Everyone knows the swans discography started out with some of the most brutal music known to man, then it morphed into a sort of thinking mans gothic rock, slowly becoming better and better as time passed, and then suddenly, the bands light went out. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. If you have any other trouble downloading swans sountrack post it in comments and our support team or a community member will help you. Swans, the seer the seer whether hes conjuring up a quiet storm with an acoustic guitar or sharing the asphyxiated psalms of sex, god. Oct 17, 2016 get notifications on updates for this project.
They morphed constantly throughout the last series of swans tours, and were captured and lovingly adorned in the studio. His vocals remind of both lou reed and iggy pop, but the music is sui generis. Michael gira claims that swans the seer took 30 years to make. Marginally associated with the no wave scene at first, their original sound was slow and extremely heavy, with live performances that were often so brutal and physical that in a number of instances certain audience members were made ill. The 32minute title cut uses every tool in the swans arsenal like a hammer, from nearly maddening repetition and clattering dissonance to nuanced space. Aug 28, 2012 get all the lyrics to songs on the seer and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Following their 2012 epic the seer and their recent live lp not herenot now, swans have announced their next album. At each step of swans career, theyve been somehow tied to whatever dark genre was most culturally prominent, but the seer affirms what they. The seer is swans twelfth studio album and here they continue their wellestablished postrock sound at their most refined and ominous.
Swans will leak the seer in the next few days to come. It is strictly forbidden to share links to albums via file sharing sites magnet, torrent, kingdom leaks etc. At nearly two hours, the seer is over twice as long as its predecessor, 2010s my father will guide me up a rope to the sky. Directed, filmed and produced by simon henwood and marco porsia. The minecraft skin, swansthe seer, was posted by i eat snails. Two years after my father will lead me up to a rope to the sky, the seer is the most sprawling, ambitious, thoughtfully conceived and tightly performed recording in the bands catalog. Its called to be kind and its out may on michael giras young god imprint in north america and on mute everywhere else. Its coda, the sixminute the seer returns, features tribal, shuffling floor toms and bass drums. The minecraft skin, swans the seer, was posted by i eat snails. The seer by swans vinyl, aug2012, 3 discs, young god. Dont be surprised if everything else falls timidly. On august 28, 2012, swans released the seer, a doublealbum running 2 hours in length. Swans, the seer the noiserock bands 12th album is a cacophonous vault into the sublime. B blues, avatar, and the apostate were developed organically as a group in rehearsals and on tour.
According to frontman michael gira, seer took a whole 30 years to make since it is the culmination of every previous swans album. I felt the seer as a record apart of the album where id enjoyed the most part, i think that if it was released as individual tracks they would have more power instead of feeling just like fillers. The seer is everything we could have hoped for it is swans, standing proudly and unabashedly at the top of their game after nearly thirty years. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. The seer is the twelfth studio album by american experimental rock band swans and was. The inner sleeve of disc one has a sticker with an mp3.
I am pleased that you have discovered our music through this medium. The music of michael gira and swans is raw, visionary and uncompromising. May 05, 2014 hello, thank you for listening to our music. Swans is a band from new york, united states, active from 1982 to 1997, reformed in 2010, led by singer, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist michael gira. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Frontman michael gira described the album as taking 30 years to. Users who ignore this rule will be banned from the site. Music, news, and information from the label run by michael gira, featuring his work with swans and his postswans music. Aug 24, 2012 swans will leak the seer in the next few days to come. Just paste the urls youll find below and well download file for you. It references the aesthetic developed by swans, and moves it past current musical boundaries and onto a new sonic frontier, where they stand, as they have always stood, alone. The song itself is preceded by the wolf and is followed by the seer returns.
Its the culmination of every previous swans album as well as any other music ive ever made, been involved in or imagined. The seer by swans vinyl, aug2012, 3 discs, young god for. Like soundtracks, the seer is a dynamic, ambitious double disc. When the band swans broke up in 199697, it was saddening, and fans were exalted to see the band reform in 2010, and their subsequent release of their live album called my father will guide me up a rope to the sky 2010. Patience is a required trait needed for appreciating a swans record. Aug 30, 2012 gira believes this grotesque drama exists in this world, not in dreams. The fate of our site directly depends on its relevance. If you have any other trouble downloading swans sountrack post it in comments and our support team or a. The more recent to be kind 2014 is more consistent than the seer its stronger throughout but it does not reach the same heights. The seer is somewhat dictatorial an unyielding and unapologetically serious beast that seeks to impose its will on a captive audience by whatever means necessary. The film is a work in progress, and will ultimately result in a feature film, filmography of swans. There is a lot of interpretation to be had with this album.
