It isn’t common to know that you’re dying. Not like the pessimism that exists when you’re unsure what’s going to happen to you. This is a different kind of awareness, you know, for sure this time, that you’ll go away soon. When you are staring death in the eyes, what do you do with yourself then?
Whenever Ryan would do indoor little live sessions on instagram, I’d throw it on and listen to it whenever I was working on something in highschool. He consistently ... read more
A lot of artists with more talent than I put a lot of work into this, give it a shot
I uploaded a review a year and a half ago about this album being gatekept and lost. Well. We found it.
I was tricked into listening to this because one of the demo songs were good, figured the rest of it would be good. It wasn't. I was cheated!
I have been pondering this album around for awhile, trying to make sense of it. I’d say swans is my second favorite band, and for their standards- I think this is one of their worst studio albums.
For the very first time, with maybe of the exception of the burning world, this feels like an album Gira felt forced to make. I think be was sick of making big-sound music since the glowing man, hence leaving meaning. He had a little bit of juice left by the time The Beggar came around, and I ... read more
I asked a buddy of mine what is this album trying to convey and he just said "autism"
Still not sure what he meant by that!
Anyways... Thundrr and Bakunawa are ridiculously funny and deserve a listen