Swans -- The Seer

I love this album already.

would guess he means Reznor above

Kinda lol that he would consult lawyers over someone else "whispering conspiratorially" without actually copying any lyrics or melody lines.

Fucking great album though!

He's referring to Maynard James Keenan, the Puscifer track 'Trekka' sounding like 'Everything At Once' from 'Shame, Humility, Revenge'. He was going on about it on the Swans facebook page about a year back. May have deleted the posts since though.

maynard even wears a cowboy hat

plug, yall

http://www.spin.com/reviews/swans-the-seer-young-god

Listened to the first half of the stream: IMMENSE

when are those 'rose from the bed' advance-ordered copies of 'the seer' supposed to be showing up? : /

my neighbors would hate me so much right now if there weren't some kind of additional construction noise outside. thank goodness there is, and i have this album to drown it out.
SO GOOD!

i really would love to see this tour, but i have my heaviest workday the next day. real conundrum. i already played sick for this band once! can't i declare it a holy day or something?

Has there been praise for Piece of the Sky? <3 that tune. Just to get a word in there for the pretty songs.

at least you've got room to debate - the show near me is happening on my wedding anniversary :/

xp

i'm guessing that was not a spectacular way to celebrate?

This is so great.

Is this actually out yet?

Oh I guess it came out yesterday.

ha, for one of us maybe

xp

when are those 'rose from the bed' advance-ordered copies of 'the seer' supposed to be showing up? : /

― j., Wednesday, 29 August 2012 03:37 (13 hours ago)

^ I'm waiting too.

same here. haven't gotten any email notifications yet.

And here.

So I guess I know where my next iTunes card is getting spent

3LP comes with download btw!

I want to call the local record store and pick this up when I'm playing hooky this afternoon but I know they will just say it's not in yet or sold out or they (wtf!!) didn't order any :(

you should do that. maybe they have one! i asked last week to have one put aside with my name on it.

Just posted on FB:

sheesh! i forgot to post this. the seer is out now. by the way, preorders are shipping as we speak, most of them anyway...still working on it...

on spotify, too

huh, that's funny. It wasn't on there this morning. I listened to the Rope one instead. I don't really know Swans.
Good mood music.

I mean, good music for a particular mood that isn't necessarily a "good" one.

Eagerly waiting by the mailbox, like many others here.

Wrote about this record for Burning Ambulance today. Didn't like it as much as I'd hoped I would.

I called and they had sold out yesterday, so I had them prepare to hold a copy when it comes back in.

But I'm downloading it now, damn it.

the record's very ambient in its aggressiveness, but I don't think that's a bad thing

and this is a half truth: But even at their most primitive and brutarian, the old Swans always had real songs.

swans *could* write real songs but frequently relied on soundscapes and atmosphere to get the job done, I mean cop didn't exactly have prince running scared

i don't really agree with what appears to be the conventional wisdom that this album must be taken in all at once, in one session. i did listen to the whole thing at once for the first listen, but ever since then i've just diving into the epic tracks in the middle. tracks like "the seer" and "a piece of the sky" and "the apostate" are almost song suites in themselves, and it's enjoyable to listen to them individually and then move on to something else.

Pre-ordered the LP on Amazon (weak, I know) but they haven't shipped it yet. Note on their site says ships within 10-14 days. WTF? They'll probably all be gone by then.

check out that middle eight!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vozd5F_OEio

and this is a half truth: But even at their most primitive and brutarian, the old Swans always had real songs.

swans *could* write real songs but frequently relied on soundscapes and atmosphere to get the job done, I mean cop didn't exactly have prince running scared

yeah, wasn't gira saying in interviews circa 'my father' that he took some time to realize that he was a drone artist, as far as songwriting goes? something about that explaining the songs he wrote before?

He talks about songwriting process a little in this interview I did with him a year ago.

i'd wished this album was slightly more agressive.

i know it's bad to wish something of an album that it was clearly never going to be

regardless i wish the entire album were like the ending of "avatar"

got mine in the mail today!!

old man gira would like you to put yr computer in a stereo system when listening kthx

And this is going to be what, like three vinyl records?
Yeah [laughs]. Paradoxically, the best way to listen to this from beginning to end is digitally because then there's no breaks in it. Even on CD, it's two CDs. It's a strange thing because I'm not a big fan of digitized iTunes experiences. But I think the best way is if somebody can get high-quality files from the music they buy, I emphasize, then listen to the entire album through their computer in a stereo system, or something like that.

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2012/08/swans_michael_gira_interview_the_seer_album.php

Well fwiw I agree w/ him that this is not headphones music.

I listened to it again yesterday on headphones on my hourlong walk home and it freaked me out! Good headphones music if you can control the circs to your liking and are not a chicken.

it makes me happy walking down the street hearing 'lunacy! lunacy!' in my headphones

mine came today, going straight into the car stereo for repeated listening

swans in the car is the best

oh man i can't listen to them on my way to work in car/walking/while I get ready/at all -- it puts me in a mood that is 100% unsuitable for work
only on the way home

so the track order is different for the LPs, would be curious to know if the download is the same or has the CD running order.

http://www.discogs.com/Swans-The-Seer/release/3832321

OK that explains SO MUCH
i was really confused when i went from LP to downloads yesterday! was embarrassed to ask about it, lest i did something stupid
how weird!

tracklist for downloads (at least the ones I got with the LP, not from itunes) is much different than LPs!

Lunacy 6:09
Mother Of The World 9:57
The Wolf 1:35
The Seer 32:14
The Seer Returns 6:18
93 Ave. B Blues 5:22
The Daughter Brings The Water
Song For A Warrior
Avatar 8:52
A Piece Of The Sky 19:10
The Apostate 23:01

wacky, I was wondering how they were going to work out those long run times on vinyl

A1 Lunacy 6:07
A2 The Apostate Pt. 1 13:18
B1 The Apostate Pt. 2 9:36
B2 A Piece Of The Sky Pt. 1 9:36
C1 A Piece Of The Sky Pt. 2 9:30
C2 93 Ave. B Blues 5:22
C3 The Daughter Brings The Water 2:33
C4 Song For A Warrior 3:58
D1 Mother Of The World 9:59
D2 Avatar 8:49
E1 The Wolf 1:35
E2 The Seer Pt. 1 18:56
F1 The Seer Pt. 2 13:17
F2 The Seer Returns 6:15