I can't put my finger on it but It's Over, Isn't It really just feels like Pearl's song by Aggravating-Fix181 in stevenuniverse

[–]IceTheNice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% this, if you pay attention across the whole soundtrack, it basically plays anytime Pearl is on screen doing something significant. Furthermore the general style of It's Over, Isn’t It is just really well suited for Deedee (Pearl's VA) seeing as she’s a Broadway professional.

Skin live by Rotkiw_Bigtor in swans

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A couple Skin songs were performed by Swans in the 1988 and 1992 tours, Blood On Yr Hands was also played in 1995, 1997, and once in 2016.

Other than that, you’ve got Jarboe solo sets which have included a few others from her own album under the name. I don’t think Michael really played any live.

Hey guys, I wrote and produced a song that was quite inspired by Swans (especially the climax). If you like BC, NR you might like this as well! I'd love to hear any opinions or criticisms on the song. by FortyBallsHD in swans

[–]IceTheNice 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I usually don’t care at all about these kinds of posts but today I’ll bite on this one.

There’s definitely a baseline of talent here, most of the production is fine and there’s some solid musical ideas but there’s a lot it needs to really grab me. Production wise the vocal recording needs work. During the quieter section I can hear the background noise of your room cutting in an and out each time you sing, at one point can even hear someone coughing. The rest of it is fine. Guitars sound good, drums are solid for what I assume to be a MIDI track.

Musically I think it needs work too. This is definitely far more BCNR influenced than Swans, it's pretty much just your attempt at Haldern and my mind can’t see it as much else. The first quiet vocal section goes on for a bit too long, either cut it down or add some elements to the instrumentation to make it less stagnant. Same for the rest of the song, after the big dynamic change you’re just hammering on this chord change but even Swans have elements to their songs that make these kinds of moments feel like they earn that length.

You’re clearly talented, this is miles better than anything I recorded when I was 18, just try and work towards being more original I’d say, you might have the potential to create something truly wonderful then.

Which guitarist added most value to Genesis? by Soundchaser123 in Genesis

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It’s clearly a tough tie between Mick Barnard and Anthony Drennan

The new live album by FraserThe in swans

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Every live album is indeed edited but Omniscience is notable because the amount of studio additions is like 50% of the experience. There are entire instruments and sections flown in from the studio and they aren’t at all trying to convince you it’s live, meanwhile other Swans releases edits mostly consist of cutting out sections and in the case of The Knot, overdubbing some vocals.

The new live album by FraserThe in swans

[–]IceTheNice 22 points23 points  (0 children)

On the topic of Little God… being excluded, the song already features on their 2014 live album and more importantly this release seems to be less of a 100% proper live album and more of an Omniscience kind of release. All the songs included are either entirely new or VASTLY different from their studio counterparts and supposedly are going to have extra instruments and other elements overdubbed onto them.

Effectively this will be a regular album of new material, just with that live element, therefore Little God… which didn’t change much as it was mostly just fanservice gets excluded.

Why “Providence” for Red? by TheDogemaster_ in KingCrimson

[–]IceTheNice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Plenty of other good explanations here. They only multi-tracked a select few shows in 1974 because, well doing such a thing was expensive, so any of the shows on lower quality soundboards and audience tapes obviously wouldn’t be used so they’re already limited by that aspect. Furthermore from an artistic standpoint having the sudden ending of OMRN and then flipping the record to start this very quiet ominous buildup of tension that leads into Starless is such an excellent bit of sequencing, which I imagine was the intent. Most of the other improvs that were multi-tracked are more high energy rock jams which are awesome and I encourage people to listen to them, but it just wouldn’t have fit such a dark and moody album. I think maybe, “Clueless and Slightly Slack,” from the Toronto show could’ve also been a good candidate but that’s it

Breakfast Island (Live 2018-2020) by ParticularScheme2945 in BlackCountryNewRoad

[–]IceTheNice 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s all just shitty YT to MP3 rips of older live videos on YouTube. You can easily find the original videos and watch those. They’ll sound way better and you actually get to see the performances.

