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Swans

Finally, Peace

 

 

TAKEN FROM THE LAST ALBUM IN THE BAND’S

CURRENT INCARNATION

THE GLOWING MAN, OUT NOW 

SWANS 2016 TOUR DATES

INC 13 + 14 OCT AT ISLINGTON ASSEMBLY HALL

 

UNCUT 4* “Devastatingly intense…”
MOJO 4* – Metro 4* – Clash 4* – FT 4* – Record Collector 4* – Classic Rock 4*
LOUDER THAN WAR 4* “… a sonic masterpiece”  

 

Swans have shared an edit of the closing track on their latest album, The Glowing Man – out now on Mute / Young God (N America) – ahead of the start of their European tour in October 2016.

Listen to ‘Finally, Peace’ (edit) here: https://youtu.be/oHem0nwPZYk

‘Finally, Peace’, described by Michael Gira as a “farewell”, sees Jennifer Gira join him on a double vocal track, an uplifting finale for the last album in Swans’ current incarnation. The song was described by The Arts Desk as “…redemptive and uplifting” and by The Quietus as “…optimistic” while The Line of Best Fit said, “…on closer “Finally, Peace”, Swans bow out with a knowing nod to the innate vanity of the physical and fleeting.”

Swans embark on the European leg of their mammoth world tour next month and return to the UK for a series of shows including two SOLD OUT performances at the Islington Assembly Hall on 13 and 14 October. Anna von Hausswolf is Swans’ very special guest on the European dates, full details below:

 

SWANS EUROPEAN TOUR

6 Oct – Brussels BE, Orangerie Botanique

7 Oct – Eindhoven NL, De Effenaar

8 Oct – Brighton UK, Concorde 2 – SOLD OUT

9 Oct – Manchester UK, 02 Ritz

11 Oct – Glasgow UK, Oran Mor 

12 Oct – Newcastle Upon Tyne UK, Northumbria University

13 Oct – London UK, Islington Assembly Hall – SOLD OUT

14 Oct – London UK, Islington Assembly Hall – SOLD OUT

15 Oct – Reims FR, La Cartonnerie

17 Oct – Hamburg DE, Kampnagel

18 Oct – Berlin DE, Huxleys Neue Welt

19 Oct – Prague CZ, Divaldo ARCHA Theatre

21 Oct – Budapest HU, A38 Ship

22 Oct – Vienna AT, Arena Big Hall

23 Oct – Graz AT, Orpheum Extra

25 Oct – Ljubljana SL, Kino Kiska Centre for Urban Culture

26 Oct – Zagreb, Croatia, Tvornica Kulture, Subiceva 2

28 Oct – Basel CH, Kaserne

29 Oct – Vevey CH, Rocking Chair

30 Oct – Bern CH, Reitschule Dachstock

1 Nov – Nantes FR, Stereolux

2 Nov – Nimes FR, La Paloma

5 Nov – Bologna IT, Teatro Auditorium Manzoni

6 Nov – Rome IT, Orion Live Club

8 Nov – Tourcoin FR, Le Grand Mix

9 Nov – Paris FR, Le Trabendo

10 Nov – Cologne DE, Gebäude 9

11 Nov – Munich DE, Feierwerk

12 Nov – Wiesbaden DE, Kulturezentrum Schlachthof

13 Nov – Utrecht, NL, Le Guess Who? festival

* with Anna von Hausswolf

 

The Glowing Man is available on double CD and deluxe triple gatefold vinyl, with a poster and digital download. In addition, there is a double CD/DVD format, which features a Swans live performance from 2015. Watch an excerpt of The Glowing Man, taken from the DVD here: https://youtu.be/t_h1i-WxVUs

Swans, led by Michael Gira, formed in 1982 and, after disbanding in 1997, returned with the critically acclaimed albums My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky (2010), 2012’s The Seer and 2014’s To Be Kind.

 

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A NOTE FROM MICHAEL GIRA OF SWANS:

“In 2009 when I made the decision to restart my musical group, Swans, I had no idea where it would lead. I knew that if I took the road of mining the past or revisiting the catalog, that it would be fruitless and stultifying. After much thought about how to make this an adventure that would instead lead the music forward into unexpected terrain, I chose the five people with whom to work that I believed would most ably provide a sense of surprise, and even uncertainty, while simultaneously embodying the strength and confidence to ride the river of intention that flows from the heart of the sound wherever it would lead us – and what’s the intention? LOVE!

