SWANS "A LITTLE GOD IN MY HANDS" (TO BE KIND)
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- čas přidán 23. 03. 2014
- Swans "To Be Kind" is out May 13th (12th U.K.) via Young God Records / Mute. Pre-order your copy of the 2CD, 2CD+DVD or 3LP (SIGNED BY M. GIRA) from the Young God Records webstore here: bit.ly/1rY35P8. Pre-order on iTunes here: bit.ly/1iSsIfq
Swans Tour Dates 2014: bit.ly/1gZALsa
SWANS SPRING US TOUR:
May 14 - Washington DC @ Black Cat MainStage *
May 15 - Philadelphia PA @ Union Transfer *
May 17 - Boston MA @ Royale Nightclub *
May 18 - New York NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
May 19 - Brooklyn NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg *
UK TOUR:
May 22 - Manchester UK @ Academy 2 *
May 23 - Newcastle UK @ Hoults Yard *
May 24 - Glasgow UK @ The Arches *
May 25 - Aberdeen UK @ The Lemon Tree *
May 27 - London UK @ Electric Brixton *
May 28 - Bristol UK @ Trinity Community Arts *
May 29 - Reading UK @ Sub89 *
May 31 - Birmingham UK @ Supersonic Festival - Custard Factory *
June 01 - Leeds UK @ Cockpit
June 02 - Brighton UK @ Concorde 2
June 17 - Quebec City, Quebec @ Le Cercle #
June 18 - Montreal, Quebec @ Theatre National #
June 20 - Toronto, Ontario @ MNW Festival (Yonge-Dundas Square) #
June 21 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall #
June 22 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall #
June 24 - St. Louis, MO @ The Ready Room #
June 26 - Dallas, TX @ Trees #
June 27 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk #
June 28 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald's Upstairs #
June 30 - Nashville, TN @ Exit / In #
July 01 - Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre #
July 02 - Louisville, KY @ The New Vintage #
July 03 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater #
July 05 - Buffalo, NY @ Tralf Music Hall #
July 06 - New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place #
Sept 02 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theatre
Sept 04 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox
Sept 05 - Vancouver, BA @ The Venue
Sept 06 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
Sept 08 - San Francisco, CA @ Independent
Sept 11 - Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy Theatre
* = w/ Jenny Hval
= w/ Xiu Xiu
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I can't believe he's 60. Most artists peak at half his age. Michael Gira keeps on going and going
Contrariwise37 He’s Like a bottle of cognac; only gets better with age.
@ One less! RIP Scott! But man... Mark Lanegan, Jerry Cantrell, Tony Iommi, Pepper Keenan, Buzz Osborne,Phil Anselmo, Mike Patton, John Zorn, David Yow...lots of those motherfuckers out there!
As if an artist 'peaks'. Who says? You? Fuck off.
He's 65 now, wow...
Either him or Thom/Jonny are the GOAT
Reminds me of a bad dream where everything is normal, but I just constantly have an overwhelming feeling of distress
i feel ya
That's a really good description! I can totally get you
so tru
there are drugs for that😂😂😂take an ativan
You mean real life?
I love how this manages to sound both cartoonishly evil and soul-crushingly despondent at the same time. Such an amazing track from such an amazing album.
Ryan Duong very worth mentioning imo, i didn’t know that :)
Such a great way to describe it
Imagine listening while peaking on acid
Oh god no
@@morgboat744 I literally see you everywhere when I listen to music on CZcams.
I love how through all the noise and chaos, that funky bass line is still present
Another awesome thing about this song is that if you listen with good headphones, when Gira says "Sing in reverse!" you can immediately hear faint backwards vocals that he tracked underneath him. Two years of loving this album and I just noticed it.
What does it say tho
This happens throughout the whole song, it's not just that one part
This groove is actually indescribably insane
In the car
@@denialfalls2724 did you have fun
@@sock8718 yes
You know that feeling of finding something you never knew you really, really liked?
Exactly
You're such a doofus.
Oh yeah, oh yeah, I know.
Oh yeah! Oh yeah! THE UNIVERSAAAL M-I-I-I-I-I-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNND!!!!
I love how swans uses repetition of sound as a song structure. Then they just smack you square in the jugular with pure noise. Simply amazing. Really looking forward to this album!
did you like the album?
