Easily my second/third favorite album ever, and favorite Swans album (which isn’t easy for me to decide at all). After the first 10 seconds, the album already turns into a genuine experience and doesn’t end until seconds after it’s over.
Cloud of Forgetting basks me into a mind-churningly beautiful, grandiose, rhythmic haze. The sounds seeps into my brain guided by Gira’s gravitonal vocals transcending me into another plane.
Cloud of Unknowing latches me further into ... read more