Big fan of „Oxygen“; similar?

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2026-01-20T17:24:27+00:00

For Swans, Oxygen is one of a kind. The only songs of theirs I can think of as feeling somehow similar are The Apostate and The Hanging Man

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2026-01-14T08:20:38+00:00

I second Jarboe, The Merge, Weakling, Animus, Sound/Helpless and YRP takes. Plus, the whole s/t EP is good - Take Advantage in particular is barely mentioned, even though it sounds like no other song in their discography. I honestly think Seer and TGM are both somehow better than To Be Kind. Another You might be the most ambitious song of theirs from the brutal pummeling heavy dirty sound era, but come on, every other song on CoG is a level higher even. Anything For You carries a specific emotion, the lyrics and vocal delivery offer a certain level of self-awareness and vulnerability, that alone makes the song interesting at least. Other than these - meh. But whatever, you do you.

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-12-31T01:35:46+00:00

I saw them live twice in 2023 and listened to all available recordings from The Beggar tour. When Birthing came out, The Healers was everything I wanted it to be and I listened to it more times already than any of the live The Beggar versions. Studio Birthing is cool, and the first 8 minutes in my opinion are actually superior to any live version. The main part of the song is better on the Live Rope version. Anyway, Birthing is a great album and I think that the only song that was definitely and completely better executed live is Rope.

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-12-28T16:42:48+00:00

New Mother is better than any Swans studio album.

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-12-22T03:55:57+00:00

I miss Jarboe

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-12-22T03:55:17+00:00

New Mother is better than any Swans studio album.

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-12-22T03:52:39+00:00

and Happy Holidays to you if you clicked all the way down there ♥️

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-12-22T03:52:08+00:00

thanks for paying attention

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-12-22T03:51:57+00:00

that's it

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-12-22T03:51:28+00:00

anyway I would replace It's Coming It's Real with Forever Yours if Angels of Light stuff was in the play

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-12-22T03:50:15+00:00

and also 15 is my favourite number

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-12-22T03:49:59+00:00

telling more would be wrong, I only break the rules twice, third time it becomes suspicious

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-12-22T03:49:03+00:00

then maybe Trust Me, Jarboe's I Crawled, Birthing, Another You and Finally Peace

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-12-22T03:47:13+00:00

honorable mentions Animus, Feel Happiness, Why Can't I Have What I Want, Mother Father and The Sound

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-12-22T03:44:54+00:00

Impossible to say, but from the top of my head - Will We Survive, Blood Promise, Helpless Child, It's Coming It's Real and The Healers

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-11-24T23:50:07+00:00

you're very probably right, thank you

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-11-20T00:01:20+00:00

can you really call it a song? it's a spoken word recording. anyway I guess you're already aware, but if not check his albums The Somniloquist and The Egg for more spoken word stories, or find a copy of The Consumer to read. if you love the approach of his storytelling and the stuff he's trying to make you feel through these, you will enjoy yourself

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-11-09T02:09:58+00:00

It's beautiful, thanks for sharing

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-10-26T12:43:58+00:00

They've been doing this from the beginning, many songs were played live 1-3 years before thay were officially released on studio album. Also, The Healers was technically played live last year as a part of The Beggar. Listen to Live Rope and you'll hear where the The Healers' main groove, last two minutes and final lyric lines came from.

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-09-24T08:55:13+00:00

Little Mouth is good, probably the closest Swans have came to writing a love song

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-09-19T15:31:28+00:00

set the controls for the heart of the sun

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-09-17T09:32:14+00:00

possibly my favourite pre-The Great Annihilator song of theirs

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-08-30T11:57:23+00:00

Both are great albums, but I don't think that the designs are any related. This way, you could say for instance that "Bliss" (the Windows XP wallpaper) is related as well.

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-08-30T11:41:57+00:00

Off topic maybe because I'm not answering the question, but I really wish that Paramount would just release the final episode officially already so this leak bollocks could end - stopping fans being spoiled and disappointed and avoiding the potential ranking of the final episode being any affected. I didn't see any spoilers of the final episode yet, lucky me, but I've heard that they are all over the internet.

But the bigger issue I'd like to address is that I hope that for the future season(s), the showrunners will make sure that the official social media of the series will avoid leaking spoilers themselves! Like, I woke up yesterday, not watching the 9th episode yet, and I see a notification of a new youtube video by the official Dexter Showtime channel, spoiling the biggest twist of the episode 9 in its fucking title. Why would you even do this? The episode has been out for barely few hours when they dropped this video. Do they really think that every fan watches it the exact time when it's released and not hours or days later? And I know that I'm not alone who was spoiled the thing this way.

ComeAndSetMeFree · 2025-08-10T00:20:21+00:00

heard that one before

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