Album Rating: 3.5

times literally falling asleep to this: 2



completed listens: 0

Album Rating: 4.0

dam this is significantly better than all of the reunion stuff

Album Rating: 3.5

no strong attachment to that, but not sold so far



but also only successfully heard heard a p small proportion of it. hmm. 3rd attempt underway rn

It’s definitely a long record but parts of it are so viscerally unpleasant that I can’t imagine falling asleep to it hahaha

Album Rating: 3.5

i was/am a sleepy boi lol



wanna say it was perhaps testament to how subdued In the Garden/Our Love Lies are b2b, but i distinctly recall waking up for about a minute midway through Beautiful Child before wiping out again



i don't deserve music

Album Rating: 4.0

in my garden is the perfect cooldown from "new mind"

so good

Album Rating: 3.5

Wow I just spun Trust Me on shuffle what r the odds

good songs both

based ryus

Album Rating: 4.0

I've fallen asleep to Like a Drug on multiple occasions.

Album Rating: 3.5

this is mental holy fuck



Gira really loves his hypnotic repetition, doesn't he

Album Rating: 4.0

yeah but this was back when he didnt go overboard with it and remembered to write good songs

probably best Swans, but yah

(coming from someone who likes Angels of Light quite a bit...)

Album Rating: 5.0

best swans yes

Album Rating: 4.0

Made the mistake of starting this again while on my work break and FUCK. I just wanna listen to the whole thing xD



Such astute commentary on the horrors religion can bring.

Album Rating: 2.0

people genuinely find this menacing..?

Album Rating: 3.5

Gira's vocals and the atmosphere on here would count as menacing, yes!

Album Rating: 4.0

lol

Album Rating: 3.5

there are points (on all swans albs I've heard, not this specifically) where gira's lyrics and delivery are so concertedly self-consciously DARK that i struggle to take them seriously

but this has jarboe so

Album Rating: 4.0

yea thats fair

jarboe is the goat agreed

Album Rating: 3.5

STUPID SNAKE