Artist Swans

Website
Swans

Curated by NYC experimental music god Michael Gira, Swans was one of the most influential bands to never quite break out of the ’80s underground. The band released 11 full-length albums, plus a ton of singles, EPs, and other releases during its original 15-year run as a band. Its abrasive contributions to the no-wave scene that developed in the early ’80s have endured, thanks to a cultish base of fans with proper Internet access. Swans’ harsh, creepy sound remains weirdly relevant for that of a band that functioned primarily during the Reagan-Bush years. Swans released their first proper LP in 14 years last fall, My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky—a moaning, soaring, death-folk drone that incorporates members and methods from Gira’s interim project, Angels Of Light, while refining and focusing Swans’ apocalyptic crush.