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Birthing Press Roundup
Birthing Press Roundup
UNCUT, *8/10-
GUARDIAN MAGAZINE -
POP MATTERS - https://www.popmatters.com/swans-birthing-review
ALL MUSIC - https://www.allmusic.com/album/birthing-mw0004473549#userReviews
POST TRASH - https://post-trash.com/news/2025/6/5/swans-birthing-album-review
CULT FOLLOWING - https://cultfollowing.co.uk/2025/06/10/swans-birthing-review/
GOD IS IN THE TV ZINE - https://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2025/06/04/swans-birthing-mute/
LE CANAL AUDITIF (FRANCE) - https://lecanalauditif.ca/actualites/5-nouveaux-albums-ecouter-30-mai-2025
MOWNO (FRANCE) weekly selection -
https://www.instagram.com/p/DKROPjKR9C7/utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
NEW NOISE (FRANCE) - https://www.noisemag.net/swans-nouvel-album-premier-extrait-en-ecoute-3
GOUTE MES DISQUES (FRANCE) - https://www.goutemesdisques.com/accueil/
GAFFA (SWEDEN) - https://gaffa.se/recensioner/2025/maj/album/swans-birthing-far-en-att-ifragasatta-vad-musik-faktiskt-ar/
”Swan's seventeenth studio album Birthing makes one question what music actually is. Is it just sound, does it have to be beautiful sound, is it a feeling? Beautiful ambient background sounds performed behind a deep narrative voice that in a vacuum, but as soon as the drums start playing it becomes like a cacophony in true progressive rock spirit, with elements of several subcategories.”
KULT MAGASIN (SWEDEN) included “Red Yellow” in their ”Weekly Best” Spotify playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Hu2rwXQQ3RnlkSDlqWoXG?si=48d338837ec44114
METAL CENTRAL (SWEDEN) - https://www.metalcentral.net/nyheter/31588-swans-slapper-ny-platta
PULS (NORWAY) - https://www.puls.no/20173.html
KAAOSZINE (FINLAND) - https://kaaoszine.fi/swans-julkaisee-17-studioalbuminsa-toukokuussa/
HYMN (SWEDEN) - https://hymn.se/2025/02/28/redaktionens-favoriter-v-9-10/
“If there's any band that can release a single in 19 minutes, it's Michael Gira and his Swans. The band announces the new album Birthing and releases the first sample "I Am a Tower", which can almost be described as a monumental piece of art. The sound journey takes us through several layers of experimental, dynamic, and drone-like compositions of both intense and stripped-down parts.”
EKSTRABLADET (DENMARK) - https://ekstrabladet.dk/musik/kommende-album/4824423
LOUDER THAN WAR, Album of the Week, 5/5* - https://louderthanwar.com/swans-birthing-review-album-of-the-week/
BLOW UP/IT -
13th FLOOR, album review - https://13thfloor.co.nz/swans-birthing-mute-13th-floor-album-review/
SPECTRUM CULTURE - https://spectrumculture.com/2025/07/06/best-albums-of-2025-so-far/
AURAL AGGRAVATION -
https://auralaggravation.com/2025/05/29/swans-birthing/
THE CREATIVE INDEPENDENT - https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/musician-michael-gira-swans-on-letting-the-work-speak-through-you/
CULT FOLLOWING, track review - https://cultfollowing.co.uk/2025/05/05/swans-i-am-a-tower-review/
GHOST CULT -
https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-swans-birthing-young-gods-records/
LIMINAL LAMENT - https://liminallament.substack.com/p/liminal-lament-2-birthing
OUTSIDE LEFT, track review - https://outsideleft.com/main.php/bit.ly/main.php?updateID=3427
OUTSIDE LEFT, album review - https://outsideleft.com/main.php?updateID=3554
THE ARTS DESK, interview - https://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/10-questions-musician-michael-gira
OUTSIDE LEFT, interview - https://outsideleft.com/main.php?updateID=3556
NORMAN RECORDS, REVIEW -
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/207952-swans-birthing/reviews
RANGE - https://readrange.com/swans-michael-gira-interview/
SMELLS LIKE INFINITE SADNESS - https://smellslikeinfinitesadness.com/swans-birthing-review/
TREBLE - https://www.treblezine.com/swans-birthing-review/
TINNITIST- https://tinnitist.com/2025/05/29/albums-of-the-week-swans-birthing/
BEATS PER MINUTE -
Review - https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-swans-birthing/
Feature - https://beatsperminute.com/im-a-laugh-a-minute-an-exchange-with-michael-gira/
THE BIG TAKEOVER - https://bigtakeover.com/recordings/swans-birthing-young-god-records
ANGRY METAL GUY - https://www.angrymetalguy.com/swans-birthing-review/
SLANT MAGAZINE - https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/swans-birthing-album-review/
ANTI MUSIC -https://www.antimusic.com/news/25/0531swans_release_new_album_birthing.shtml
NEW NOISE -
https://newnoisemagazine.com/interviews/interview-michael-gira-of-swans-talks-birthing/
THE YORKSHIRE POST -
PODCASTS
EVERY ALBUM EVER WITH MIKE & ALEX -
Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQaVyo74aBoT
Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivx3zdUr4d0
THE VINYL GUIDE PODCAST -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVR5uh5fmoQ
HUMAN REVIEWS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVR5uh5fmoQ
The New Scene - https://thenewscene.podbean.com/e/episode-282-michael-gira-of-swans/
The Vinyl Guide - https://www.thevinylguide.com/episodes/ep498-birthing-the-end-closing-a-chapter-of-swans-with-michael-gira
LIVE REVIEWS
LOUDER THAN WAR, https://louderthanwar.com/swans-michael-gira-and-kristof-hahn-earth-london-live-review/#google_vignette
BEATS PER MINUTE, https://beatsperminute.com/live-review-michael-gira-and-kristof-hahn-at-heimathafen-neukolln-berlin-27-april-2025/
ALBUM / TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT NEWS
LOUDER THAN WAR, https://louderthanwar.com/swans-announce-new-album-2/
https://louderthanwar.com/swans-birthing-review-album-of-the-week/
SIDE-LINE, https://www.side-line.com/swans-announce-17th-studio-album-birthing-more-details-available-now/
RETROFUTURISTA, https://retrofuturista.com/swans-announce-birthing-with-a-may-30-release-on-mute-and-young-god-records/
XS NOISE, https://www.xsnoize.com/swans-announce-details-of-their-seventeenth-studio-album-birthing/
MXDWN UK, http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/swans-announce-ukeuropean-tour-to-support-new-album-birthing/
GET TO THE FRONT, https://www.gettothefront.co.uk/fri-25-april/
RETROFUTURISTA, https://retrofuturista.com/swans-release-birthing-on-mute-and-young-god-records/
SIDELINE, https://www.side-line.com/swans-release-17th-studio-album-birthing/