@@dragonboi5484 I hope they did
Did you like the album? Are you ready for a new swans album?
@@LucyGoosey4636 always
if you play this at double speed it sounds like primus lmaooooo
+Jack McMuscles Whahahahaha...... Made my day :D
+Jack McMuscles hahahahahah omg
+Jack McMuscles I hear you!
oh my god....
hahahahahaha
The sample that cuts in at 4:10 is so weirdly creepy yet groovy as hell I love it
It reminds me of some voodoo shit.
Universal..... MIIIIIIIIIYIIIYIIIYIIIIYIIIYIIIII!!!!!!
***** lol, i guess i just love everything
***** no problem
The way Gira sings “black chasm creeping, forever leaking” gets under my skin in a good way.
walking to this feels like being a fucking calvin klein model.
Hahaha I always walk to the beat of this song. It feels awesome.
how slow do you walk
I feel like a big humanioid elephant made from raw steak stepping on babies
I feel like a twat
Narcissism Incarnate same but always
An extremely difficult band to get into... but once it clicks, it's some of the best music out there.
The early 90s stuf is pretty accesible imo
I aint gonna lie, my father sent me one of their albums, I listened to it and it clicked soooo quickly. Just the type of things that makes me go
"Damn, if it wasn't for my dad, I'd have a shitty music taste."
@@TF43xTRICK bruh imagine having a dad that listens to swans
@@mel_mel1 I don’t think he has to imagine lmao
I was looking for the next level of rock and Swans was recommended and I listened to this and oxygen til it clicked
That explosion of sound gets me every time!
Yeah I feel like it launches me into the sky
easily one of the greatest songs ever written.
gotchu
OhHellfire hell yeah
sucks
@@duckface524 go listen to diplo and skrillex
@@duckface524 gay poopy head
This is art. Music that unsettles is worthy of a second listen...
A second listen only? Man, this stuff is addictive!
Matt Chelesu try out the song Narrow with the Hall by the band Women
One, two, three, four
Pink little lamb on a granite slab
Black chasm creeping, forever leaking
Oh universe, sing in reverse
Oh sucking lung, we'll never come
Forever loving, forever waiting
Oh yeah, oh yeah, the universal mind
Eye full of sun, hand full of mud
Oh universe, you stink of love
Forever lazy, forever crazy
Forever holy, forever hungry
Forever hateful, forever beautiful
Forever needing, forever reaching
Forever stinking, forever breathing
Forever growing, forever leaving
Oh shit and blood, forever love
No ebb or flood will ever come
Oh shit and blood, forever love, love, love
Forever draining, forever leaving
What's my name? What's my name?
Oh yeah, oh yeah, the universal mind
+MadmanGoneMad2012 , I think so! :D
I love the
OH UNIVEEEERSE SING IN REVEEEERSE
What about the chanting around the last verse? I can never quite make that out.
@@wesleyhunt7599 based off of what I have researched, the female vocals are saying “so far, so many miles so far”
Satan summon the massacre
This song sounds like a drunken god contemplating his antfarm
+Andrés Celis Brilliant lol. Great album though.
+Barry King Along with "The Seer".
Andrés Celis you hit the snail on the nipple
The song is actually about a mortal holding a god in a infantile and enfeebled state. Kind of like the Voldemort fetus in Deathly Hallows Part 2.
Lololololol a happy drunk!
My first exposure to this band. The balls of that note at 1:32 and the follow through has completely won me over.
I like to imagine that they held focus groups to figure out exactly how long they could hold that chord before people would just shut off their stereos, and then Gira said, "Okay, let's do it for one bar less than that."
**first time listening**
Okay, i kinda like this track.
Hmm, it's getting to the end now, what await-
WEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEE
I had a random dream last night where a bunch of famous bands were taking turns doing covers of this song.
Sounds like a great dream
what bands?
@@LiopleurodonFerox we may never know
one of them better have been my chem that would be insane lmao
Can you imagine the rhpc guy doing background vocals for thom yorke holy crap that would be awesome
Getting a Rain Dogs era Tom Waits vibe from this, that is definitely a good thing.
I hadn't thought of that! But yeah, I feel it too!
