Swans are again to announce their seventeenth studio album, Birthing, out on Could thirtieth. They’ve additionally provided Birthing’s first single, the 20-minute-long “I Am a Tower.”
With Michael Gira as soon as once more on the helm, Birthing was recorded and produced in Berlin during the last two years. It options a big checklist of contributors, together with common collaborators Kristof Hahn, Phil Puleo, Jennifer Gira, Dana Schechter, and Larry Mullens. Gira additionally guarantees that Birthing would be the final album “on this mode” of Swans, with subsequent releases and excursions present in a extra pared-down vogue.
“This album, coupled with the current reside launch, Dwell Rope, constitutes my ultimate foray (as producer / impresario) into the all-consuming sound worlds which have been my obsession for years. We’ll do a ultimate tour on this mode in direction of the tip of 2025, then that’s it,” Gira mentioned in an announcement. “After that, Swans will proceed, as long as I’m in a position, however in a considerably pared down kind. Hints of that course might be present in a couple of moments on the present album. Within the meantime, my hope is that the music gives a optimistic and fertile ambiance during which to dream.”
Swans’ new music “I Am a Tower” actually picks up on the aforementioned “all-consuming sound worlds,” with a 20-minute runtime, slow-burning terror, and Gira chanting some kind of seance all through. After a lightweight reprieve within the observe’s halfway level, the music blooms right into a driving rock groove with Gira triumphantly singing “I Am a Tower.” Take heed to the brand new music under.
Gira has a European tour alongside Hahn developing this spring, however extra Swans dates are confirmed to reach later this 12 months. As Gira promised, they’ll be the ultimate Swans exhibits “on this mode,” so count on their future concert events to be extra intimate and/or ambient than the standard wall-of-sound fare. Get tickets to Gira’s upcoming EU tour right here.
Swans’ final album was 2023’s The Beggar.
Birthing Album Paintings:
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<p><strong><em>Birthing</em> Tracklist:</strong><br />01. The Healers<br />02. I Am a Tower<br />03. Birthing<br />04. Crimson Yellow<br />05. Guardian Spirit<br />06. The Merge<br />07. (Rope) Away</p>
<p><strong>Michael Gira and Kristof Hahn 2025 Tour Dates:</strong><br />04/09 — Prague, CZ @ Meet Manufacturing unit<br />04/10 — Linz, AT @ Grüner Anker<br />04/12 — Trieste, IT @ Teatro Miela<br />04/13 — Milan, IT @ Spazio Teatro 89<br />04/15 — Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique<br />04/17 — London, UK @ EartH<br />04/18 — Paris, FR @ Café de la Danse<br />04/20 — Tilburg, NL @ Roadburn Pageant<br />04/21 — Cologne, DE @ Helios 37<br />04/23 — Leipzig, DE @ Heilandskirche<br />04/25 — Warsaw, PL @ Palladium<br />04/27 — Berlin, DE @ Heimathafen</p>
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