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Swans new album, Birthing, releases worldwide May 30, 2025 on Young God Records/Mute. Formats include 3 X LP, 2CD, as well as download and stream.

?The material contained in this album was largely developed over the course of a yearlong Swans tour, during 2023 ? 2024 (?The Healers?, ?I Am a Tower?, ?Birthing?, ?Guardian Spirit?, ?Rope?, and ?Away?), then recorded and further orchestrated and rearranged in the studio. Two pieces were created and performed in the studio (?Red Yellow?, ?The Merge?).

In all cases the material began with me sitting in my office with an acoustic guitar, singing and dreaming about what would become of these skeletal songs. I?m blessed to have such a stellar group of musicians to work with live (listed below), and through improvisation, endless revisions and an intensity of focus in performance (not to mention endurance), over the course of time the music morphed into what you generally hear on this collection.

This album, coupled with the recent live release, Live Rope, constitutes my final foray (as producer / impresario) into the all-consuming sound worlds that have been my obsession for years. We?ll do a final tour in this mode towards the end of 2025, then that?s it.

After that, Swans will continue, so long as I?m able, but in a significantly pared down form. Hints of that direction can be found in a few moments on the current album. In the meantime, my hope is that the music provides a positive and fertile atmosphere in which to dream.? ? Michael Gira / Swans

Stream and get Birthing: https://mute.ffm.to/swans-birthing
Order signed copies here: http://bit.ly/3EJG01R

Video concept M Gira. Edited by Dana Schechter.
Video footage: Vecteezy.com

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