Not Here / Not Now

by Swans

Not Here / Not Now cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 14 October 2013
  • Label: Young God
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:59:31
  • Community rating: 3.89/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Chris Pravdica, Norman Westberg, Thor Harris, Phil Puleo

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released as a limited-edition, handmade fundraiser to finance the recording of 'To Be Kind', this double-disc set chronicles the monumental live endurance of the band's 2012-2013 world tour. The project is primarily known for capturing extensive, brutalist evolutions of their tracks, turning structured songs into massive, atonal drone-rock meditations.

Genres

Descriptors: Acoustic, lo-fi, repetitive, noisy

Tracklist

  1. To Be Kind (16:53)
  2. Just A Little Boy (10:04)
  3. Coward (7:23)
  4. She Loves Us! (15:14)
  5. Oxygen (7:20)
  6. The Seer / Bring The Sun / Toussaint L'ouverture (44:32)
  7. Nathalie Neal (7:54)
  8. Kirstin Supine (Demo) (5:18)
  9. Screen Shot (Demo) (4:53)

Credits

  • Swans - primary artist
  • Nicole Boitos - artwork [drawing and block print]
  • Chris Pravdica - bass guitar
  • Phil Puleo - drums, dulcimer [hammer dulcimer]
  • Thor Harris - drums, percussion, clarinet, vibraphone [vibes], dulcimer [hammer dulcimer], performer [various gizmos]
  • Norman Westberg - guitar
  • Kristof Hahn - lap steel guitar [lap steel guitars], guitar

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