Swans - The Glowing Man FIRST REACTION
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ค. 2024
- Swans are a different species of music. Enjoy :)
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The Album: open.spotify.com/album/30FjZ3...
Timestamps:
0:00 Video Intro
0:57 Cloud of Forgetting
4:38 Cloud of Unknowing
12:50 The World Looks Red / The World Looks Black
16:50 People Liike Us
18:57 Frankie M
25:23 When Will I Return
27:32 The Glowing Man
38:20 Finally, Peace
40:00 Final Thoughts
All credit of the music heard in this video goes to Swans. - เพลง
If Frankie Ms first 6 minutes creeped you out, you'll have a hard time going through Soundtracks for the Blind.. Be warned lol
knowing the context for “When Will I Return?” makes it an even more harrowing song than it already is. the female vocalist is M. Gira’s wife, and her lyrics describe her experience of rape. the way the track is put together, delivered and just overall made is absolutely amazing. incredible song, and an immensely incredible album as a whole. glad you finally got to it
The Glowing Man is THE definitive Swans reunion album, IMO. Without exaggeration, I've heard it over 300 times. Heard it daily for a few years from 2016-2018. A super mysterious album that just benefits from continuous relistens. The Cloud of Unknowing is a masterpiece, and then you get the title track which is some of the best collection of sounds my ears have ever heard.
What I love most about the title track is how upon first listen, it seems to be incredibly repetitive, like they keep playing the same thing over and over again. In a way, it is, but what really struck me on relistens is how subtle this track and the album in general is. Through the absolute mammoth walls of sound and noise, are these little details and changes that you can easily miss on first listen, because it is genuinely overwhelming. But when you sit and let the noise swallow you, you pick up on those little gems in the production. I absolutely adore the use of piano in particular, and how it accentuates the final pounding moments before the heavenly ascension of the outro. Just a masterpiece in every sense. The production, the arrangement, the performances of everyone in the band, just staggering. It’s a genuine fucking achievement of humanity.
Keep an eye out for their new record coming mid 2023
yes, they've recently teased us with a single today!
@@brentangelo1090 Yeah, already listened to it 20 times :D
@@Blackoudmusic Oh man! Totally. I can't stop listening to the album. Sometimes I feel like I'm going to heaven when I listen to it.
So here for the Cloud of Unknowing appreciation. Definitely one of my fave Swans tracks too! That riff is just TITANIC. A seriously spiritual experience, even for Swans!
Also, listen to the trilogy on a pair of proper headphones if you can find some and prepare to hear it for the first time all over again
You have consistently been one of my favorite music youtubers to follow. Your takes and insights are incredibly thoughtful, to the point where I was just yelling 'yes!' at the screen as you were describing the vibes of each song. It's really hard to find Swans fans IRL or even online so your reaction videos have been like an oasis in the desert. Thank you, sincerely.
Wow, that is so nice of you to say. More like thank YOU!! I appreciate you being so supportive :)
Listening to this live was, no joke, a life-shaking experience. I feel lucky to have seen Swans live in 2017, absolute geniuses. The title track is orgasmically good, like....you're ascending into heaven in a trial-by-fire and you reach infinity good.
can say the same about live last year actually (my first concert ever). Birthing felt like this... it was amazing, can't wait for a live album from this tour
@@1stflower834 I'm so glad Gira confirmed the live album is coming, it will be tremendous.
Definitely the most meditative and hypnotic of the trilogy, maybe the discography. Love this record!
This album rules. It sounds like they have transcended the darkness and insanity of the last two albums and reached a higher plane
please do Sound Tracks for the Blind... this album, within the post-rock era of Swans (or the entirety of their discography), is something otherworldly imo and I think it's their magnus opus
The Glowing Man(the song) actually came from the band jamming on Bring The Sun
This is my personal favorite from the trilogy. I actually really like the first part of Frankie M. That shit makes me feel like I'm levitating to Valhalla. Also what you said at 36:40 is exactly how I feel. The 10-14 minute mark of Bring the Sun might be my favorite moment in music, but The Glowing Man is just so consistently pummelling, and that's what makes it my favorite song of all time.
I like to imagine Michael Gira being asked to say "ah" at a denstist and then just cut to that first jump in glowing man.
So yeah now it's the disturbing fire and brimstone apocalypse of the monumental masterpiece Soundtracks for the Blind. It's gonna blow your mind to smithereens. It is no joke. The impenetrable heaviness and creepiness and sheer beauty and melancholy unpredictability and scope of that album is indescribable black magic. So prepare your psyche- it's gonna damage your soul(but in the best way). When I bought that album after it came out I was left speechless and astonished. It drained my soul and left me in silent awe. The impact of that album never left me and it lingers in my heart like a ghost. Can't wait for you to experience it. So how about tackling the undisputed masters of avant noise and untuned destruction and beauty Sonic Youth? That band burned the rulebook and made up their own. They are untouchable pioneers and unmatched to this day. You will fall in love I guarantee you. Especially after doing Unwound and liking them so much. And do Unwound's Fake Train album too. Love yr reactions... J
that entire groove section from The Glowing Man is just eargasmic. Nice vid!
Oh yeah, here we go. Been waiting for this for a long time.
ahaha that was one of my comments! loved this video.
do soundtracks next, it’s a lot more ambient and sparse, but it makes for a very immersive listen!
