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| 4.5 superb | Veldin | March 22nd 23 |
AM I READY TO DIE?
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| 4.5 superb | ajcollins15 | June 28th 23 |
The two-disk, two-hour long, sixteenth full-length album from the longstanding experimental rock band, Swans, shows that the band still has it after an underwhelming last album. If you are new to swans, this is definitely not the place to start, but then again nothing is probably a good place to start with them (you just have to do it). ?The Beggar? is a fusion of a lot of the gothic experimental folk music that they did during the late 80s to late ?90s (i.e., ?White Light From the Mouth of Infinity? or ?The Great Annihilator?) with their more long-winded and expansive post-rock ambient drones of their 2010?s discography (i.e., ?To Be Kind? or ?The Seer?). It really is to put into words the scope of ?The Beggar?, the opening building guitar work on ?The Parasite? is haunting and off-putting like an A24 horror movie. The angelic and droning choral of ?Michael is Done? is the picture-perfect feeling of eternal life. On top of the 43-minute, multi-phased, goliath of ?The Begger Lover (Three)?. ?The Beggar? is a constant ebb-and-flow of angelic highs and hauntingly dark lows. With the sound design feels right at home with what the band has been known for, but everything comes together so well that it is hard to see the band remove anything from it. It might be two hours long, but it goes by in the blink of an eye and you will be coming back for seconds as soon as it?s over.
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| 3.4 great | Erwann S. STAFF | June 27th 23 |
The worst post-reunion Swans still is pretty good (thank god, I wasn't ready for them to be shit). The "good" comes from gorgeous moments like the non-speaking part of "Michael Is Done", the choral part of "No More of This", or the good ol' crescendos that call that creepy hypnotism the Giragang has accustomed us to. The problem is, it's way too long for what it's offering (the crescendos aaaaah!!!!) and its repetitiveness isn't as rewarding in the long run as Soundtracks, The Seer, or To Be Kind (and that's a euphemism).
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| 4.5 superb | Sowing STAFF | June 24th 23 |
Weird, beautiful, and terrifying. Swans are back, and this is the best they've sounded since The Seer. The Beggar is very different compared to the band's other recent works, but it's undoubtedly better for it.
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| 0.0 | YakNips | May 15th 23 |
shoulda called it the finger. rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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| 3.5 great | em1k3 | April 9th 24 |
| 3.0 good | doofy | January 8th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lacking | January 5th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | Lani | December 23rd 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Rick64 | December 21st 23 |
| 2.0 poor | Spec | November 25th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Juuso | October 28th 23 |
| 2.0 poor | foxxxy | September 24th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | shioaz | September 21st 23 |
| 2.5 average | UrukHai | September 11th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | JoshieG | September 9th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | kkarron | September 4th 23 |
| 3.5 great | iGuter | August 26th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | unkle | August 17th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Abraxas | August 14th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bren80 | August 11th 23 |
| 3.5 great | neikos | July 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | BeeRyan | July 17th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Lucman | July 6th 23 |
| 3.5 great | hsb | July 5th 23 |
| 3.5 great | arf | July 2nd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wizard | June 30th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Jekub | June 29th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | June 29th 23 |
| 1.0 awful | Elynna | June 29th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 28th 23 |
| 2.0 poor | Timmy | June 27th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | FunJan | June 26th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | BetMan | June 24th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thor | June 24th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Yep321 | June 23rd 23 |
| 3.5 great | jhop | June 23rd 23 |
| 3.5 great | Emo | June 23rd 23 |
| 3.5 great | Zakusz | June 23rd 23 |
| 3.0 good | ZIG | June 23rd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lvxfra | June 23rd 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Samuel | June 13th 23 |
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