[acoustic, alternative rock] (2019) Swans - What Is This? [FLAC,Tracks] [DarkAngie]

(2019) Swans - What Is This?

Review:
As has been the case for the past four decades, Michael Gira is doing something unconventional. Following up their trilogy of punishing (two hours long, each of ’em), entrancing, and very weird records over the course of just four years, Swans appears to be returning, albeit in a new iteration. Young God Records has shared details on their site of the campaign to fund Gira’s new album, spearheaded by a record of acoustic tracks titled What Is This?, the foundation of what will later become the band’s proper new record. Gira also notes that the band’s new lineup will include past members of the band and other Gira project Angels of Light (including Bill Rieflin, currently a member of King Crimson), as well as Swedish songwriter, organist, and honorary member of the Gira universe Anna von Hausswolff. Gira notes that the new record “won’t be expressed in a musical style similar to the chapter of Swans that recently concluded,” concluding with a Lynchian quip to “Follow the uncertainty, make that the thing.”

Tracklist:
01 Leaving Meaning
02 Hanging Man
03 Amnesia
04 The Nub
05 Cathedrals of Heaven
06 Sunfucker
07 What is This
08 My Phantom Limb
09 Annaline
10 It's Coming and It's Real


Summary:
Country: USA
Genre: acoustic, alternative rock


Media Report:
Source                           : CD
Format                           : FLAC
Format/Info                      : Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : ~ 717-843 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Sampling rate                    : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth                        : 16 bits