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09-05 Swans return this fall
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Swans

Swans are an influential American post-punk band initially active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band is noted for its droning vocals and strange instrumentation. On January, 2010, Michael Gira begun working on new material for the band and it officially reformed with mostly the same line-up, excluding female vocalist Jarboe, who chose to work on her individual career. The band gained a great deal of recognition long after their disbanding-and-reformation, partly due to the unexpected popularity peak obtained with the release of 2012's ...read more

Swans are an influential American post-punk band initially active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band is noted for its droning vocals and strange instrumentation. On January, 2010, Michael Gira begun working on new material for the band and it officially reformed with mostly the same line-up, excluding female vocalist Jarboe, who chose to work on her individual career. The band gained a great deal of recognition long after their disbanding-and-reformation, partly due to the unexpected popularity peak obtained with the release of 2012's The Seer. Despite the band members dismissing being or ever being a part of the metal scene, the band's broody, dark atmosphere has proven extremely influential to many extreme metal bands, and they are often seen a pioneers of several scenes, such as slow, depressing post-rock (which would later become much more popular in the hands of Godspeed You! Black Emperor). « hide

Similar Bands: The Angels Of Light, Jarboe, Oxbow, The World of Skin, Godflesh

LPs
The Beggar
2023

4.5
1 Votes
Leaving Meaning
2019

3.5
316 Votes
The Glowing Man
2016

3.9
700 Votes
To Be Kind
2014

4.2
1,664 Votes
The Seer
08/27/2012

4.2
1,915 Votes
My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
2010

3.7
825 Votes
Soundtracks for the Blind
1996

4.4
1,401 Votes
The Great Annihilator
1995

4.1
889 Votes
Love of Life
1992

3.6
446 Votes
White Light From the Mouth of Infinity
1991

4.2
882 Votes
The Burning World
1989

3.2
431 Votes
Children of God
1987

4.2
995 Votes
Holy Money
1986

3.5
461 Votes
Greed
1985

3.2
458 Votes
Cop
1984

3.6
632 Votes
Filth
1983

3.8
1,080 Votes
EPs
Oxygen
2014

3.3
40 Votes
To Be Kind (Album Sampler)
2014

4
1 Votes
Die Tür Ist Zu
1996

4
75 Votes
Love Will Save You
1991

4
1 Votes
Love Will Tear Us Apart
1988

3.3
56 Votes
A Screw
1986

3.4
15 Votes
Time Is Money (Bastard)
1986

3.5
22 Votes
Young God
1984

3.6
165 Votes
Swans
1982

3.5
119 Votes
Live Albums
Deliquescence
2017

4.2
40 Votes
The Gate
2015

4.1
25 Votes
Not Here / Not Now
10/14/2013

4.2
42 Votes
We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head
02/02/2012

4.2
52 Votes
Swans Are Dead
1998

4.6
184 Votes
Kill the Child: 1985/1986/1987 Live
1995

4
16 Votes
Real Love
1992

3.7
13 Votes
Omniscience
1992

3.6
20 Votes
Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room
1990

3.4
22 Votes
Feel Good Now
1987

3.7
30 Votes
Public Castration Is a Good Idea
1986

4.1
182 Votes
Compilations
Is There Really A Mind
2022

3.8
7 Votes
What Is This?
2019

3.2
15 Votes
Various Failures
1999

4.2
55 Votes
Body To Body, Job To Job
1991

3.7
59 Votes

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