u/Cutalana

Given that fantano has been one of the largest public supporters of Swans post reunion, it's nice to see his thoughts on the end of the big sound era.

I remember listening to it before I've ever heard anything by Swans and thought it was pretty dark and experimental. Now that I've revisited it after listening to most of the band's albums and learnt more about the history, it feels a lot heavier and disturbing.

For one, it completely breaks the trend of the band becoming more polished and refined in its sound by submerging itself in styles that the band never really used and wouldn't indulge much again. It really feels like your seeing something visceral out of the band that ignores its inhibitions.

The voice recordings are a perfect example of this, like it becomes even more bizarre that the band somehow was collecting this audio and only now decided to use it.

Even the styles that are more familiar in the catalogue like the walls of sound in things like Helpless Child and the different version of All Lined Up feel much more desolate and hopeless than what is seen throughout the catalogue

What really paints the album is knowing that by this point, Gira has already considered the band a failure, so it really feels like he is using the album as just a form of expression.

I think this is pretty special, most other times when an album is initially jarring, it becomes less so when you understand the artistic history and discography as it becomes more familiar. This becomes just the opposite, it feels even more separated.

In a pretty bad place right now, but the physical sensations from thoughts are so fucking terrible. Thinking of eating food makes me want to vomit, my body feels cold as hell, my head feels detached from my body, and my heart feels like it's trying to burst out my chest. It's like all the emotions have been sucked out with a dull annoyance and replaced with terrible physical sensations. I can't see any mental health resources right now but is it worth going to the hospital for this? Because it genuinely feels like I'm physically dying due to my thoughts.

Don't get me twisted, watches look nice and can pair with outfits nicely, but watches themselves are not at all a sign of good taste. The trashiest people you know think that watches are the sign of height of class and luxury, its why con men and sleazy rappers love them. Most watch influencers that try to present them as classy completely manufacture their aesthetic to be an over the top caricature of respectable taste. The fake elegance and class of watches belongs in the same tier as Dubai.

He could have just apologized for being insensitive or ignored it entirely. Instead he decided to go through the choice that burned the most good will towards him. It feels so fake since he tends to be more empathetic when talking as himself but he becomes such a snarky ass on xitter.