Swans "Newly Sentient Being (Live)" Blondshell "Violins" building on the incredible foundations

building on the incredible foundations set by the band's previous recorded output

“When I started writing these songs

"Most of the things I had planned this summer didn't end up happening

The convergence of nu-metal and SoundCloud rap might’ve happened anyway—same with the bonkers

Swans "Newly Sentient Being (Live)" Blondshell "Violins" building on the incredible foundationsSwans 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