SWANS - White Light from the Mouth of Infinity / Love of Life

Format: 3 x CD

Label & Cat.Number: MUTE CDSTUMM 377 / Young God Records YG49

Release Year: 2015

Note: re-issues of "White Light.." (1991) and "Love of Life" (1992), plus a bonus CD with 18 tracks of outtakes & rare live material; all re-mastered, with different cover artwork than the vinyl version

Price (incl. 19% VAT): €22.50

More Info

"Swans continue their remastered reissues series on Mute / Young God Records with the release of White Light from the Mouth of Infinity and Love of Life on 4 December 2015.

The two albums will be initially released as a limited vinyl box set and presented in the original restored artwork, which includes paintings by Deryk Thomas. The 2500 micron black lined box - with original logo in silver foil block in black paper - will also include 2 rare posters, a CD of outtakes, rarities, contemporaneous live recordings and a download code for both albums.

The vinyl issue will include the track »Blind«, not included in the original release. Love of Life, the band's eighth studio album, followed soon after in 1992. According to Allmusic's Ned Ragget, »Love of Life continues the astounding creative roll Swans found themselves on … yet another Swans masterpiece.« The vinyl version of this album has also been unavailable since its original release.

Michael Gira recently announced that Swans are currently working on their last album in this »current incarnation«. The basic tracks and vocals were completed last month at Sonic Ranch studio in Texas with John Congleton as engineer, with Michael Gira producing. Further work will continue in Seattle and Berlin and the new album is expected to be released on Mute / Young God Records in late spring 2016." [label info]