Next month
Swans release their new record The Seer, an expansive double album affair. ‘The
Apostate’ is taken from the album and the band has been playing it live at some
recent shows. There’s now an excerpt of a live performance online (via Vice). The
live video is pretty impressive, mostly down to Michael Gira dancing and wildly
flailing his arms around like a man deranged (and one could argue that he is).
While Swans’ music is always evolving into new ghastly unrecognisable forms,
there is one constant – the reaction… the “what the fuck is going on here?”
reaction. That reaction remains intact and where exactly The Seer goes is
anyone’s guess. It’ll be a challenging listen for sure. My Father Will Guide Me
Up A Rope To The Sky was certainly so and it appears the band have
intentionally gone out of their way to fuck with us… again.
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