Swans - The Beggar

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Swans new album, The Beggar, released worldwide June 23, 2023 on Young God Records/Mute. Formats include 2X LP, 2CD, as well as download and stream.
“After numerous pandemic-induced cancellations of tours for the previous Swans album leaving meaning, and an apparent bottomless pit of waiting, waiting, waiting, and the strange disorientation that came with this sudden but interminable forced isolation I decided it was time to write songs for a new Swans album and forget about everything else. They came relatively easily, always informed by the suspicion that these could be my last. When I finally was able to travel, songs in hand, to Berlin to work with my friends recording this record, the feeling was akin to the moment in The Wizard of Oz when the film changes from Black and White to Color. Now I’m feeling quite optimistic. My favourite color is pink. I hope you enjoy the album!” - Michael Gira
Stream and get The Beggar - mute.ffm.to/swans_tb
Order signed copies here: bit.ly/3ncbK6F

Пікірлер: 42

@eliasmsv3156 Жыл бұрын

8:01 fantastic vocal tbh edit: Also some of his best lyricism yet. Just crushing

@adamb3370 Жыл бұрын

Michael Gira just passing a kidney stone, nbd… 😅

@trash_bender420 Ай бұрын

Michael Gira when his dog tries to assert dominance over him and he just won't have it- 8:01

@karisumataichou 3 ай бұрын

8:01 Michael casually showing off his new form after 4 years. We're so back.

@lorenzo3119 2 ай бұрын

Its always the best seeing recent comments on Swan songs!

@NeXvatit Жыл бұрын

This song feels like The Return, Part 8 of Twin Peaks

@brattyvic Жыл бұрын

super lynchian i thought the same

@TehTurtlezClan Жыл бұрын

David would definitely vibe with swans

@technologicalslavery2380 9 ай бұрын

actually it made me think of a loud music in a bar scene from fire walk with me.

@VartaiMusic Жыл бұрын

I hear the whispering of angels... Many, many thanks! Can't wait to receive the CD

@danielparsignault3869 Жыл бұрын

Hearing alot of Angels of Light in this.

@FrancisTha1st Жыл бұрын

thought the same exact thing through the whole album

@chungo2548 Жыл бұрын

Everyone but one person in the current lineup has been involved with AoL

@jacobsinger1406 Жыл бұрын

bought it. love it. amazing stuff.

@enzogalli5506 Жыл бұрын

Excellent!!! Genius Mr.Gira...Great Swans!!!!! Thanks. EnzoItaly

@madnurse6068 Жыл бұрын

My favorite song on the album. I dream to see a concert in Russia...

@jordanaycox1984 Жыл бұрын

Holy F$&#. You never cease to amaze me!

@peterkollar8378 Жыл бұрын

my fingers bring light

@migui0344 Жыл бұрын

[Verse 1] I’m sick of chewing at your heels I’m sick of licking up your spit What if I keep the power I give you? Will I then decide to live? The mud is sucking like a womb To pull my naked body in Without your eyes upon my weakness Will I forget where I begin? I am the stranger in your mirror I am a glove without a hand I am a body gently spinning Now deliquescing in the wind I am an empty vessel ringing In a stone house in the woods I am the poem that was written On the backside of your lids I am the shithead unforgiven Now crawling up your inner leg I am an insеct on your bedclothes Searching for a placе to beg Now every word’s a new beginning When there’s nothing left to give What if I steal the child inside you? [Bridge] Will I remember how to live? When will I finally learn to live? When do I finally get to live? When will I finally learn to live? [Verse 2] I stand before you polished, golden I keep a globe of light within My eyes eroded by derision They know the purpose of the wind In every soul there is a craven Supplicating begging shit But my objection leads to freedom My seed is growing and will live How many people were forgotten Along this road of broken limbs? Upon this hill I’ll build my tower To survey their plowing in I hear the whispering of angels I see the dust is made of jewels I swallow liquid from a river Fed by the sewage of the cruel My love is purified but reeking Of your calumny endured My feet are bruised and torn and leaking But lead me towards a silver shore Before I go there sing a prayer Into my palms beneath your chin I am the slaughter at your altar [Outro] That's where my will to live begins That's where my need for you begins That's where my love for you begins My love for you will never end My love for you will never end (Shouting)

@138abob 7 ай бұрын

I'm always excited but also a little fearful when a band I love puts out new music, but this album is really exceptional.

@bradjaggard1836 4 ай бұрын

Swans and Wovenhand would be a KILLER lineup. just sayin.....

@nicknickson3650 Жыл бұрын

Favorite song on the album. The bass line and vocal delivery are so nice.

@zlatkokovac6643 Жыл бұрын

Vauuuuuuuu...wonderful, as always.

@TheFinottina 10 ай бұрын

❤

@your.appointed.priestess 6 ай бұрын

Lyrics are powerful!

@ghostfields Жыл бұрын

such beautiful vocals

@PrimitiveInTheExtreme Жыл бұрын

✨🕯🎶🫀🎶🕯✨

@fosterch11 10 ай бұрын

Tonight - SF

@furkanakkayax Жыл бұрын

Swans is GOD

@auDipquid Жыл бұрын

Wrong

@angelgutierrez9909 Жыл бұрын

Wrong GOD

@nicknickson3650 Жыл бұрын

considering they reference Christ and Christian literature like Cloud of Unknowing and Dark Night of the Soul, I think they're technically a Christian band.

@j-mersh6572 Жыл бұрын

@@nicknickson3650Michael also references God a lot in Swans’ 90’s albums. Who knows what he means

@justflynn- Жыл бұрын

AND I AM THE SUN