I love this album. Thanks for sharing!
unrelated to swans, an album rec from me would be boards of canada - geogaddi. amazing record id love to see your reaction. without describing it too much, it has some sort of evil undertones that are fun to debunk
Satisfying is a great word to describe this album. dope as always bro
The best in the trilogy in my opinion
so after digging through your vids (and loving them, your reminding me of when i fell down the post rock rabbit hole myself) i have decided what i want to recommend. i’m sure you have a million albums to listen to but for me, this is the only one that could ever stand up to the legacy that Godspeed and Swans left on me.
“You Are There - Mono”.
Mono is my favorite post rock band (skinny fists still gets #1 album but barely haha) and this is my favorite Mono record. I’m not kidding when i say the closing track will probably ruin your life in the best way. it’s my favorite song of all time.
The glorious mind!
Fantastic reaction and review Snowy.
Recently I found myself becoming very familiar with Swans' big three two hour long albums, having listened to them I guess over hundred times each.
I have now found myself recently watching the many live videos of Swans performing , that are available online via TH-cam. I have the DVDs but no player currently, and TH-cam is adequate for the moment.
But , I'm not so sure yet which would be the Best live video to react to if that's something that you fancy.
I hope that people reading my comments who are far more familiar might suggest the best one. It does take a long time to watch all of the live material, and i like to absorb music and art naturally without taking notes or trying to contrast and compare, so I guess that it's going to take me several months to get that familiar to make a suggestion.
To make the task easier, i made a start a few days ago with collecting live Swans videos from TH-cam. There's a playlist on my TH-cam channel called "Swans live things" people could use to start off their own playlist if they fancied getting into their concerts. Currently it has 17 videos, which includes some longer ones, and one short one where Gira looses temper with the amplification misbehaving.
Swans are so great to watch live in concert that it's something that you shouldn't miss out on!
Respect and best wishes From England.
Love love love this album- it is a masterwork
I love ur nails in this video :) amazing album as well
Thank you! :)))
Great reaction, this is definitely my favorite new age swans album. Also please react to soundtracks for the blind and the great annihilator 😊
Y’know if it weren’t for that part in your To Be Kind reaction where you played a bit of The Glowing Man, I don’t think I would’ve been able to learn it on guitar, so thank you my friend, you’ve really helped me
Wowwww haha I'm glad that helped :))
@@snowy6301 Lmao thanks dude, your reactions are great and just perfectly sum up how I feel about this band. It honestly reminds me of my first time discovering Swans. Oh also I have a pretty funny story when it comes to this album. The first time I was trying edibles I made a playlist to listen to and it had three main albums, The Dark Side of the Moon, The Mollusk, and The Glowing Man. Anyway, I fell asleep during The Mollusk, specifically during Ocean Man, and when I woke up, it was around the 10:35 mark in Cloud of Unknowing. Those vocal crescendos pulled me up into the heavens and for a split second I swear, I was the glowing man. Anyway, great reaction and I love your channel, keep up the good work and the even better vibes!
Yoooo its the glowing man, man how'd i missed this video?
the glowing man is fantastic, just heard the 2 weeks ago in Groningen Holland!
You need to react to Deliquescence, their live album from 2017. There are some previously unreleased songs, some re-interpretations from To Be Kind and The Glowing Man, and it of course has the brilliant 'The Knot', maybe the finest piece Swans have ever played live.
You posted this video literally one day after I posted the comment asking you to react to this album lol
This is - for me at least - THE BEST SWANS ALBUM EVER!! From the entire "trilogy" (not forgetting "intro" which is "MFWGUARITS").every song here is a gem and I mean - EVERY FUCKING SONG! This is a monumental album and I wouldn't change a second of it. Glad you enjoyed it.
You GOTTA do The Beggar now
wait you’re snowyfighter on aoty???? i thought this was just some random dude that decided to check out a swans album 😭
I'd recommend getting some good headphones if ur going the non speaker route. AKG K240s are inexpensive and a studio staple headphone, they sound great, they're comfortable, etc.
Koss Porta Pros are also a good option if you're on a really low budget
Grado SR 80x are great for this type of music as well. Im rocking them right now and they sound so clear. I can hear Michael Gira breathing into the microphone in one song. The base is not as pronounced but it is very saturated, you can hear every frequency. The sound stage is big, you can hear where the sound is coming from if the mix is done right. Overall great headphones. Can't recommend them enough. They cost 125$.
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FUCK YES GLOWING MAN
I mean you do really HAVE to listen to soundtracks for the blind
FUCK YEAH!!! Probably the best album trilogy AOT in my opinion, just so massive and god damn monumental.
Now it's time for the mind-fuck that is Soundtracks of the Blind >:DD
Good way to kick off my birthday
Happy birthday
@@The1stMrJohn thanks 😊
happy bday bro
@@user-fs1lc2cj5s thanks
Happy late b day!!!
Please do listen to the soundtracks for the blind
Still hoping for a Yanqui UXO reaction soon
last song on that album is top 3 songs of all time debate me.
@@shadow-wo7fr underrated song
I'll second that
"The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place" would be an amazing listen
wilderness also
A guy like you should check out The Musical Dimensions of Sleastak, by a band named Old, also known as Old Lady Drivers. You have the mind for it I think, which is a good thing :)
(edit) Ow, and I subscribed!
I suggest you listen to other Swans records before trying SFTB, specially Children of God and The Great Annihilator.
everything you make a vdieo about ive never listened to... probably an amazing video but i cant watch anything you release because i want to listen to albums first hand. Worst day of my life