Swans - Stay Here

Hello, thank you for listening to our music. I hope it gives you some joy and pleasure.

I am pleased that you have discovered our music through this medium. I view this experience as the equivalent of previewing a record in a record store in days of old. However, if you wish to experience the music in its' fullest form, I would strongly encourage you to acquire it in a physical format you can bring into your home. Not only will you then be able to experience the richest version of the music sonically, but you will also be afforded the opportunity to enjoy the tangible artwork, which was conceived in tandem with the music, and serves as a further portal to experiencing the total conceptual and spiritual and emotional content of the work we have labored, lovingly, to bring to you.

I love you,

- Michael Gira / Swans / Young God Records

[themandownstairs]

"Swans are majestic, beautiful looking creatures. With really ugly temperaments."

this band is iconic

[suggsugg]

BE STRONG
BE HARD
RESIST TEMPTATION


STIGANAHERIEEEAH

[briancollins]

"Honey, they're playing our song..."

[speghi]

the warping "fLeX YoUr MuScLeS" in the background gets me every time

[ShitStaindGod]

"I think teeth are the first reminder of mortality. I think that's when it begins to hit ya. …cuz they don't come back." - Terry A. Davis

[alfonzo_]

I know it's just 2 notes but that's the best bass line I've ever heard.

[edismoljan]

Great workout song.

They should replace the mainstream radio with an infinite loop of this in the local gym.

[Swiatlocien]

Can we just spend a while to appreciate how the Swans album covers perfectly depict the actual content of each release.

[mommyslilstinker]

Gets a job just so I can support swans through buying their entire discography

[grimmspark]

I showed this song to one of my Brazilian friends 2 months ago
In 2 weeks he ended up listening to the entire discography

[wallas]

For some reason, I can picture the entire album being played on a very gritty, dimly lit, abandoned underground gym.

[kwanjaisa]

the double bass grooves in this whole album is just so metallic and gritty and dark. fucking love it.

[klausesteinworth]

God, I love his voice on this album...

[johngillihan]

This album is pure genius. Swans were way ahead of the times. Great band, great music, insane album.

[JZ.ROZEWAVE]

my journey through the swans discography starts here, wish me luck

[trenoise]

there is no discernible melody here --- and none required. Primal visceral brutality. Instinctive and intense. This is as raw as it gets.

[calebeedude]

Filth is one of the grittiest albums ever made

[IMN]

2:14 this might be the nastiest piece of music to ever exist goddamn crushing

[jackkoffin]

I'll never forget the first time I heard this song. It was like someone discovered a way to tap into a repressed, buried part of my emotional core and expressing it in a pure and beautiful way with music, in a manner that the most aggressive 'metal' music could never capture. It's ugly but honest, like admitting that your girlfriend isn't that important to you outside of your physical needs. I discovered Swans about a decade ago, in a particularly dark time in my life, and no band has ever been the soundtrack to my inner life in the same way since.

[satanichiakurumizawa]

I like everything they've put out but Filth is by far my favorite Swans album.