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Getting tickets to their show at the Magic Bag in October but I have concerns that with them performing "new pieces" on tour and their sound changing to a stripped down version I won't get the immense performance of the first time. Im still going to go either way but does anyone know if this will be "massive swans on tour" or like Michael gira fleshing out new tunes with an acoustic guitar and two other people in stage?

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Pretty sure they still have their big sound lineup for the next little while with Norman rejoining

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I’d think this will be their last tour as big sound Swans.‘I understand your concern considering that’s how the last several albums have been developed

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Honestly presuming Gira can stick to his word this time around I think it’s time for a change. It’s been fifteen years with the same sound and I think they’ve taken it everywhere it can go. I’d love to hear them play with Burning World style textures again.

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I would love to hear it too but I'm taking my brother who is a swa s virgin and I told him to prepare for the most crippling night of his life ..and if it's just gira sitting down with his acoustic and doing the Johnny Cash thing (which I love) I feel like it would be a considerable over promise, under deliver situation haha

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As far as I see it’s a Swans gig, not a Gira & Hahn night, right? If so, I’m pretty sure it’s going to be crushing in the best possible way.

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This finally clicked Wtf

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omg

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I hated this back in the day, but that was like 13 years ago. I believe it is time to reassess this one.

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that 2.0 killin' me bro

93 Ave. B Blues is still the scariest shit

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@osmark I hated it when I first spun it too. only took me 10 years to come around 😅

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Rules. Tbk is just a slight step up.

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Really? Everything after this feels too full of itself imo

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"93 Ave. B Blues is still the scariest shit"



Hell yeah, one of my favorite songs in their whole discog.

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@uncle - I only listened to Glowing Man once, and it wasn’t really my thing, so I don’t doubt that I wouldn’t really dig anything past that. But yeah, TBK just does a little more for me. Soundtracks for the Blind is still their best.

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the new stuff doesn't come remotely close to this

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Agreed



This was and still is in a league of its own

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this is great but swans have at least two maybe three albums better than this

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You may be right but this is my favorite