My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky

by Swans

My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 September 2010
  • Label: Young God
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:22
  • Community rating: 3.87/5 from 20 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

After a 14-year hiatus, Swans returned with this punishing and intense album. Michael Gira steers the band toward a sound that is both orchestral and primal, building massive walls of sound from repetitive grooves. It set the stage for the band's acclaimed revival trilogy.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, ritualistic, droning, menacing, expansive, experimental, long-form, noisy, distorted, dissonant

Tracklist

  1. No Words/No Thoughts (09:24)
  2. Reeling The Liars In (02:20)
  3. Jim (06:46)
  4. My Birth (03:52)
  5. You Fucking People Make Me Sick (05:08)
  6. Inside Madeline (06:37)
  7. Eden Prison (06:03)
  8. Little Mouth (04:12)

Credits

  • Michael Gira - art direction
  • Jarboe - Member
  • Norman Westberg - electric guitar, e-bow, vocals
  • Harry Crosby - Member
  • Roli Mosimann - Member
  • Kristof Hahn - electric guitar, vocals, other [germanic presence], lap steel guitar
  • Phil Puleo - drums, percussion, dulcimer, vocals
  • Christopher Pravdica - Member
  • Larry Mullins - Member
  • Michael Gira - Member
  • Phil Puleo - Member
  • Kristof Hahn - Member
  • Dana Schechter - Member
  • Christopher Pravdica - Member
  • Larry Mullins - Member
  • Norman Westberg - Member
  • Joe Goldring - Member
  • Bill Rieflin - Member
  • Algis Kizys - Member
  • Theodore Parsons - Member
  • Clinton Steele - Member
  • Christoph Hahn - Member
  • Jenny Wade - Member
  • Anton Fier - Member
  • Nicky Skopelitis - Member
  • Vincent Signorelli - Member
  • Hahn Rowe - Member
  • Steve Burgh - Member
  • Thor Harris - drums, percussion, dulcimer, vibraphone, keyboards, vocals
  • Jarboe - Member
  • Vudi - Member
  • N. Westberg - Member
  • Yoyo R枚hm - Member
  • Beatrice Pediconi - artwork
  • William Rieflin - bass guitar, electric guitar, piano, drums, percussion, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Chris Pravdica - bass guitar, jew's harp, vocals
  • Kenny Siegal - electric piano [fender rhodes], vocals, electric guitar
  • JJ Golden - lacquer cut by
  • Earl Kuck - layout
  • Grasshopper - mandolin
  • Jamal Ruhe - mastered by
  • Adam Sachs - mixed by
  • Bryce Goggin - mixed by
  • Kevin McMahon - mixed by
  • Jason LaFarge - recorded by
  • Stephen Moses - trombone
  • Brian Carpenter - trumpet [slide]
  • Siobhan Duffy - vocals

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