 | Swans My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
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| 3.5 great | Ceziria | August 19th 10 |
Hopefully, this album will get some fame for Swans on this site. Dense, cruel record, amazing even without Jarboe.
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| 3.7 great | Erwann S. EMERITUS | September 11th 19 |
This is the prep for The Seer and TBK, and this is still heavier, more engaging and more extreme in its approach to music than 99% of all motherfuckers.
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| 0.0 | altertide0 | August 22nd 15 |
May you find your way, and may you find your little mouth, Michael, but most importantly, may you find your musical talent again, pretty please.
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| 4.0 excellent | Jared Floryan | January 8th 15 |
The bastard child who made Swans possible, Michael Gira, might have gotten old in age and appearance around this time, but he sure as hell didn't lose an inch of creativity nor did he lose the ability to conjure warped feelings. My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky (what an album title) is like that nightmarish doll with the mind of a human: the shopkeeper keeps on imploring you to turn away from it due to the toy being the partial antithesis of user-friendliness, but on the other hand, this doll's animated emotions can easily keep you from being at a safe, delirious distance.
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| 0.0 | BMDrummer | June 13th 14 |
As the review from Cam said, thank god Swans broke up after Soundtracks for the Blind. They had created an indescribably massive, dark, beautiful, and just incredibly varied album that did just about everything. If they kept going, they either would've topped it and created the most confusing, darkest, and varied album possibly ever, or they would've hit an extremely poor slump with no ideas. So yeah, thank god Michael Gira called it quits around that time. But, he didn't run out of ideas or music, since he started the folkier Angels of Light, which while being great, kind of failed to match the subliminal element of Swans, but I doubt he wanted to make a second incarnation of his old band. Now, it's 14 years after Soundtracks, Michael Gira has aged, and now he is looking back on his career as a musician. But, instead of simply rehashing old ideas, he decided to take influence from the old music, and create something new. My Father is a massive, dark, and spacy return to what he does best. By not losing any of their past hypnotism and focusing on the sound of songs like The Beautiful Days, Helpless Child, All Lined Up, Better Than You, and A Screw (Holy Money), he has truly done it again. Welcome back Mr. Gira. Despite some sometimes underwhelming feelings on this release, and the standard he set with his past releases, this album is a breath of fresh air in a world where revivalism seems to sometimes be more important than pushing forward. 4.2/5
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| 4.0 excellent | Rhinoceron | November 7th 10 |
Likely the most accessible the Swans will ever become. If you liked anything about Soundtracks for the Blind then you should definitely check this out. My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky is far less disturbing than their other material, but that isn't to say the uniquely eerie musicianship isn't present; oh, it is, and as powerful as ever.
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| 0.0 | Enotron | September 25th 10 |
chambered.....u mad?
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