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In their defense, this definitely shouldn’t be in the LP category, but the amount of people that still think this is the new studio release is insane. It’s a bunch of raw, acoustic demos for the new songs released as an incentive for fans to fund the new Swans project. Nothing more, nothing less.

That being said, I’m stoked. I can’t wait for the flesh to be put on these skeletal tracks, they have a ton of potential. I already know The Hanging Man’s studio version ... read more

I remember hearing Lamp Shades on Fire and being pretty pumped for this LP way back when. Then I finally heard it and it bored me to tears. It still bores me to tears.

I don’t know, as admirable as the change in sound is, I’m just convinced this band isn’t really for me. There’s always been something about the vocal deliveries and lyrics that nag at me and I can’t quite put my finger on it.