The Mars Volta vs Swans
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Topic: The Mars Volta vs Swans
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Subject: The Mars Volta vs Swans
Date Posted: September 19 2020 at 07:16
| I'm admittedly not overly familiar with both bands but nonetheless thought this might make an interesting poll. |
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: September 19 2020 at 07:30
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Swans of course. I like some Mars Volta, but Swans are the best of the 21st century. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: September 19 2020 at 09:44
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Neither. Both are unlistenable for me. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: September 19 2020 at 10:08
| The Mars Volta! Swans are also great. Aren't these two bands not really comparable at all....?? |
Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: September 19 2020 at 15:17
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Easiest poll ever. Swans are a decent post-rock band. The Mars Volta are (were) one of the greatest rock bands of the 21st century. ------------- I use they/them pronouns (feel free to ask me about this!) Check out my music on https://tempestsounds.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - my bandcamp ! |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: September 19 2020 at 15:18
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TMV ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: September 19 2020 at 16:31
Swans get labelled post rock and I suppose they fit in a general sense but they predate that genre so I can't imagine all of their music fitting neatly into the post rock box.
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tempest_77 wrote:Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: September 19 2020 at 16:32
Anything can be compared.  |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: September 19 2020 at 17:13
They do use post rock elements, but I'd say that actually none of their work fits neatly into any other box than "Swans music". Seems I'm the only one who loves them here... tough luck!
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Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: September 20 2020 at 00:52
Their 80s work is definitely beyond the boundaries of the genre but their 90s stuff falls fairly well within it and everything they've put out in the 2010s can be defined as post-rock. ------------- I use they/them pronouns (feel free to ask me about this!) Check out my music on https://tempestsounds.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - my bandcamp ! |
Posted By: Kempokid
Date Posted: September 20 2020 at 01:03
| These are both absolutely incredible bands to me, but TMV is in my top 3, so like, I've got to vote them |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: September 20 2020 at 23:19
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Swans, and it’s a pretty easy choice. For one, let’s say all of their records were of the same quality: Swans have more of them. Then there’s the fact that, though I love the debut, most of TMV’s stuff after that wasn’t more than decently good for me, and they even had at least one bad album. Swans is, if nothing else, consistent, and they have more than one record that I like as much as or more than De-loused. ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music 
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Posted By: LakeGlade12
Date Posted: September 21 2020 at 08:45
Same for me. Its a choice between being deeply bored/offended by SWANS or having a migrane from TMV... when I would rarther listen to modern pop chart music then they have to be seriously bad!
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: September 21 2020 at 09:14
This. Could not care less about either. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 21 2020 at 10:47
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De-Loused has been one of my least liked album purchases, but I quite liked Frances the Mute. Swans easily for me based on the albums that I have heard by both —- I have heard more Swans, but have not heard most of the discography. Soundtracks for the Blind I found both very long and excellent (and 1996 is one of my favourite times in music). ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: September 21 2020 at 11:56
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I know Swans as a name but never heard the music. The Mars Volta, on the other side, have me mesmerized every time.\ These guys must be nuts or something... Unbelievable energy in their music!
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Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: September 21 2020 at 12:39
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TMV, though I haven't heard all of the output of either band. DeLoused and FTM are just too great of albums surpassing anything I've yet heard by Swans. ------------- Z |