BIRTHING

Swans

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Post Rock/Math rock

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3.86 | 17 ratings | 3 reviews | 18% 5 stars

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Studio Album, released in 2025

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. The Healers (21:41)
2. I Am A Tower (19:17)
3. Birthing (22:20)
4. Red Yellow (6:51)
5. Guardian Spirit (10:57)
6. The Merge (15:19)
7. (Rope) Away (19:10)

Total Time 115:35

Line-up / Musicians

- Michael Gira / acoustic guitar, vocals
- Phil Puleo / drums, hammered dulcimer, flute, melodia, percussion
- Kristof Hahn / lap steel guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, loops, backing vocals
- Dana Schechter / lap steel guitar, bass guitar, loops
- Christopher Pravdica / bass guitar, taishogoto, loops, sound effects, keyboards
- Larry Mullins / Mellotron, keyboards, piano, synthesizer, drums, vibraphone, percussion, backing vocals
- Norman Westberg / electric guitar, loops

With
- Tim Wyskida / drums (6)
- Jennifer Gira / backing vocals
- Laura Carbone / backing vocals
- Lucy Kruger / backing vocals
- Andreas Dormann / Soprano Saxophone
- Little Mikey / backing vocals

Releases information

May 30th Young God Records 2025

Michael Gira / art direction, design
Ingo Krauss / engineer
Kiron Gaudi / assistant engineer
Doug Henderson / mastering engineer

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SWANS Birthing ratings distribution

3.86
(17 ratings)

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music (18%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection (47%)
Good, but non-essential (18%)
Collectors/fans only (18%)
Poor. Only for completionists (0%)

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4 stars Birthing by Swans is a fantastic possible end to the band's longer format releases. For the past 13 years, they have released mammoth double albums, full of lengthy psychedelic compositions fully exploring their sound and composition ability and this is a great culmination of all of them, wi ... (read more)

Report this review (#3194030) | Posted by arcane-beautiful | Monday, June 9, 2025 | Review Permanlink

4 stars The Rebirth Of The Swan This is a good Swans album. Well, I don't think Swans has made a truly great album since The Seer in 2012. That said, The Healers isn't a great album either. Swans has a vast discography that spans from excellent to mediocre, but they've usually managed to maintain ... (read more)

Report this review (#3192556) | Posted by Stoneburner | Tuesday, June 3, 2025 | Review Permanlink

4 stars Having now digested Swans' newest studio album Birthing (2025) I can say that I really enjoyed it. It was a real joy to discover how the Live Rope setlist had been adjusted and refined into a studio album release. The soundscapes are as rich and varied as ever, with Birthing and (Rope)Away being ... (read more)

Report this review (#3191483) | Posted by Mustetahra | Friday, May 30, 2025 | Review Permanlink

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