AOTY
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AOTY
>>65586714
YEAH
>>65586714
Fucking Yeah
>>65586784
YES
>fondle the naked man
what did he mean by this?
>>65586714
Nah. If it is then this is a very boring year.
>>65586714
Rapist don't deserve AOTY
MONSTERRRRRRRR
>>65586875
kys
Am I the only one mildly disappointed with how this album is paced?
I feel like this is just a re-emphasis of the tropes that have characterized their sound since the reunion; whereas the albums previous this honed on a particular extension of the core Swans brand
>[(heavy downbeat / sustaining guitar wall sounds / tonal dissonance) + (folk / country / atonality / free improv / crushing grooves / noise)]
this just feels like an abstraction of the last six years rather than an amalgamation.
That's not to say I didn't enjoy it. I love the sonic landscape from which the reunion albums have been composed, but I guess I was just expecting more in the sense of pushing boundaries.
A lot of the particular high points of this album (Cloud of Unknowing / When Woll I Return? / title track) end up sounding generally identical with some slightly fleeting small textures, almost too high in the mix to make a substantial distinction between them. It sounds like they're just retreading old ground.
I dunno.
I guess I shouldn't expect for Mikey G of all people to play with fulfillment of my expectations, but this album leaves me wanting more.
>>65587033
I'll post a couple recs that I find similar.
Another glaring problem I have with this album; When Will I Return? prefacing the huge half an hour title track is just a structural mirror of The Seer Returns that follows the equating title track on The Seer.
Listen to The Seer Returns and When Will I Return; they even have almost identical drum tracks / baselines.
>>65587033
I expected this one to be the harshest and most relentless of the three. Mikey decided differently.
Loving pretty much every second of it anyway.
>>65587033
I think the idea in general is that they have honed their sound. It's more of a sonic celebration than anything in the way of experimentation outside of themselves. I wanted Swans, and that's what I got.
Does it feel kinda safe for such a boundary-pushing band? Sure. But that's only within the perspective of listening to Swans. It doesn't feel like a step forward, but it does feel like you are in their world as much as any of their releases. And their world is fucking cool musically.
>>65587146
>>65587033
youre right on the money
i cobuldnt explain it better myself
link?
>>65587033
>>65587146
Last issue; the cut sustain on the symbol crash on Frankie M. at 15:25 is a fucking problem.
The track is half an hour long for Christ's sake. An interruption in the facilitated atmosphere is a huge mark against an otherwise standout moment for this album. This little blip ends up sounding like a codec artifact, and on a John Congleton project?
This is unbelievable to me.
This is a rookie mistake from a production facet.
>>65587163
I enjoyed it as well. Just some glaring issues I have with it on first impression.
>>65587183
>It doesn't feel like a step forward, but it does feel like you are in their world as much as any of their releases. And their world is fucking cool musically.
100% this. It's a world I love but I can't help but acknowledge this is a complete lateral movement.
>>65587033
>>65587146
>>65587335
Cymbal / hi-hat, rather.
>>65587204
thx
>>65586835
Yes
What track is "MONSTER EATER" from?
>>65587753
cloud of unknowing