The album features vocals from the yeah yeah yeahs vocalist karen o, alan sparhawk and mimi parker of low, members of akronfamily, ben frost, grasshopper from mercury rev and former swans member jarboe. Limited to 2,500 copies, the album served as a fundraiser for the fifteenth swans album, leaving meaning, which was released in october 2019. Registered users can also use our file leecher to download files directly from all file hosts where it was found on. The seer is the twelfth studio album by american postpunk band swans, released on. The seer is unquestionably a work of ecstatic beauty. The seer is a music studio album recording by swans post rockmath rockprogressive rock released in 2012 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. Theres moments of utter madness during mother of the world, gira not vocalising in any way, shape or form for a fair portion of the ten minute track and taking on an incomprehensible sway in the progression underneath. Get all the lyrics to songs on the seer and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. The diverse arrangement of tracks paints a really grim and open story. This is one of the few albums i have heard that has genuinely terrified me to uncontrollable tears. Aug 27, 2012 at each step of swans career, theyve been somehow tied to whatever dark genre was most culturally prominent, but the seer affirms what they really are and what their legacy will probably be.
If you believe swans leader michael gira, the seer is the culmination of thirty years worth of work. In the mind of no one forming sun, forming love break the chain, hide within innocence, not innocent innocent in no sense eat the beast, keep him in take the blame. The seer is more precise than just a tsunami of dynamic shifts. Aug 28, 2012 the seer is the monstrous thirtytwo minute title track off of swans gigantic 2012 double album. Download torrent swans fast and easy torrent search. Swans are an experimental rock band formed in 1982 by michael gira. Screenshot is one of the only swans songs that no matter what the day, i dont feel the length whatsoever. Swans have tended to share a brutalist aesthetic and frazzled, bombastic intensity with. Theres no unreality to swans, nothing ethereal and dreamy. Initially part of the no wave scene, swans have, through various iterations, contributed to the development of noise rock, postpunk, industrial, postrock and more. The seer by swans came out of nowhere and knocked any expectations of the band right on its ear. You can help us by sharing the link with friends, in social networks, message boards and other mass media. I posted this elsewhere but i thought this could be of interest here.
Amazon actually shipped this double boxed, so mine arrived mint. The dvd captures swans at the peak of their potential. Michael gira, swans lead noiserock believer, calls the seer the culmination of a lifes work. If i were to rank to be kind itd be a real task to do so, i know for a fact itll be high on the list, its one of my personal favourite swans songs, probably due to the special nature of it being my first. The seer is the twelfth studio album by american postpunk band swans, released on august 28, 2012. Yet for all its wagnerian bombast, for all its incredible power, the seer.
Dedicated to the band of the name, but we also love the bird. Sprawling, apocalyptic compositions clocking in at nearly two hours and across three lps from the heavystuff stalwarts. Watch the video for the seer from swanss the seer for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. The album was released in march 2019 on band leader michael giras young god records.
Gira believes this grotesque drama exists in this world, not in dreams. Frontman michael gira described the album as taking 30 years to make. The seer by swans, released 17 april 2014 swans are an experimental rock band formed in 1982 by michael gira. Swans have managed to create that comprehensive, largescale album without stumbling into the pitfalls of relying too heavily on their past. The seer is the twelfth studio album by american experimental rock band swans and was released on august 28, 2012 by giras own record label young god records. The album itself its pretty good if it wasnt for two tracks. The seer swans first album since its stunning 2010 comeback, my father will guide me up a rope to the sky is an echo of soundtracks for the blind, in more than just name. Michael giras reformed swans are more powerful than ever.
Im not going to argue for swans as the best, or the heaviest, the loudest, or the most evil band in the world as has been done, but i am offering them up as the one band that makes the best case. Swans, the seer the seer whether hes conjuring up a quiet storm with an acoustic guitar or sharing the asphyxiated psalms of sex, god, sex, michael gira has never been the subtle type. Ben frost, grasshopper from mercury rev and former swans member jarboe. Its the culmination of every previous swans album, as well as any other music ive ever made. Yet for all its wagnerian bombast, for all its incredible power, the seer is a nuanced work. Producer and frontman michael gira funded the recording of the album with the sales of we rose from your bed with the sun in our head. But where soundtracks sprawls between darkness and disintegration, the seer is focused, cohesive, and. Sure, theres lots of pounding and crashing, but also.
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