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Features Disc of the day
Swans
White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity
(Young God, 1991)
Goodbye rude words and migraine hammerblow "action”. Hello transcendent sound sculpture!
Previously known for their bludgeoning rhythms of destruction and primal screams, Michael Gira and distaff Swanstress Jarboe found an even better way to express their fascination for all things morbid, forlorn and wasted – using thundering guitars and washing keyboards in a more musical sense, while Gira's sombre baritone and Jarboe's slightly hoarse alto provide effective counterpoint. Following in the footsteps of ghostly major label flirtation The Burning World, and with a first-class support squad including guitarist Clinton Steele and Golden Palominos’ drummer Anton Fier augmenting loyal six-stringer Norman Westberg, White Light... sees Swans busy erecting a massive Wall Of Sound within a feverish landscape, whilst in the hypnotic, drone-like Failure, the eerie/romantic, Jarboe-starring Song For Dead Time, and the stately Will We Survive (with added jig!), they deliver ironclad paeans for a desperate time.
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The Swans morbid yet hypnotic brilliant
Posted by Kev at 11:42 AM GMT 06/08/2010 Report Abuse
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A marvellous album, regrettably out of print. Swans are possibly the most overlooked band in the last twenty five
years. Since the fearsome "Children Of God", they didn't
put a foot wrong, but such unrelenting music was at odds
with the yuppie culture of the time.
Each track is a masterpiece, especially the sneering
"Better Than You" with the droning guitars mixed to
essential overload. Arguably the most saddest song to be
released in the last twenty years is "Failure".
Forget about "Hurt" by Johnny Cash, there is nothing that
can prepare the listener for Michael Gira's heartbreaking
tale which is based on his father's life. Iggy would do a
superb version of this forlorn classic.
Essential listening, Let's hope it get reissued at a humane
price.
Posted by Rob J at 3:21 PM GMT 28/05/2011 Report Abuse
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