Yeah, that intro is very "Rain Dog-ish" indeed :-)
That art work and the song makes me think of a baby with the intelligence of an adult who just realized how the universe works and is having an existential crisis. And they're freaking out because they can't express how they feel cause they're a baby who can't talk yet
Rashotcake I always got that it was about a cruel uncaring selfish God that's abandoned us all.
why is the swans fanbase so emberassing
michael especially the pretentious ones who think their opinion is the only right one...
Goddamnit dude.
Sounds like boss baby.
This is the most accessible Swans song I’ve ever heard.
@eipciskwmdy Lakef 7302 That isn’t from Burning World then lol. I’ll listen to it when I have the time.
IT TOOK ME HALF A YEAR TO LIKE THIS ALBUM. But i finally made it. I love every single minute on this record. The same with The Glowing Man. Thank you, swans for this wonderful music you've made. I wish i knew of you sooner so i could see you live at least once.
the glowing man clicked immediately for me when it released. clicked hard.
Took me 3
You'll get the chance - methinks Mr. Gira ain't gonna stop until he drops in the geriatric ward.
Took me several listens to “get” this album but now I can’t stop coming back to it
Happy 1 million to this absolute masterpiece 🎉
sounds like squidward saying 'future'
LOL
BRUH 🤣
Damn you, I can't unhear that now XD
LOLLL
First listen gave me a face melting anxiety attack that left me consumed in my emotions unable to move. 10/10 would recommend
Mason Pagnotta Wait until you reach middle age. You won't be giving anxiety 10/10 then, I tell you.
definetly
happened
I didn't think Swans could make an album cover than was even creepier than The Seer's, but here it is.
a baby crying is scary ?
a baby with inhumanly large eyes and a distorted face, I also think there's a difference between creepiness and scariness
Melvin Slog Yup, definitely creepier than The Seer. But I'm thinking the creepier the cover, the better the music is
Filth? Those teeth...
***** yep
Been following the Swans since their Holy Money - Greed NYC days. They continue to evolve and create spiritual music unlike any other band. Respect M. Gira and thanks for your passion,truth and love. Cheers.
Admittedly not a Swans fan but wow, there’s just something about this song that has me coming back to it over and over again
Those are the first signs
I think I've contributed at this million views with at least 1000s of them
1 mil views is amazing for such a song
I still don't know how to feel about post-rock as a genre or Swans as a band, but I really like the instrumentation on this track
Do you now?
I feel like im being microwaved
This whole album manages to both feed and cure my depression simultaneously.
Happy 1 Million views you amazing freak of a song
Cartoon villain theme song in the most badass way.
Play at 2x speed for the most messed up ska music you’ll ever hear
I’m going to try that now
gnarly
We NEED more music like this now. This album is the final rock album of the 2010’s I truly believed in. Everything rock should be but stopped being. Aggressive, angry, heavy, scary. This is why people moved to rap now. Not enough acts like Swans. Much love to the band for powerful tunes like these.
Japan is carrying the rock mantle since the 2000s
Daughters made an incredible job with "You Won't Get What You Want".
this is so funny lol, people dont spend the time to look for good bands and complain of an lack of them… there is so much good music out there if you search a little.
yes ! that album is so fire @@jacobtapianieto9655
I saw one comment here and inspired me to say this. In all my time alive, I had some strange (or stressful) dreams where I'm doing random stuff or trying to go to different places, but at the end of the dream, I'm never able to end or complete these things. An example of this would be a dream where I am getting up in the morning, getting ready to go to high school. But in the dream I'm never able to reach the school, a lot of things happen that doesn't allow me to take the bus or even run to my goal. This song somewhat reminds me of this dreams and the feeling they convey on me.
4:10 - Soap bar, summon the Mars bar
+C.S. Jones It's " *show me* the Mars bar "
Jeez. Freaking posers, man.
C.S. Jones I Hate Everything's theme.
"Suit up, summon the monster"- I was playing dark souls the first time i heard this, the subconscious is fascinating.
C.S. Jones supper, soup and the massacre
Soap bar, summon the marzipan
art rock / noise rock
wouldn't call this art rock
Be Kind, Damnit!.....Kurt Vonnugut
There's something terrifying about this band. Something primal, elemental...
