Album Rating: 4.0
I certainly dont understand the critics about this saying this lack dynamics that made the "previous albums" (the trilogy) better in their eyes. It has dynamics, but more in the subtleties . I prefer it to Leaving meaning for sure.
Probably his more introspective album. It does feel like his Blackstar
Edit : Maybe subtleties wasnt the right word, but I still stand that this has dynamics
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Definitely, although I wouldn't even say this is more subtle. Feels like Swans' most immediately and obviously impressive release since The Seer.
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Album Rating: 3.0
lol in no universe is this more obviously impressive than To Be Kind. that record's prioritisation of old school pigfuck menace over doomy theatrics has always had the edge over the Seer
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Album Rating: 3.0
does this album beggar belief
I can't bring myself to listen because I imagine this is longer than Avatar 2 Way of the Weed
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Slower does not always mean more subtle
TBK was very difficult to get into and even harder to remember. It's far more subtle than this one's folky melodies and smooth finish.
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Album Rating: 3.0
"does this album beggar belief"
it is survivable and borderline worthwhile if you embrace the tongue in cheek o-woe! o-senility! factor and probably insufferable if you confront it head on
and idk, never found TBK or reunion Swans in general particularly subtle nor thought they needed to be - clicked with that record straight away, thought it wore its brimstone front and centre
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Or maybe doomy theatrics are just easier for me to get into
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Album Rating: 3.0
'probably insufferable if you confront it head on'
hmmm, today might not be the day
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Album Rating: 2.0
'lol in no universe is this more obviously impressive than To Be Kind'
the glowing man excretes its majestic phosphorescence all over the hobo beggar as well
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Ok I'm just going to cut the BS and come clean: I remember absolutely nothing about Leaving Meaning or The Glowing Man, despite making an appreciable effort with both, and the only memorable part of To Be Kind is the creepy "I'm just a little boy" line. This album is instantly more memorable than all three of those albums combined.
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Album Rating: 3.0
if you made it through TBK even once and don't have yourrrrrr name is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ FUCK ! at the immediate command of your memory idk what to say lol
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
I don't remember that at all. I listened to it a ton the year it came out and some the year after. So... it's been 8 years lol maybe I owe it another spin. But JUST SAYING.
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Album Rating: 3.0
We listen to Swans for that 'one moment'?
One moment in two hours?
This might explain my low ratings, I fall asleep before the moment. Been doing it wrong.
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Album Rating: 3.0
gotta hand it to the man, m. gira has a convenient habit of taking 5 minutes to hammer out his 'moments' once they appear
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Album Rating: 2.0
except the buildups this time ain't got any glitter or sparkle to them
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
I feel like this is the most glittery and sparkly Swans album in ages. I don't understand some of the critiques here lol.
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Album Rating: 3.0
2nd listen in, no doubt weakest modern era Swans. Tracks 1, 9, 11 do nothing for me, tracks 2-5 just sound like lost tracks from white light/love of life era swans, Ebbing is like a fragment from great annihilator on repeat, and the beggar lover is just a mish mash of old songs patched together but it does have its moments. The album feels ponderous with little life or energy. I can feel it literally sucking the life out of me by about half way.
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Album Rating: 3.0
The beggar and beggar lover are the most enjoyable for me
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Don’t know what some of y’all are on about. This album exudes sparkle and that mesmerizing Swans’ sheen. Maybe you must bring the hammer down to break your wings. Anyway, album has 3.9 (equal to 4.2 here) on RYM w 2.2k ratings so far
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Album Rating: 3.0
3.9? jfc trust rym to bootlick any rock music with the faintest hint of oblique high-nosery
their having Michael Is Done as the joint-highest rated track says it all
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