Swans "Newly Sentient Being (Live)" COLOR:4xLP w/ DVD the record tells the story

the record tells the story of two hapless characters — embodiments of James and Roddick— on a journey to build a kinder world amid the ruins of a broken one

and late-night contemplations

more 'indie' record

the Breeders are more subtle

full length

Swans "Newly Sentient Being (Live)" COLOR:4xLP w/ DVD the record tells the storySwans bow out from the Big Sound era with a live document that feels like both farewell and peak statement. Capturing the final concert of this phase, it brings together fifteen years of cosmic sonic expressionism at its most heavenly, debased, visceral and transcendent. Across more than two and a half hours of music, this set includes a wealth of new material never recorded elsewhere, plus a DVD of the performance. It stands proudly alongside Swans