The instruments are loose and meandering. The song takes a turn into stillness, on an acoustic guitar’s ramble and the creek of bowed cellos with a distant, barely perceptible melody on what maybe a flute or a synthesizer. It is as if a building had just crumbled and the dust is now clearing. The clamor crescendos as the voices chant, “Lunacy, lunacy, lunacy, lunacy.” But the song suddenly comes apart to a creaking, sputtering stop. The lyrics end with rattling dulcimer, piano and the rapid-fire thud of a bank of snare drums being flourished. And then, the voices of Mimi Parker and Alan Sparhawk, of the band Low, join Gira in a monotonous chant that includes the phrase: “Hide beneath/Your monkey’s skin/Feel his love/Nurture him …” among other expressionistic lines.
Here is the musical equivalent, so aptly named “Lunacy.”īesides the sound of Swans’ mastermind Michael Gira moaning as if about to wretch, vocals do not appear in this lead track until well after two minutes have passed. Insanity, Albert Einstein famously said, is defined as repeating the same action though always arriving at the same result. As the guitar pulses on and on and the piano notes repeat over and over, other instruments layer up, creating a swirling repetitive din of electric guitars, drums and even hammer dulcimer that end in a ringing minor-key refrain that captures the typical dark tone of Swans. The album opens with the persistent throb of nylon guitar strings and the swirl of a four-note refrain on the high-end of a piano. Though it saw release only this past Tuesday, Swans representation shared a preview copy via MP3 in mid-July, and I have devoted much time to appreciating the work.
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Accepting that this review comes from a long-time Swans fan, allow me to declare the legendary New York band’s new album, the Seer, a masterpiece ( Support the Independent Ethos, purchase the vinyl with MP3 download on Amazon). It is also not for the faint of heart nor the easily influenced. Allow me to temper the following review with the expectation that the album I am about to review is an acquired taste.
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