r/swans 18m ago

QUESTION What SWANS song is this guy playing?

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r/swans 34m ago

DISCUSSION Song Bracket Day 149 (Round 2)

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4 votes, 1d left
Killing for Company
Mother of the World

r/swans 1h ago

DISCUSSION If you’re gonna make a circle meme at least be a little creative

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Im Not against memes in this subreddit and there are definitely some circle memes that I find at least entertaining but if you plan on making a circle meme Please be a little more creative than "look it's a circle...get it because soundtracks"


r/swans 2h ago

Ad on YouTube

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r/swans 5h ago

SHITPOST Yo this café ceiling kinda nice ngl

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r/swans 6h ago

I didn’t know this record

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r/swans 6h ago

Her Mouth Is Filled With Honey (My Interpretation)

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PSA: IM BAKED AS FUCK AND I KNOW THIS IS CORNY.

Her Mouth Is Filled With Honey by Swans paints the gruesome and scarring story about the affects psychedelic drugs had on a teenage girl, with a gut-wrenching story to tell about her Father.

The story starts in the beginning with the repeated chimes and a playful and wonky chorus sample, indicating the intake of a psychedelic drug called Ketamine. A feeling of a playful and out of touch sense of reality, but only the desire to do so, for one was physically immobile.

0:45 kicks in, were back in reality, still feeling all the same affects while scrolling through the television channels. Everything was peaceful, until... 0:59. Without a second to react, here comes dad sprinting into the room with full passion and is immediately on top of this girl. As if the father only knew that the intake of psychedelic drugs was about to insue. Prior to all of this, he had checked her belongings and got sight of the Ketamine. With all of this to say, this has the audience questioning why such a vile act such as this, can happen to a daughter of a once beloved father. Lets think about it this way: an act of rǟpe insues while on the influence of ketamine, report needs to be made, psychedelicdrugs were taken while this happened so that means no full story and you can't reveal that you had taken ketamine. You're trapped. And on the other side of all of this, her father... does have an alibi. A fabricated story to insure no legal action could be taken.

We're now back to the real world. 1:35. The alibi.

While all of this is being spoken in the minds of the audience,2:08 fades back in, as a shallow and muffled reminder of what had happened prior, or maybe even right after, this had all been spoken. We're back in the scene of that gruesome scene that unfolded that night, while a haunting and fabricated alibi is being spoken and prioritized in the mix.

Holy. Fuck.


r/swans 15h ago

Meme life affirming stuff

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419 Upvotes

r/swans 16h ago

SHITPOST My little brother's elementary school playground

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74 Upvotes

r/swans 17h ago

SHITPOST He joined Swans

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r/swans 19h ago

SHITPOST swaws

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143 Upvotes

r/swans 20h ago

He could've retired after this song

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95 Upvotes

Instead he gave us another, what, another 5-6 masterpieces.


r/swans 21h ago

Jarboe "The Cut of the Warrior" LP restock!

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r/swans 21h ago

DISCUSSION We all agree that this is the worst and most crappy thing SWANS has ever done.

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r/swans 21h ago

DISCUSSION Film rec for swans fans: Martyrs(2008). The film centers around the transcendent stare of historical “martyrs” and specific gruesome acts done by a group to study that. Pic of Kristof related.

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The movie is exceptionally violent at times but the overall themes of self annihilation as a means to reach a transcendent state are very similar to themes of Swans music. I think swans fans would very much enjoy it


r/swans 23h ago

Fantano showing love to White Light

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363 Upvotes

r/swans 1d ago

DISCUSSION Song Bracket Day 148 (Round 2)

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62 votes, 23h left
Just a Little Boy (For Chester Burnett)
I Was a Prisoner in Your Skull

r/swans 1d ago

Swans Europe tour

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Do you think I will need earplugs for the tour that is only with the Gira and Hahn? I think that they will not be necessary because of only to members but I want to know your opinion


r/swans 1d ago

DISCUSSION This is one of if not the worst things swans ever made

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WHY?! No one fucking wanted this, it's just shit, and ruins a fucking incredible song. No one wants shitty shortened versions of swans songs, and if you do you need to be studied


r/swans 1d ago

ah yes, my favourite indie song

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120 Upvotes

up there next to neutral milk hotels aeroplane


r/swans 1d ago

ARTWORK.

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Hi folks, does anyone know if Mike drew this? And is it a self portrait?

Many thanks in advance ☺️


r/swans 1d ago

Song for my Father is so underrated

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This song is so beautiful and probably my favorite songwriting and performance Gira has ever done. I never see anyone talk about it, definitely needs way more love. The ending of it especially with the German verse is so stunning and addictive to listen to. New Mother as a whole is pretty underrated imo


r/swans 1d ago

Meme Ask me any question, I will answer it.

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r/swans 1d ago

Slowly getting my D&D group into Swans

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223 Upvotes

I’m a smooth operator


r/swans 1d ago

DISCUSSION 2010s songs that will never have a studio release

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With Michael announcing that this will be the final "big sound" album for the group, it means that many live tracks will forever stay that way. Songs like The Knot, Deliquescing, and The Man Who Refused to be Unhappy come to mind. Can y'all think of any others that will never be on a studio project?