Originally Posted by Bulldog

Not so familiar with Swans' earlier stuff besides the odd tune, but I'll definitely have a look round for a couple of their 80s albums when I've got through the last batch of downloads I made. I actually first heard of Soundtracks when I was reading this review of Scott Walker's the Drift on amazon, which called it another one of the scariest albums of all-time. Can definitely see where the guy was coming from with that little remark.


Absolutely gorgeous stuff. As far as classical piano goes, it's a lot less crazy than some of the Rachmaninov I've heard, yet so richly textured and colourful. Straight out of the top drawer then (judging by the first listen at least).