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Swans (2019)
“Some songs stick to the usual anarchic ideas, "The Hanging Man" being a tasty cut worthy of inclusion on any forthcoming Best Of, but there are also introspective nightmare-lullabies like "Annaline," "Amnesia" and "Cathedrals of Heaven." ... Easygoing suits Gira. ”
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pitchfork
Michael Gira reshuffles his famous band’s lineup, inviting collaborators like the Necks and Ben Frost for a record that emphasizes elegiac beauty over raging catharsis.
fantano
Leaving Meaning, while frequently stunning, feels more like a reiteration for Swans than it does an evolution.
thelineofbestfit
Swans' Leaving Meaning is a customarily monolithic work of experimental rock
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