I have reached an age where I’m unsure whether I think it’s badass of Michael Gira _not_ to wear earplugs, or whether I, myself, regret the GREAT NUMBER OF TIMES I have to ASK PEOPLE TO REPEAT THEMSELVES because after an ADOLESCENCE OF NOISY EARPLUGS-FREE GUITAR PLAYING I _CANNOT HEAR A GODDAMN THING!!!_ Kids: wear your earplugs! When you’re forty-eight, but can still hear those high registers, you’ll thank yourselves for having worn them!! (Love Michael Gira, though! ❤️❤️❤️)
I had the same experience seeing them in Leeds. I had had tinnitus in my left ear for a year or so. I was a PhD student at the university they were playing, and before the show I picked up some disposable ear plugs from our lab. I got to the front row, and when Swans came onstage, I went to get the earplugs from my pocket only to realise the pack was empty. I could have cried. I didn't dare move from my spot at the front as I'd been waiting for hours. I lasted about 20 minutes and had to go to the back! I specifically remember being physically moved backwards slightly by the power of the sound when those notes hit.
I love swans need to get into more of their music, remind me of King crimson in the sounds they produce, but meh some people just can't space out and listen to music anymore, they're to entranced by the mantras they hear on radio, partying.. it's my generation at least my town/city it's been a he'll of a journey to find even my small circle of friends that appreciate this music at all
+Huelogy My generation was all out to discover new things and present them to ALL their mates - cassetes coming from abroad with copies of a copy of another copy ... fucking vinyls you could only find in one place in the whole country (IF LUCKY) ... today - keep on pressing ...
yeah, we still do that, i think you just have to be in the right group of people and try to captivate them with new music. I got a friend of mine to listen to Holdsworth and Jonathan Kreisberg for example :)
be grateful you can listen to music like this anytime, if you were born 20 years before you were actually born i'm sure you wouldn't complain about this generation anymore
It depends on the song and on what stage of the tour you catch them. But usually a lot. A lot of their compositions are born as improvisations, as well as many sections.
j'avais vraiment bien aimé dans les 80's; j'ai zappé pendant trente ans, et là c'est la redécouverte: HUUUUGE!!!!! quel incroyable talent ça drone à mort: c'est monstrueux: ++++++++++
THIS is what Death Metal tries to attain but falls short because those bands don't understand drama, tension and release, Dynamics This does it ALL and so much more! 418 👍 is me
I'm pretty sure this is not at all what death metal tries to attain. A lot of death metal shouldn't be taken too seriously. It's just fast, loud fun. And technical death metal is fast, loud fun that sounds difficult to play. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I suspect you're judging a genre you don't know much about.
Midas Baijense Most death/black metal bands, from what I’ve seen, take themselves seriously and try to make the meanest and nastiest music they can. There’s nothing wrong with that, as some do achieve their main sonic goal, but they just do it in a different way.
ShiverBurn vibraphone - like the colored instruments kids play with. Except with its played with a bow - and its run through a tremolo effect which is a common way to do it (the tremolo effect is common, I dont know if I seen it played with a bow)
Amazing band. One thing I've noticed - every time they play festivals, the crowd has absolutely no awareness of when a band is done playing and when they're simply in a moment of silence. Always fucking cheering and clapping before the song is even halfway done.
Don't get me wrong, I love swans but 10 minutes of building up is a little too long for me. But I guess it wouldn't have so much impact without all this time so I guess this is justifiable. Still Gira shows that you don't need to growl and distort the fuck out of your guitar to blow one's face off.
