Swans – The Glowing Man (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Swans – The Glowing Man (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:58:27 minutes | 2,22 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Young God Records

Fourteenth and self-declared final studio album from Michael Gira and co. finally arrives in a heat haze of intensity and durational power. Swans have never done small. The Glowing Man clocks in at a vinyl bothering two hours, and not a note is wasted. Songs range from primordial rants through the netherworld, threatening Gothic blues (underpinned by that familiar Gira growl), epic 20minute+ slabs of alt-rock, sunset orange psychedelia, and a beautifully violent a reimagining of Sonic Youth’s ‘The World Looks Red’. This is Swans at their very best; a provocative trip into this most singular of bands. If this is to be the last album under this lineup, it is a fitting send-off.

Tracklist:
1-1. Swans – Cloud of Forgetting (12:43)
1-2. Swans – Cloud of Unknowing (25:12)
1-3. Swans – The World Looks Red / The World Looks Black (14:27)
1-4. Swans – People Like Us (04:32)
2-1. Swans – Frankie M. (20:58)
2-2. Swans – When Will I Return? (05:26)
2-3. Swans – The Glowing Man (28:50)
2-4. Swans – Finally, Peace. (06:15)

Personnel:
Michael Gira – vocals, electric and acoustic guitar
Christoph Hahn – lap steel guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
Thor Harris – percussion, vibes and bells, dulcimer
Christopher Pravdica – bass guitar, vocals
Phil Puleo – drums, dulcimer, vocals
Norman Westberg – electric guitar, vocals
Bill Rieflin – drums, piano, synth, Mellotron, bass guitar, electric guitar, vocals
Jennifer Gira – lead vocals on “When Will I Return?”
Okkyung Lee – cello on “Cloud of Unknowing”

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