Swans The Beggar
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FurtherDown
June 23rd 2023


396 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

The Beggar Lover (Three) is basically a Soundtracks legacy sequel and I love it. I get where your criticism comes from but... you are wrong.

Jasdevi087
June 23rd 2023


8130 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

oh sweet Aiwanks hates this so it's gonna be good

someone
Contributing Reviewer
June 23rd 2023


6614 Comments


Did Swans really become another band the likes of "oh they got a new one out? Okay, whatever"

someone
Contributing Reviewer
June 23rd 2023


6614 Comments


"Hiding away on Disc Two like an elephant behind a lamppost is the gargantuan"

I'm using that. Good job, professor Rugallini.

tectactoe
June 23rd 2023


7357 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

"The Beggar Lover (Three)" is worth the price of admission alone.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 23rd 2023


60393 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

"Did Swans really become another band the likes of "oh they got a new one out? Okay, whatever" "



100%



Love this review and its clear love for the band / total irrelevance for their bullshit, will attempt all 2 hrs of Michael Gira's last will and testament um sometime soon

insomniac15
Staff Reviewer
June 23rd 2023


6187 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Three tracks in and this can be Michael's Blackstar in case he dies before making another Swans record. It's uncanny at times, but cool so far.

Sowing
Moderator
June 23rd 2023


43956 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

First track was weird. Not bad but not exactly my cup of tea, at least not right off the bat.



Second track was just starting to get good when I got to work and had to turn it off.

Sowing
Moderator
June 23rd 2023


43956 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

I don't know if it's upcoming (again, didn't even finish track 2), but I miss the heavy percussion/beats/rhythm that Swans used to occasionally drop like in Mother of the World.

insomniac15
Staff Reviewer
June 23rd 2023


6187 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

It's moving quite slow actually. Some heavier moments could have helped. Curious about The Beggar Lover for the Sountracks for the Blind similarities mentioned.

Sunnyvale
Staff Reviewer
June 23rd 2023


5884 Comments


Review is killer, well done Milo!

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 23rd 2023


60393 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

some absolute stud on slsk hosted a fake version of this album with identical track times, but had the first song as a j-idol pop jingle with a two-minute drone pasted at the start. harder jump scare than any real Swans song has ever given me.



listening to the real thing now and oh hi this is definitely michael gira

Pikazilla
June 23rd 2023


29760 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

based



I'm going to share seiko under the guise of gira from now on in an attempt to spread the one and only true gospel

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 23rd 2023


60393 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

tbf pitchshift all her pre-PINK folk demos down like 3 octaves, throw in a little feedback and no-one will be able to tell the difference



this is terrorism and i want in

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 23rd 2023


60393 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

oh my goodness that Michael Is Dead intro reprise immersion-break do be real and vastly open to parody

hesperus
June 23rd 2023


1456 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

@Sowing yeah the percussion is really lacking. starting to think Thor Harris was the true mvp of the reunion era. even when his performance was more subdued, it still had a bite to it that gave the music a sense of forward momentum. without him, it mostly just feels listless

hesperus
June 23rd 2023


1456 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

ok The Beggar Lover is definitely earning this thing some points tho

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 23rd 2023


60393 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

about to go into that - The Beggar and Ebbing have been straining against a heavy burden so far

mkmusic1995
Contributing Reviewer
June 23rd 2023


1751 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I really don't think I'm up to listening to this. Seems interesting from the review but I don't think it'll be up my alley.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 23rd 2023


60393 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

there is a baby screaming in this cafe and i cannot tell if it is adding or detracting to the Beggar Lover



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