideas and sounds a load

>>73713939
Not saying cheesy keys are bad per se, just in the context of Swans. But hey, go out there and discover, brother!

>>73713969
Okay, will do.

>>73713635
Pretty much this. I started with SftB originally when I first discovered them