SWANS 'A LITTLE GOD IN MY HANDS' (TO BE KIND)

SWANS SPRING US TOUR:
May 14  - Washington DC @ Black Cat MainStage *
May 15  - Philadelphia PA @ Union Transfer *
May 17  - Boston MA @ Royale Nightclub *
May 18  - New York NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
May 19  - Brooklyn NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg *

UK TOUR:
May 22  - Manchester UK @ Academy 2 *
May 23  - Newcastle UK @ Hoults Yard *
May 24  - Glasgow UK @ The Arches *
May 25  - Aberdeen UK @ The Lemon Tree *
May 27  - London UK @ Electric Brixton *
May 28 - Bristol UK @ Trinity Community Arts *
May 29 - Reading UK @ Sub89 *
May 31 - Birmingham UK @ Supersonic Festival - Custard Factory *
June 01 - Leeds UK @ Cockpit
June 02 - Brighton UK @ Concorde 2

June 17 - Quebec City, Quebec @ Le Cercle #
June 18 - Montreal, Quebec @ Theatre National #
June 20 - Toronto, Ontario @ MNW Festival (Yonge-Dundas Square) #
June 21 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall #
June 22 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall #
June 24 - St. Louis, MO @ The Ready Room #
June 26 - Dallas, TX @ Trees #
June 27 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk #
June 28 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald's Upstairs #
June 30 - Nashville, TN @ Exit / In #
July 01 - Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre #
July 02 - Louisville, KY @ The New Vintage #
July 03 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater #
July 05 - Buffalo, NY @ Tralf Music Hall #
July 06 - New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place #

Sept 02 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theatre
Sept 04 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox
Sept 05 - Vancouver, BA @ The Venue
Sept 06 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
Sept 08 - San Francisco, CA @ Independent
Sept 11 - Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy Theatre

* = w/ Jenny Hval
# = w/ Xiu Xiu

[Contrariwise]

I can't believe he's 60. Most artists peak at half his age. Michael Gira keeps on going and going

[Demicake]

Reminds me of a bad dream where everything is normal, but I just constantly have an overwhelming feeling of distress

[andrewjordan]

I love how this manages to sound both cartoonishly evil and soul-crushingly despondent at the same time. Such an amazing track from such an amazing album.

[charlesdoofus]

You know that feeling of finding something you never knew you really, really liked?

[i.hold.vertigo]

Another awesome thing about this song is that if you listen with good headphones, when Gira says "Sing in reverse!" you can immediately hear faint backwards vocals that he tracked underneath him. Two years of loving this album and I just noticed it.

[denialfalls]

This groove is actually indescribably insane

[TheSpoartsNetwork]

I love how swans uses repetition of sound as a song structure. Then they just smack you square in the jugular with pure noise.  Simply amazing. Really looking forward to this album!

[soggywaffle]

I love how through all the noise and chaos, that funky bass line is still present

[markcnut]

This is art. Music that unsettles is worthy of a second listen...

[IsdudeMe]

The sample that cuts in at 4:10 is so weirdly creepy yet groovy as hell I love it

[rashotcake]

That art work and the song makes me think of a baby with the intelligence of an adult who just realized how the universe works and is having an existential crisis. And they're freaking out because they can't express how they feel cause they're a baby who can't talk yet

[ohhellfire]

easily one of the greatest songs ever written.

[romywebster]

The way Gira sings “black chasm creeping, forever leaking” gets under my skin in a good way.

[-bielle]

An extremely difficult band to get into... but once it clicks, it's some of the best music out there.

[jackmcmuscles]

if you play this at double speed it sounds like primus

[TheDecorama]

My first exposure to this band. The balls of that note at 1:32 and the follow through has completely won me over.

[ViolentTeapot]

That explosion of sound gets me every time!

[Septhim]

IT TOOK ME HALF A YEAR TO LIKE THIS ALBUM. But i finally made it. I love every single minute on this record. The same with The Glowing Man. Thank you, swans for this wonderful music you've made. I wish i knew of you sooner so i could see you live at least once.

[JediMindG]

This song sounds like a drunken god contemplating his antfarm

[amberpamber]

One, two, three, four

Pink little lamb on a granite slab
Black chasm creeping, forever leaking
Oh universe, sing in reverse
Oh sucking lung, we'll never come
Forever loving, forever waiting
Oh yeah, oh yeah, the universal mind

Eye full of sun, hand full of mud
Oh universe, you stink of love
Forever lazy, forever crazy
Forever holy, forever hungry
Forever hateful, forever beautiful
Forever needing, forever reaching
Forever stinking, forever breathing
Forever growing, forever leaving

Oh shit and blood, forever love
No ebb or flood will ever come
Oh shit and blood, forever love, love, love
Forever draining, forever leaving
What's my name? What's my name?
Oh yeah, oh yeah, the universal mind