Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1713744)

When I first heard it, I was not in the right mood for this album, listening to it during the last two hours of a 12 hour work day when I should have thrown on a few grindcore or powerviolence albums. Even when listening to it in the wrong state, it still ranked at like a 3/5 and the only track I disliked at the time was Cloud of Forgetting because I didn't find it busy enough.

I blasted it the next day and loved Cloud of Forgetting on its own and in the context of the album. This one, while a little more understated than their two previous albums, is still just as gripping. Favourite song has to be a tie between Frankie M and The Glowing Man (though my favourite moments were from the violin on Cloud of Unknowing). I'm going to let a few more listens sink in before voting, but right now it's at a 4.5/5.

Originally Posted by Justthefacts (Post 1713783)

Michael Gira is really riding on the drug references in Frankie M. At first I thought it to be off putting, but it's my favorite track.

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1713801)

I haven't even really registered the lyrics yet tbh (which is hard for something like Swans imo, since it's so busy and textural).

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1713814)

It doesn't hypnotize you?

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1713816)

Well there you have it.

Originally Posted by Justthefacts (Post 1713817)

Don't you have to go and install harmonica's on citars or something?

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1713818)

What's a citar?