The Gate

by Swans

The Gate cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 October 2015
  • Label: Young God
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:28:03
  • Community rating: 4.24/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: gizmotron

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released as a limited edition fundraiser to finance 'The Glowing Man', this massive double-live document showcases Swans continuously mutating and extending unreleased material on the road. The performances are terrifyingly loud and hypnotic, perfectly capturing the ecstatic, trance-like endurance of Michael Gira's post-reformation ensemble.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, noisy, ritualistic, repetitive, live

Tracklist

  1. Frankie M (29:25)
  2. A Little God In My Hands (13:12)
  3. Apost / Cloud Of Unforming (33:40)
  4. Just A Little Boy (16:40)
  5. Cloud Of Forgetting (11:33)
  6. Bring The Sun / Black Eyed Man (28:16)
  7. When Will I Return? (2:57)
  8. New Rhythm Thing (1:58)
  9. People Like Us (3:53)
  10. Red Rhythm Thing (3:04)
  11. Finally, Peace (3:25)

Credits

  • Swans - primary artist
  • Chris Pravdica - band [swans:], bass
  • Kristof Hahn - band [swans:], lap steel guitar
  • Norman Westberg - band [swans:], guitar
  • Phil Puleo - band [swans:], drums, dulcimer
  • Thor Harris - band [swans:], percussion, vibraphone [vibes], dulcimer, viola, gizmotron [gizmos]
  • Nicole Boitos - drawing, other [woodblock print]

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