SIIMBOLIC: I wanted to get into Swans

SIIMBOLIC 04.10.21	Advice would be appreciado
CaliggyJack 04.10.21	Just do what I do when I try to get into new bands. Go through their main discography from their first to latest album. Take note of songs that hook you and skip those you don't like. However, make sure to listen to at least 60 seconds of each song before you skip if you intend to do so. Take your time and enjoy the ride. Do some research on the group and it's history while you listen. If you like a song, listen to it the whole way through, don't just skip it out of impatience. This advice isn't specific for Swans it can be about any band you want to try to get into.
SIIMBOLIC 04.10.21	Hmm thats interesting. I usually just get a whole album and listen to it. I dont know if i have the time for that haha
Cygnatti 04.10.21	just listen to The Seer and go from there
porcupinetheater 04.10.21	I will send poop to the yard of anyone that advises skipping past Children of God
porcupinetheater 04.10.21	SAAAVE YOUR SOUL DAMN YOU TO HELL
SIIMBOLIC 04.10.21	Yeah i was thinking the seer or songs for blind cunts
porcupinetheater 04.10.21	Nahnah don’t start with the doubles keep ‘em in the chamber once you get a little bit of context. Jam Children of God.
CaliggyJack 04.10.21	"I dont know if i have the time for that haha" Don't rush this stuff. Whether it takes a month or a year, only do things at your own pace. The music isn't going anywhere. That's what I do at least.
SIIMBOLIC 04.10.21	^fair enough. well said haha
rage11111ro 04.10.21	Very interesting approach CaliggyJack, some mental notes taken on it from my side. And very well said, sometimes it can take a lot of time to get into a band. One other aspect is that a certain bands can be for you but you are not ready for it yet. I was often surprised to hear a band and it instantly clicking with me although I tried them out several times before, years back, to no avail.
SIIMBOLIC 04.10.21	“I was often surprised to hear a band and it instantly clicking with me although I tried them out several times before, years back, to no avail.“ You mean swans?
CaliggyJack 04.10.21	No he means brokenCYDE
SIIMBOLIC 04.10.21	Ok I realise that sounds dumb in retrospect But fuck you CaliggyJack anyway 👍
CaliggyJack 04.10.21	👍
rage11111ro 04.10.21	'You mean swans?' no, talking in general. But haven't given swans a try for several years, probably should 'No he means brokenCYDE'- did not see a band with lower ratings yet and it's consistent across the discography..I must definitely check it, what could be so awful?
CaliggyJack 04.10.21	@rage Oh... No words will do it justice. You must experience it for yourself.
SIIMBOLIC 04.10.21	@rage111111ro i'd recommend brokenCYDE simply on the reason that they make you better appreciate good music.
Demon of the Fall 04.10.21	I am also looking to get into Swans, made it through the entirety of Soundtracks the other day. I feel like that was an achievement; won’t be doing it again any time soon mind. It took me over a year just to revisit it. I don’t have the solutions, but yeah I guess the whole ‘don’t force it’ thing is the best advice for any artist. Take your time. Pick out a couple of albums and revisit when you feel like you want to. I might finally be ready to hear something that isn’t Filth, Children of God or Soundtracks, and yet the journey has already been a substantial one.
SIIMBOLIC 04.10.21	this is getting srsly deep im just gonna listen to soundtracsk for the blind and go from there lol
Mort. 04.10.21	band sucks and is for lame tryhards crosses arms with smug look
JohnnyoftheWell 04.10.21	jam the Father album or TBK good fking luck with Soundtracks lmao
Pikazilla 04.10.21	Soundtracks is like one of their best
DoofDoof 04.10.21	Soundtracks is sometimes impenetrable and a little boring at times but has the cool bits The Seer is the same experience if you don't want any of those
Demon of the Fall 04.10.21	If you cut Soundtracks down to around an hour and a half I reckon you’d potentially have one hell of an album.
NeroCorleone 04.10.21	you dont have to listen to both sides back to back. Double albums should be treated as two albums not one long album. Nothing about disc 2 of soundtracks requires you to listen to disc 1 to understand it
widowslaugh123 04.10.21	“Double albums should be treated as two albums” lol wut Then why wouldn’t they just release two albums Double albums are clearly meant to be a whole piece
PistolPete 04.10.21	Children of God is one of the easier ones. Less crazy song lengths more groove, start there.
GhandhiLion 04.10.21	I recommend Radiohead instead
Demon of the Fall 04.10.21	‘Double albums are clearly meant to be a whole piece‘ (2) This. Thought it’d be obvious.
NeroCorleone 04.10.21	sometimes an artist has a bunch of material that they just want to put out and instead of sitting on half of it for later they just release it all as a double album.
Itwasthatwas 04.10.21	My Father is their most accessible album
tastepolice 04.10.21	why don't you just enjoy music organically you damn meme person instead of forcing yourself to listen to things you don't like
rage11111ro 04.10.21	Some music requires adjustment to fully enjoy and at the same time it is not bringing instant rewards to the listener. Just listening to what instantly clicks is a major miss out on stuff that becomes extremely gratifying once well settled in.
RadioSuicide 04.10.21	"like what you like" is such a meathead take
Demon of the Fall 04.10.21	Base instinct level nonsense, agreed.
rage11111ro 04.10.21	Just listened to a couple of brokenCYDE songs. You were so right. How can I undo this moment?
bloc 04.10.21	They suck
Jots 04.10.21	imo check Cop / Filth era stuff. the Seer and most material after isn’t nearly as good as ppl want it to be
Ryus 04.10.21	their reunion stuff isnt great yea. cop / filth era [2] + children of god
RadioSuicide 04.11.21	the most intimidating thing about Swans is that most of their shit is 2hrs long, but they're so good it never feels it. Children of God is a solid starting point for their earlier stuff, The Seer for their later. absolutely worth taking the time to explore their discog, they are fucking incredible
YoYoMancuso 04.11.21	To Be Kind is just The Seer but better
Deez 04.11.21	I was the same man. Took me a while but now I get it. Like, Its not like its some uber tech shit but its a feeling. If you get it you get it. Eventually
zakalwe 04.11.21	It’s just drivel
DoofDoof 04.11.21	'If you get it you get it.' So it's musical Covid
Deez 04.11.21	hahha No its just music