I hereby thank my brothers and collaborators for their commitment to whatever truth lies at the center of the sound.
#Lunacy swans how to
After much thought about how to make this an adventure that would instead led the music forward into unexpected terrain, I chose the five people with whom to work that I believed would most ably provide a sense of surprise, and even uncertainty, while simultaneously embodying the strength and confidence to ride the river of intention that flows from the heart of the sound wherever it would lead us - and what’s the intention? LOVE!Īnd so finally this LOVE has now led us, with the release of the new and final recording from this configuration of Swans, The Glowing Man, through four albums (three of which contain more complexity, nuance and scope than I would have ever dreamed possible), several live releases, various fundraiser projects, countless and seemingly endless tours and rehearsals, and a generally exhausting regimen that has left us stunned but still invigorated and thrilled to see this thing through to its conclusion. I knew that if I took the road of mining the past or revisiting the catalog, that it would be fruitless and stultifying. Pre-mastering by Jamal Ruhe at West Westside Music.Īrtwork: Paintings and Swans photo portraits by Simon Henwood.In 2009 when I made the decision to restart my musical group, Swans, I had no idea where it would lead. Mastered by Doug Henderson at Micro-Moose Berlin. Additional recording at Trout Recording, Brooklyn, NY, engineer: Bryce Goggin, assistant: Adam Sachs. Recorded at Studio P4 and Andere Baustelle in Berlin, by Kevin McMahon, assistants Marco and Boris, and at Marcata Studio, Gardiner, NY, by Kevin McMahon. Seth Olinsky, Miles Seaton, Dana Janssen (Akron/Family)Ĭaleb Mulkerin and Colleen Kinsella of Big BloodĪccordion, vocals, dulcimer, guitar, piano and assorted other instruments on the Seer ReturnsĪcoustic and electric mandolins, clarinet, various songsįire sounds (acoustic and synthetic) on Piece of the SkyĪdditional drums on the Seer Returns, electric guitar, sounds on various songs Lead vocal on Song for a Warrior (Karen appears courtesy Interscope Records)īacking vocals and voice collage on Piece of the Sky and backing vocals on The Seer Returns Piano, organ, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, percussion, casio, synthesizer, bass guitar, voice, bird idea Lap steel guitars electric guitar, voiceĭrums, percussion, hammer dulcimer, voiceĭrums, percussion, orchestral bells, hammer dulcimer, handmade violin thing, vibraphone, piano, clarinet, voice Voice, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, casio, sounds Additional recording at Trout Recording, Brooklyn, NY, engineer: Bryce Goggin. Recorded at Studio P4 and Andere Baustelle in Berlin, by Kevin McMahon and at Marcata Studio, Gardiner, NY, by Kevin McMahon. The remaining songs on the album were developed from the ground up in the studio with the participation and input of all the contributing musicians, guided by an invisible hand.
#Lunacy swans series
They morphed constantly throughout the last series of Swans tours, and were captured and lovingly adorned in the studio. B Blues, Avatar, and The Apostate were developed organically as a group in rehearsals and on tour. The songs began on an acoustic guitar, then were fleshed out with (invaluable) help from my friends, then were further tortured and seduced in rehearsals, live and in the studio, and now they await further cannibalism and force-feeding as we prepare to perform some of them live, at which point they’ll mutate further, endlessly, or perhaps be discarded for a while.ĭespite what you might have heard or presumed, my quest is to spread light and joy through the world. The frames blur, blend and will eventually fade. But it’s unfinished, like the songs themselves. It’s the culmination of every previous Swans album as well as any other music I’ve ever made, been involved in or imagined.
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