{"product_id":"swans-live-rope-2xlive-cd","title":"SWANS LIVE ROPE 2xLIVE CD + Digital WAV","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***CD ORDERS PLACED ON\/AFTER APRIL 22 WILL SHIP OUT AROUND JUNE 12***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSWANS • LIVE ROPE 2024 •\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eYGX2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e• INSERT TO CD SIGNED BY M.GIRA • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecorded Live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (2024) and Den Haag, Netherlands (2023).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLink to the archival LIVE ROPE 2024 FUNDRAISER PAGE \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/younggodrecords.com\/collections\/m-gira-special-projects\/products\/swans-live-rope-2024-fundraiser\" title=\"here.\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“With soul-lacerating commitment and relentless pursuit of our own truth through sound we Swans Schechter, Gira, Hahn, Mullins, Puleo, and Pravdica managed over the course of a year of rehearsing and improvisation and revision and reiteration and failure and resuscitation and endless touring to forge a set of music that was in the end inexplicable, especially to us. I'm not being mystical when I say that the sound we ultimately generated in our live performances became a living autonomous entity that played us like marionettes. I felt it, so I know it happened. So even though our physical and psychic dedication to the effort was crucial we can't in good faith take credit for the experience. We threw ourselves into the wind and the hand of God moved us forward. (I have no idea, for instance, how the 1st piece Rope\/The Beggar eventually grew into a continuous 82-minute performance). I remain astonished that music that often began with me sitting alone in my office strumming a battered and barely workable acoustic guitar, over time and through countless hours of communal sweat and blood and exhaustion and no small measure of ecstasy eventually rose full-bodied from the quotidian mud of existence and screamed its name to heaven. My hope now, with the music captured as faithfully as possible in these recordings, is that you will experience something of the joy we experienced while making it. God bless you! “ - \u003cem\u003eMichael Gira \/ Swans  2024\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2X DELUXE Digipack CD: Entire Williamsburg show, plus \"Cathedrals of Heaven\" from Den Haag show\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCD1:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eRope, The Beggar (78:24) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD2:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e The Hanging Man, Away, Birthing, Cathedrals of Heaven (69:28)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWAV FILE: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEntire unedited* Williamsburg show plus \"Cathedrals of Heaven\", \"The Memorious\" and \"Leaving Meaning\" from Den Haag show\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRope, The Beggar, The Hanging Man, Away, Birthing, The Memorious, Cathedrals of Heaven, Leaving Meaning…  (total time approx. 3Hrs, 3 mins)\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Front Cover:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg height=\"695\" width=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0397\/1609\/files\/SWANS_2024_LIVEROPE_CD_Front.jpg?v=1725376030\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Back Cover:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg height=\"695\" width=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0397\/1609\/files\/SWANS_2024_LIVEROPE_CD_Back.jpg?v=1725044982\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Artwork:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg height=\"526\" width=\"927\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0397\/1609\/files\/Screen_Shot_2024-09-03_at_1.02.38_PM.jpg?v=1725406207\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Insert Front:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg height=\"743\" width=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0397\/1609\/files\/SWANS_CD_ROPE_Insert_v2.jpg?v=1725376143\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Insert Back (Signed by M. 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