This is one of the best songs ever. The two synth explosions produce some of the most euphoric and drug-like auditory experiences possible. This entire album is one of the crowning achievements of all of music
This shit is about to reach 1mln views guuuys we did itttt
So far. So many miles, so far.
So far. So many miles, so far.
I always picture one of those vintage cat clocks while listening to this song.
They need to get with the times and do a rap album.
@@zinestheticluminescence A little hacker in my hands
MC Mike G
I LOVEEE . thanks to my bf for his impeccable taste in music otherwise I wouldn't of found them
Yo bf bringin that TASTE!
Now if you could only find someone with impeccable grammar and punctuation, yule bee rite ass reign%
@@foreskie or probably bringin the sun
Please stop the ride, sir. I'd like to get off...
T H E R I D E N E V E R E N D S
bahahaaa love it, ur remark & the song
that's how lsd makes you comprehend
But the ride is so good
Brilliant. You succinctly summed up the album.
You can't get off the ride and the operator is behind a tent having a cigarette. Carnival clowns are laughing at you while you squirm. You make it home and your body shakes subside as you drink hot chocolate under a blanket - only then do you realise how fantastic the whole experience was.
Wow, this is amazing. I need to listen to Swans more
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Gira is a damn GENIUS!
Listening to swans on public transport is a trip and a half
Back in 2017 my brother, a group of high school friends and I met back for our 10 year high school graduation anniversary and we decided to do a group acid trip. Most took 1 tab, myself and two other more adventurous friends took 2. At the peak, the 3 of us that were more brave / stupid thought it would be a good idea to go into a room, turn off all the lights, and listen to music. I suggested we listen to this piece.
Needless to say, a portal to another dimension opened up in that room that evening. One of my friends got a bit overwhelmed and left the room, so it was just 2 of us in there. After the song, the other guy turned to me and asked "what fucking band is this?". That was his intro to Swans.
May be the best band I've ever heard to this day. Every time I drop acid, Swans is there in one way or another.
Still coming back to this
summon the marzipan
This kind of sounds like Captian Beefheart + King Crimson to me
Wendi Simons
C'mon, at least "Captain Crimson" is alliterative.
Richard Toppler Alliteration is overrated. King Beefheart has more of a savage medieval appeal.
pil lydon
r u frum /mu/ lol
Jordan Jamison Who isnt
Coolest song ever!!!!
Definitely wasn't expecting this from Swans. Pretty cool.
Absolutely love it, loving the inclusion of synths
This speaks to me in the purest and most wonderful of ways
So far, so many miles so far
Forever rising!
How come they never do the "some god, some little monster god" part live?
That's the best part
Oh, so that's what they're saying? Literally been bugging me for years.
@@IronChefGolbez if its still bugging you now, its "so far, so many miles apart"
They literally aren't saying anything
I saw Swans a few days ago in Chicago. It was an absolutely should crushing experience, and I loved every second of it!
I'm so looking forward to the full album!
I keep coming back to this track. I really love it.
They have done it again. Fantastic. The entire album is great
The album cover pretty much sums up how I feel about the album
"Sub Pop, summon the matzoh balls"
I'm loving this.
relentlessly stressful and remarkable
Just found out Jenny Hval is gonna be supporting their UK tour, fuck yeah
May can't come quickly enough
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit listening to this while you're high is like a fucking chaos
perfect trip
My left ear loves that Timpani.
My first time ever hearing this band. I like it!
Hell yeah!
@@willoverdoseonmusic it’s like primus meets queens of the Stone Age and then decided to jam with tomahawk
When I'm admitted to the mental hospital this is what will be playing in my head
That... was awesome. Always great to discover creative bands.
what an amazing album!
Jesus when the chanting started I climaxed
Unreal song
michael and averyone at Swans: this is amazing as usual!!!!!!!!! thank you
superb as usual, roll on May!
I pre-ordered the real thing! This band is just awesome!
I like the Portisheadish influence
third album :D
Its bittersweet and Im satisfied .
This is glorious.
Ft. St. Vincent??
This Sounds unreasonsbly unsettling
Loving this!! Sounds superb! Can't wait to hear this live, loud as hell blasting out of the speakers at newcastle!!!!
me too!!
Can't wait for the new album.
1:54 That transition is pure bliss.
OH YEAH OH YEAAAH
Love them
You guys just rocked tonight.