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Old 04-23-2019, 09:16 AM   #981 (permalink)
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Modern Swans is the peak imo.
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Old 04-23-2019, 09:22 AM   #982 (permalink)
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Modern Swans is the peak imo.
it’s absolute madness to suggest the Children of God isn’t the best Swans record

and if there’s a distinction I’m gonna say Swans are post punk
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Old 04-23-2019, 09:24 AM   #983 (permalink)
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I wouldn't even call the majority of their stuff post punk tbh, I've always been inclined to just call them experimental rock. Their last three albums were 100% post rock though.

Either way, Filth is clearly their magnum opus.
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Their last three albums were 100% post rock though.
I was actually thinking that starting with My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky you’re correct
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Modern Swans is the peak imo.
There’s really no good argument against that

I’m caught in the web of unassailability (aka mindfulness science)
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Old 04-23-2019, 10:00 AM   #986 (permalink)
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I was actually thinking that starting with My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky you’re correct
Derp. *four

Actually, *five? Nah **** it, gotta draw the line somewhere.
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I was really talking about **** like Explosions in the Sky. Non-crescendocore post-rock is exempt from my contempt.
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Modern Swans is like 90% crescendo, 5% soft interludes, and 5% godawful lyrics though.
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Barely listened to their post-80s **** tbh. No real reason that I can think of.
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I remember seeing this ad. It was the first time I had ever heard of the idea that just words could be a form of abuse. I knew that there was something wrong with how I was being raised but that really brought home how profoundly wrong. Not that it stopped at verbal abuse but that the verbal abuse was almost constant. I was called a “worthless piece of ****” more frequently than my name. On and on and on constant insults and yelling and threatening and belittling.

I’m grateful to the people who made that ad because when I realized it was abnormal it took a lot of the power out of the abuse. It made me think “hey I’m not the loser you are”

That was a great ad campaign. Those people ****ing reached me.
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