Length 148:09 Artist Swans Label Young God Records | The Gate
(2015) The Glowing Man
(2016) Release date 1 October 2015 Producer Michael Gira | |
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Released October 1, 2015 (2015-10-01) Similar We Rose from Your Bed with t, Feel Good Now, Forever Burned, Kill the Child, Anonymous Bodies in an Empty | ||
Swans the gate album fundraiser new album out 2016
The Gate is a 2015 limited-edition live album by American experimental rock band Swans. The album was released on October 1, 2015 on band leader Michael Gira's Young God Records. Limited to 2500 copies, the album served as a fundraiser for The Glowing Man.
Contents
Background
The Gate was offered in a double-CD format. The album features six live recordings, with four of them being previously unreleased tracks set to be included in the next studio album. The other two recordings are the live versions of "A Little God in My Hands" and "Just a Little Boy," both from Swans' 2014 album, To Be Kind. The album additionally includes five "rough, crudely recorded demos," that will be re-recorded for the upcoming album.
The album also includes a DVD documentary on Swans' To Be Kind tour. Similar to the previous fundraising live albums, each CD copy came with a personalized cover art by the band, featuring a cardboard cover drawn by Michael Gira.
Critical reception
In her review of the album for PopMatters, Natasha Gatian wrote, "It lacks some of the momentum and surprise of Swans’ studio work, but then, that’s one of the possible pitfalls of a live album. Diehards will appreciate hearing Swans in the wild, but casual fans might be better off sticking with album cuts before crossing The Gate’s imposing threshold."
Personnel
Songs
1Frankie M29:25
2A Little God in My Hands13:13
3Apost / Cloud of Unforming33:41