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Vandala Magazine - Interview
https://vandalamagazine.com/2016/09/02/interview-mortality-and-god-with-michael-gira-of-swans/ INTERVIEW: MORTALITY AND GOD WITH MICHAEL GIRA OF SWANS Interview by  Matt BaconFrom September 2016 Vandala Magazine READ MORE ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS  & MORE FREE How do you feel about doing press days? Michael: It’s the low point of my day but there is no offense intended, it’s not my favorite thing to do to talk about myself or the music. I realize it’s necessary. Have you ever liked to talk about yourself? Michael: No. I kind of loathe people who talk about themselves and when you are in the music business you meet... Read more...
The Seventh Hex - Interview
https://theseventhhex.com/post/160224743285/swans-interview Following the unprecedented critical and commercial success of Swans’ double-album masterworks ‘The Seer’ and ‘To Be Kind’, Michael Gira announced that the existing iteration of the band would only produce one more album and tour. ‘The Glowing Man’, as with its predecessors, is an expansive two-hour epic containing lengthy compositions that the band developed during their momentous tours. Throughout the latest release, Gira is less a songwriter than a summoner, channelling unspeakable amounts of energy into ritualistic spectacles. Many of the songs start out with tension-building drones, often utilising... Read more...
Under the Radar Mag leaving meaning. Review
http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/swans_leaving_meaning Swans leaving meaning Young God Nov 26, 2019 WEB EXCLUSIVE By Michael James Hall There's a moment on "The Nub," the 12-plus minute eighth track on leaving meaning, the 15th official studio album by Swans and the first with this line-up—The Necks are doing a stellar job backing one-true-Swan Michael Gira with their orchestral, atmospheric hesitations and runs—tension's building across the violin and keys and then slowly but suddenly the spectral horrors of the lyric "I'm naked, I'm drifting/In black milk that I'm drinking." The lyric lands and leads to other, even farther-out, space-sickening... Read more...
Please Kill Me - Interview
https://pleasekillme.com/swans-michael-gira/   SWANS DIVE AGAIN: MICHAEL GIRA, SACRIFICE AND TRANSCENDENCE AMANDA SHEPPARD NOVEMBER 27, 2019   The legendary musical outfit Swans—a revolving cast of inspired players centered around Michael Gira—has resurfaced with a new album, Leaving Meaning, and an upcoming 2020 tour. In his conversation with Amanda Sheppard, Gira covers much of the ground of his career, from art school in LA with Kim Gordon, living on nothing in ‘Alphabet City,’ sharing rehearsal space with Madonna and his eclectic influences like J.G. Ballard, Glenn Branca and Nico.  Throughout the 1980s, Swans pummeled... Read more...
Readers Digest - Michael Gira: Records that changed my life
https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/culture/music/michael-gira-records-that-changed-my-life Michael Gira: Records that changed my life Eva Mackevic We chat to the founder and frontman of the cult experimental rock band Swans, Michael Gira, about the records that shaped him Michael Gira: I listened to The Doors’ first album when I was 13. It came at a time in America when there was a great deal of turmoil, a turmoil which I wish still existed today, in that there was mass rioting and protests in the streets. It was the first kind of eruption of a counter-culture and The... Read more...
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The Seahawk leaving meaning. Review
https://theseahawk.org/24216/lifestyles/swans-review-a-wonderfully-melancholic-listen/ Swans review: a wonderfully melancholic listen William Becker, Staff WriterOctober 30, 2019 Going through the entire Swans discography is one of the most interesting musical experiences I have ever had, which is somewhat unfortunate, considering the fact that unless you are a die-hard fan of Anthony Fantano (The Needle Drop) or really like experimental music, you have probably never heard of them. Formed in 1982 by lead singer and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira, the band has released 15 full-length albums across a variety of genres. Gira has been the only... Read more...
Music OMH leaving meaning. Review
https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/swans-leaving-meaning ALBUM REVIEWS Swans – Leaving Meaning (Mute) UK release date: 25 October 2019 by Sam Shepherd Another new chapter in the enduring career of Swans sees Michael Gira enlist the help of a host of collaborators for the latest incarnation of the band. Having cleared the decks by dispatching the line up that delivered the incredible run of albums that began with 2012’s The Seer and ended with 2016’s The Glowing Man, it’s inevitable that the Leaving Meaning would sound somewhat different to what came before. The result is an album that retains Swans’... Read more...

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