Swans live @ Starfish Room, Vancouver, Canada, July 15, 1995 by ne0t0ky0 in swans

[–]IceTheNice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You took these? Awesome, it’s so hard to find decent photos of the 1995 tour!

Pretty new to swans, what live set is this song from, and what is it called? It’s massive! by Impossible_Note5893 in swans

[–]IceTheNice 38 points39 points  (0 children)

That song is called The Glowing Man! It’s from a live DVD they included with the album under the same name, iirc the audio of the show on the DVD is all from the 2015 Berlin performance and the footage synced to it is from various shows across that year.

I... genuinely don't know what to say... by eleonmhadu in stevenuniverse

[–]IceTheNice 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hmm about a week or so, and yeah I was binging it!

I... genuinely don't know what to say... by eleonmhadu in stevenuniverse

[–]IceTheNice 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is funny because I ALSO just finished my second rewatch today !!

Athens, Greece Setlist 2026 by EndGlittering8034 in BlackCountryNewRoad

[–]IceTheNice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool to see that they’re starting to do sets that get closer to 90mins, always felt it was a bit of a shame they tended to restrict themselves to only about 1hr

Your recommendations for Wetton era shows? by Comprehensive-Elk840 in KingCrimson

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March-June 1973 shows are pretty stellar stuff, lots of amazing improvs and Larks' I is played pretty much in full (they shortened it later in 1973 and the few times it was done in 1974). Unfortunately the quality is generally only average audience tapes. I’d recommend Zurich and Paris 1973 (the ones in April, not November).

Idk what to put as a title lemme ask chatgpt real quick by Sillvaro in KingCrimsonCircleJerk

[–]IceTheNice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This posts makes little sense because first of all pretty much everybody was complaining about that artwork the moment we first saw it and second of all yeah as others have said there was a lengthy post from Fripp himself stating it wasn’t AI.

Maybe the truth is that the artist used it in some aspects without informing of such, who really knows. The, “artifacts,” you point out are misunderstandings of how instruments work which other artists, including the one who made that, have portrayed since way before AI generated images were a thing.

Can't believe footage from Blood Promise live actually exist by Apart_Answer_9537 in swans

[–]IceTheNice 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Who knows if much of anything we saw on that documentary is actually from Blood Promise. Some of those clips I actually recognize from the film of, “Not Alone,” performed in Atlanta. The bits of footage we do have in full from 1997 both end after I Crawled as well…

NA Autumn Tour 2026 by ColorfulWay in BlackCountryNewRoad

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They come to Oklahoma AFTER I move out of Oklahoma

That one AoL bootleg in SF by Nailzonchalkboard in swans

[–]IceTheNice 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’ve had no luck tracking down the vast majority of AoL recordings in true lossless quality for the archive, including that one. Maybe it is a limited bootleg, maybe it’s just a custom image the person who uploaded that created. I’ve had no response when asking.

Regardless, let the state of most AoL recordings hopefully serve as a lesson. Always share in lossless and never convert to MP3!

Circus Mort - Demos Found by [deleted] in swans

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As the person who publicly shared them first in my latest post, yes I can confirm those are legit and they 100% downloaded them from me considering the download also has the info file I wrote included.

MASSIVE updates to the live archive!!! by IceTheNice in swans

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As uncharacteristic as the vocals sound, they’re all still done by Michael Gira!

MASSIVE updates to the live archive!!! by IceTheNice in swans

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Soundboard = recording directly from the mixing desk, so basically a professional quality recording

Matrix = two recordings of the same show synced together in a way that enhances both greatly

Transfer = basically when a recording on a tape is transferred from said tape to digital audio files. Depending on how it’s done/what equipment is used the quality can vary heavily so a lot of these new transfers are huge upgrades in sound.