I Am a Tower

by Swans

I Am a Tower cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 25 February 2025
  • Label: Young God
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 19:17
  • Community rating: 4.19/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: gizmotron, Norman Westberg, Joe Goldring, Chris Pitzaladi, Susan Martin, Lary Seven, Vudi, Jenny Wade, Karl Berger, Clinton Steele, Simon Fraser, Larry Mullins, Chris Pravdica, Bill Rieflin, Bob Pezzola, drawing, Billy McGee, Ted Parsons, Thor Harris, Paul Wallfisch, Kristof Hahn, Linda Miller, Jonathan Kane, Bill Bronson, Harry Crosby, Chris Tombling, Daniel Galli-Duani, Anton Fier, Michael Gira, Phil Puleo, Vinnie Signorelli, Algis Kizys, Martin McCarrick, Christopher Pravdica, Rico Conning, Gini Ball, William Barnhardt, Bill Laswell, Lindsay Cooper, Dana Schechter, Jarboe, Roli Mosimann, Audrey Riley

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'I Am a Tower' is a massive, hypnotic post-rock composition driven by repetitive, droning instrumentation and existential lyricism. The track slowly accumulates tension over its extended runtime, acting as a towering monument of the band's punishing yet spiritual aesthetic.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, progressive, atmospheric, monolithic, ritualistic

Tracklist

  1. I Am a Tower (19:17)

Credits

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