Leaving Meaning.
Swans
2019
Leaving Meaning. is a Rock album by Swans, originally released in 2019. On Gatefold: 6 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Art Rock
- dense
- dark
- occult
About
leaving meaning. is the fifteenth studio album by American post rock band Swans. the album returns to the neofolk sound explored on My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky, the band’s early 90’s output, and especially Gira’s side project Angels of Light while also maintaining the meditative arrangement styles expressed on Swans' post-rock material. The name of this album is a nod towards Michael Gira’s distaste for presumptuous lyrical interpretation. The lyrics of this album evade both meaning and interpretation. Though the lyrics are often nonsensical when closely observed, this was by design. It almost serves .
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Tracklist
- 1Hums2:00
- 2Annaline5:17
- 3The Hanging Man10:48
- 4Amnesia5:49
- 5Leaving Meaning11:21
- 6Sunfucker10:43
- 2.1Cathedrals of Heaven7:49
- 2.2The Nub12:01
- 2.3It's Coming It's Real7:42
- 2.4Some New Things7:09
- 2.5What is This?6:05
- 2.6My Phantom Limb6:26
Credits
Performers
- Birgit StaudtACCORDION
- Fay ChristenBACKING VOCALS
- Ida Albertje MichelsBACKING VOCALS
- Jennifer GiraBACKING VOCALS FEATURING VOCALS
- Marie-Claire SchlameusBACKING VOCALS
- Mika BajinskiBACKING VOCALS
- Chris PravdicaBASS
- Anna von HausswolffBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Maria Von HausswolffBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Lloyd SwantonDOUBLE BASS
- Tony BuckDRUMS PERCUSSION
- Larry MullinsDRUMS PERCUSSION VIBRAPHONE
- Phil PuleoDULCIMER
- Yoyo RöhmELECTRIC BASS DOUBLE BASS KEYBOARDS
- The NecksFEATURING
- Norman WestbergGUITAR
- Kristof HahnGUITAR BACKING VOCALS
- Ben FrostGUITAR SYNTH
3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 6 pressings tracked on Gatefold