SWANS — The Great Annihilator

"Their twelfth album, The Great Annihilator, is a majestic symphony of haunting melodies and shifting moods. Spirituality -- or rather the absence of it -- provides the linking motif. With a kinetic, industrial goose step, 'She Lives' plays with chanted images of madness and martyrdom, while the jagged coda of 'Celebrity Lifestyle' lays the groundwork for a cutting look at material dreams.? 'Warm' forms the album's thematic center, overflowing with ethereal vocal loops and drums that patter like raindrops across the lyrical landscape. On 'Mother/Father' and the mantric 'My Buried Child,' vocalist Jarboe outdoes herself with a spectrum of darkly distinctive voices. Taken on its own, this album is a vivid example of how to combine the dissonant with the dulcet while retaining a dangerous edge. Viewed in the context of the Swans' 12-year journey from audio pornography to majestic romanticism, The Great Annihilator serves as an epic apotheosis." [label info]



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