Leaving Meaning. is a Rock album by Swans, originally released in 2019. On Gatefold: 6 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.
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 as a signed reminder from Gira that all meaning applied to creative work is just that; applied. As humans we apply superficial meaning to art (as well as our own lives) in order to bring a convenient but unnatural order to natural chaos. This record aptly attempts to escape that meaning, and instead embrace the natural chaos.
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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
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Art Rock
- dense
- dark
- occult
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ben FrostGUITAR, SYNTH, SOUND DESIGNER GUITAR, SYNTH, SOUNDS
- Birgit StaudtACCORDION, HARMONIUM
- Cassis StaudtACCORDION, HARMONIUM
- Chris PravdicaBASS, SOUNDS
- Dana SchechterBASS, SOUNDS BASS
- Heather TrostSTROH VIOLIN, VIOLIN, VIOLA STROH VIOLIN, VIOLIN, VIOLA, FIDDLE STROH VIOLIN, VIOLIN, VIOLA, PERCUSSION
- Jennifer GiraBACKING VOCALS FEATURING VOCALS
- Kristof HahnGUITAR , BACKING VOCALS GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
- Larry MullinsDRUMS, PERCUSSION, VIBRAPHONE , KEYBOARDS , PIANO, SYNTH, BACKING VOCALS DRUMS, PERCUSSION, VIBRAPHONE , KEYBOARDS , SYNTH, BACKING VOCALS DRUMS, PERCUSSION, VIBRAPHONE , KEYBOARDS, SYNTH, BACKING VOCALS
- Marie-Claire SchlameusBACKING VOCALS
- Michael GiraVOCALS, GUITAR VOCALS, GUITAR, WORDS BY, MUSIC BY, DESIGN
- Mika BajinskiBACKING VOCALS
- Norman WestbergGUITAR
- Paul WallfischPIANO
- Phil PuleoDULCIMER DULCIMER, LAYOUT
- Saoirse Daniel GiraVOCALS
- Swan GiraBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Thor HarrisPERCUSSION, TRUMPET, CLARINET, BELLS, SOUNDS , VIBRAPHONE PERCUSSION, TRUMPET, CLARINET, SOUNDS, BELLS, EFFECTS , VIBRAPHONE PERCUSSION, TRUMPET, CLARINET, SOUNDS, BELLS, OTHER , VIBRAPHONE
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