{"product_id":"swans-birthing-2cd-dvd","title":"Swans - Birthing [2CD + DVD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: 2CD + DVD\u003cbr\u003eCatalogue No.: LCDSTUMM16\u003cbr\u003eBarcode: 5400863182236\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 30 May 2025\u003cbr\u003eGenre: \u003cspan\u003ePost Rock\/Experimental\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePackaged in brown chipboard digi-pak\u003cbr\u003eIncludes bonus DVD - a live concert film by Marco Porsia \u0026amp; Christopher Nicholson’s documentary of Michael Gira’s solo tour\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSwans return with Birthing, the latest album, developed over the course of a yearlong 2023–2024 tour. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBirthing is released via Mute and Young God Records. The initial pressings of the deluxe vinyl and CD include a bonus DVD featuring Swans Live 2024 (Rope) The Beggar, a concert film by Marco Porsia documenting the band's most recent US tour. The DVD also includes I Wonder If I’m Singing What You’re Thinking Me To Sing, a documentary by Christopher Nicholson following Michael Gira’s 2022 solo tour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRefined through relentless improvisation and live performance, as well as newly composed studio pieces, Birthing is a testament to Michael Gira’s uncompromising sonic vision. Beginning as skeletal acoustic compositions, the songs were gradually expanded and transformed in the studio with longtime live members and collaborators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This album, coupled with the recent live release, Live Rope, constitutes my final foray (as producer \/ impresario) into the all-consuming sound worlds that have been my obsession for years. We’ll do a final tour in this mode towards the end of 2025,\u003cbr\u003ethen that’s it. After that, Swans will continue, so long as I’m able, but in a significantly pared down form. Hints of that direction can be found in a few moments on the current album. In the meantime, my hope is that the music provides a positive and fertile atmosphere in which to dream.” – Michael Gira \/ Swans\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced by Gira, Birthing was recorded at Soundfabrik Berlin, mixed at Candy Bomber Studio by Ingo Krauss, and mastered by Doug Henderson at Micro-Moose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD TRACKLIST\u003cbr\u003eThe Healers\u003cbr\u003eI Am a Tower\u003cbr\u003eBirthing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRed Yellow\u003cbr\u003eGuardian Spirit\u003cbr\u003eThe Merge\u003cbr\u003eRope\u003cbr\u003eAway\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mute","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44936703869084,"sku":"LCDSTUMM16","price":15.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/SWANS_birthing_CD_PS.jpg?v=1745255023","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/swans-birthing-2cd-dvd","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}