Aug 28, 2012 the seer dvd was recorded variously in the cities of melbourne, australia, berlin, germany, brooklyn, ny, san francisco, ca. The footage was filmed throughout the swans tours of 20102011. Michael giras reformed swans are more powerful than ever. Producer and frontman michael gira funded the recording of the album with the sales of we rose from your bed with the sun in our head. They morphed constantly throughout the last series of swans tours, and were captured and lovingly adorned in the studio. The seer is swans twelfth studio album and here they continue their wellestablished postrock sound at their most refined and ominous. Swans the seer descargar, swans the seer full album free download via mediafire, zippyshare, 4shared, dropbox, mega and torrent.
The seer e il dodicesimo album studio del gruppo statunitense rock sperimentale swans pubblicato il 28 agosto 2012 dalletichetta indipendente young god records fondata dal frontman michael gira. The seer is a masterpiece to be considered alongside swans best albums. Swans, the seer the noiserock bands 12th album is a cacophonous vault into the sublime. There will be many who will, as gira himself obviously does, consider the seer to be a brilliant apotheosis of the swans aesthetic a tantric masterpiece that provides a decorated summary. At nearly two hours, the seer is over twice as long as its predecessor, 2010s my father will guide me up a rope to the sky. Through whatever medium hes used to deliver his art, be that swans, angels of light or his equally captivating solo acoustic performances, hes never been anything less than intensely sincere. With norm ferguson, amanda gillis, michael gillis, rob gratto. The atmosphere of the seer is almost impossible to replicate. Marginally associated with the no wave scene at first, their original sound was slow and extremely heavy, with live performances that were often so brutal and physical that in a number of instances certain audience members were made ill. There is so much to understand about the seer from its smallest details to its grandest climaxes that it couldnt possibly be grasped after a mere few listens. The film is a work in progress, and will ultimately result in a feature film filmography of swans. His vocals remind of both lou reed and iggy pop, but the music is sui generis. Gira himself said it took 30 years to create, calling the massive doublerecord a culmination of swans discography. The seer opens with a 7 minute intro lunacy that really sets the tone of whats to come for me, the best part about listening to a swans record is the sheer beauty of.
The seer is a music studio album recording by swans post rockmath rockprogressive rock released in 2012 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. The seer is the twelfth studio album by american postpunk band swans, released on august 28, 2012. The seer is the twelfth studio album by american experimental rock band swans and was released on august 28, 2012 by giras own record label young god. When the band swans broke up in 199697, it was saddening, and fans were exalted to see the band reform in 2010, and their subsequent release of their live album called my father will guide me up a rope to the sky 2010. Mother of the world is the track i like the best so far. Apr 11, 20 the music of swans is far from any conventional description, for theres no one single word to depict it. Its fairly hard to imagine swans moving on to records like the seer and. To be kind is the thirteenth studio album by american experimental rock band swans, released. On august 28, 2012, swans released the seer, a doublealbum running 2 hours in length. Swans have certainly retained a distinctive and effective sound a sound that may yet have had real impact had the seer been even half as long as it is. The music of michael gira and swans is raw, visionary and uncompromising. Aug 28, 2012 the seer is the monstrous thirtytwo minute title track off of swans gigantic 2012 double album. Discover and download music with our free personalized discovery tools. The album features vocals from the yeah yeah yeahs vocalist karen o.
May 05, 2014 hello, thank you for listening to our music. Similarly, erstwhile swans collaborator and vocal hero jarboe lends her droning talents to the swungfunk of the seer returns, and pairs with akronfamily to make dense, vocal clusters on. See more ideas about style, slim keith and high society. Described by gira as the complete synthesis of everything ive done and swans has done, the twodisc, three lp set spans over two hours, with. Out of print, underrated, forgotten music, movies, etc. The seerswans first album since its stunning 2010 comeback, my father will guide me up a rope to the sky is an echo of soundtracks for the blind, in more than just name. Tra gli ospiti vi sono karen o degli yeah yeah yeahs, alan sparhawk e mimi parker dei low, i membri del gruppo akronfamily, ben frost. It references the aesthetic developed by swans, and moves it past current musical boundaries and onto a new sonic frontier, where they stand, as they have always stood, alone.
Yet for all its wagnerian bombast, for all its incredible power, the seer is a nuanced work. But where soundtracks sprawls between darkness and disintegration, the seer is focused, cohesive, and. Patience is a required trait needed for appreciating a swans record. The seer is a particularly monstrous demon, clocking in at just under two hours of deranged discord.
May 05, 2014 11 videos play all swans the seer full album 2012 swans. Aug 24, 2012 swans will leak the seer in the next few days to come. In the mind of no one fallen son fall in love break the chain hide within innocence not innocent innocent in the sense eat the beast keep hi. The abyss of peleliu, where the creator got permission to use swans music for an animated eldritch horror tinged. Aug 28, 2012 michael giras reformed swans are more powerful than ever. Much of the seer is composed of six to ten minute blocks of relentless repetition, but whats repeated is played so tightly, and arranged so exquisitely that within individual tracks, you might hear echoes of the residents ethnographic forgeries, or sun city girls whose own sir richard is touring with swans. The seer is unquestionably a work of ecstatic beauty. The song itself is preceded by the wolf and is followed by the seer returns. When carol pettys eightyear old son is kidnapped, she seeks help from a burnedout psychic. A portrait of wendell berry 2016 the works of the farmer, writer and activist.
Like soundtracks, the seer is a dynamic, ambitious double disc. Includes unlimited streaming via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Swans latest effort is an absolute juggernaut of ideas, containing everything from postrock to alternative rock, dark ambience, stoner rock, industrial metal, and drone music. Swans dvd trailer for the dvd that comes with the upcoming special edition swans cd the seer. Aug 30, 2012 similarly, erstwhile swans collaborator and vocal hero jarboe lends her droning talents to the swungfunk of the seer returns, and pairs with akronfamily to make dense, vocal clusters on. Listen free to swans the seer lunacy, mother of the world and more. Post rock, experimental rock, noise rock, no wave, industrial, neofolk, gothic rock, art rock are some of the styles that can apply to their music because swans music is all of them together and more. I am pleased that you have discovered our music through this medium. B blues, avatar, and the apostate were developed organically as a group in rehearsals and on tour. Listen to your favorite songs from the seer by swans now. If you believe swans leader michael gira, the seer is the culmination of thirty years worth of work. Frontman michael gira described the album as taking 30 years to make. The seer is the twelfth studio album by american experimental rock band swans and was released on august 28, 2012 by giras own record label young god records.
Its dark, horrifying, ominous, yet also elegant and fascinatingly hypnotic. In the same way it would be hard to get the full experience of a good movie by only watching half of it, the seer demands its two hours. You can read my interview with gira at the county grind blog site. Amazon actually shipped this double boxed, so mine arrived mint. Marginally associated with the no wave scene at first, their original sound was slow and extremely heavy, with live. Swans is a band from new york, united states, active from 1982 to 1997, reformed in 2010, led by singer, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist michael gira. The more recent to be kind 2014 is more consistent than the seer its stronger throughout but it does not reach the same heights. Its the culmination of every previous swans album as well as any other music ive ever made, been involved in or imagined.
But it is impossible to speak of the seer without first unpacking its origins. The seer is the monstrous thirtytwo minute title track off of swans gigantic 2012 double album. The two discuss the artwork of swans last album, 2012s the seer. Out of all the swans albums, the seer is definitely one of the tougher albums to sit through, but its satisfying in a way like no other. Writing for rolling stone, kory grow also compared this album to the seer as well as the 1996 effort.