And so finally this LOVE has now led us, with the release of the new and final recording from this configuration of Swans, The Glowing Man, through four albums (three of which contain more complexity, nuance and scope than I would have ever dreamed possible), several live releases, various fundraiser projects, countless and seemingly endless tours and rehearsals, and a generally exhausting regimen that has left us stunned but still invigorated and thrilled to see this thing through to its conclusion. I hereby thank my brothers and collaborators for their commitment to whatever truth lies at the center of the sound. I’m decidedly not a Deist, but on a few occasions – particularly in live performance – it’s been my privilege, through our collective efforts, to just barely grasp something of the infinite in the sound and experience generated by a force that is definitely greater than all of us combined. When talking with audience members after the shows or through later correspondence, it’s also been a true privilege to discover they’ve experienced something like this too. Whatever the force is that has led us through this extended excursion, it’s been worthwhile for many of us, and I’m grateful for what has been the most consistently challenging and fulfilling period of my musical life.

Going forward, post the touring associated with The Glowing Man, I’ll continue to make music under the name Swans, with a revolving cast of collaborators. I have little idea what shape the sound will take, which is a good thing. Touring will definitely be less extensive, I’m certain of that! Whatever the future holds, I’ll miss this particular locus of human and musical potential immensely: Norman Westberg, Kristof Hahn, Phil Puleo, Christopher Pravdica, Thor Harris, and myself mixed in there somewhere, too.”

………….

“I wrote the song ‘When Will I Return? specifically for Jennifer Gira to sing. It’s a tribute to her strength, courage, and resilience in the face of a deeply scarring experience she once endured, and that she continues to overcome daily.

The song ‘The World Looks Red / The World Looks Black’ uses some words I wrote in 1982 or so that Sonic Youth used for their song ‘The World Looks Red’, back in the day. The music and melody used here in the current version are completely different. While working up material for this new album, I had a basic acoustic guitar version of the song and was stumped for words. For reasons unknown to me, the lyric I’d so long ago left in my typewriter in plain view at my living and rehearsal space (the latter of which Sonic Youth shared at the time) and which Thurston plucked for use with my happy permission, popped into my head and I thought “Why not?” The person that wrote those words well over three decades ago bears little resemblance to who I am now, but I believe it remains a useful text, so “Why not?”. Maybe, in a way, it closes the circle.

The song ‘The Glowing Man’ contains a section of the song ‘Bring The Sun’ from our previous album, To Be Kind. The section is, of course, newly performed and orchestrated to work within its current setting. ‘The Glowing Man’ itself grew organically forward and out of improvisations that took place live during the performance of ‘Bring The Sun’, so it seemed essential to include that relevant section here. Since over the long and tortured course of the current song’s genesis, it had always been such an integral cornerstone I believe we’d have been paralyzed and unable to perform the entire piece at all without it.

‘Cloud of Forgetting’ and ‘Cloud of Unknowing’ are prayers. ‘Frankie M’ is another tribute and a best wish for a wounded soul. ‘The Glowing Man’ contains my favorite Zen Koan. ‘People Like Us’ and ‘Finally, Peace’ are farewell songs.”

The Glowing Man was recorded at Sonic Ranch, near El Paso, Texas, with John Congleton as recording engineer. Further recording was made at John’s Elmwood Studio, in Dallas, Texas, and at Studio Litho (Seattle, WA) with Don Gunn, engineer, and at CandyBomber (Berlin) with Ingo Krauss, engineer. The record was mixed by Ingo at CandyBomber and by Doug Henderson at Micro-Moose, Berlin. Doug Henderson mastered it at Micro-Moose.

Here’s a list of the principal players on the record (complete credits and words to the songs available on request):

Swans: Michael Gira – vocals, electric and acoustic guitar; Norman Westberg – electric guitar, vocals; Kristof Hahn – lap steel guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals; Phil Puleo – drums, dulcimer, knocks, vocals; Christopher Pravdica – bass guitar, vocals; Thor Harris – percussion, vibes, bells, dulcimer. Hit Man and 7th Swan: Bill Rieflin – drums, piano, synth, Mellotron, bass guitar, electric guitar, vocals.

Guest Musicians: Jennifer Gira sings the lead vocal on ‘When Will I Return?’ The cello solo on ‘Cloud of Unknowing’ was graciously provided by the ferocious improviser, Okkyung Lee.

 

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