swans - s/t EP (1982) ripped from vinyl

[@chaddenton5632]

"This is what living in new york does to a mf" - A random comment on a swans video

[@XxidiotXxBosses]

No one gonna talk about how absurdly good the bass sounds on each track? Honestly I’ve never heard a bass sound like this on any record, truly amazing and super different.

[@saturnjr9136]

Yeah the bass is definitely a defining factor in these early swans releases, without it they wouldn't be the same. Its so creepy sounding yet on tracks like sensitive skin its so catchy. Kinda reminds me of like a shitty midi bass sound too lol

[@Ratmatia]

It sounds like Luminol by Steven Wilson but this came out nearly thirty years befor

[@LamentOfInnocence1]

he really stood out for such basic skills. sinister machine

[@personwhoexists8684]

its so interesting to me. having not heard this before ever, but having basically listened to eevery orher swans output. at least everything in the way of studio albums and live albums abd shit….. it does sound different youre right. and like after listening to this you can really, really just see this crazy amount of details, layers that got dialed back on the next (and very deliberately simple), albums they would be creating this is just…. incredible, just so fucking cool… im so glad to have e isted at a point in time where swans has also existed:.. if theres like a “thing” out there for every person, butnof course more than one person could share one “thing”…… (and that thing is just, your fucking thing no other way to describe it……) then swans is my thing whenever i listen to them i just feel this inexplicable warmth and a comfort yeah this comment is overlong dont really care enough to try to shorten it.

[@personwhoexists8684]

i mean its odd wikipedia literally just has this labelled as “no wave” and thats it… (and “no wave” itself, as a descriptor, is so vague and undefinable….) this has like significant, and signature, classic post punk shit going on and gives you an idea of where theyd (kinda???) go later on, in the 1990s

[@mckoyulshafer427]

Can't believe I'm just hearing this now

[@JasonPizzolato]

Holy shit, this does sound wayyyy different from the version that came on the 'Filth' CD that I used to have....love it.

[@femme-mirage]

Raw sound. I like it. Thank you for posting! 🖤

[@arcanefrontier]

In a strange sort of way, this album makes me think of King Crimson. Thanks for uploading.

[@Brock2097]

Thanks for the original mix! It makes me want to dance but like the Filth album, I don't know how!

[@ceef8688]

always heard this one and said nah. During the first beer of the start of my weekend, this time I say fuck yeah. Thank you for pressing the matter!

[@alexcavanaugh1829]

wow.....great posting man...guess this came out about the same time they were touring with sonic youth.

[@kaasisyi]

u r a legend brother

[@pumpkin_the_snek]

SPEAK!

[@jamesguillorytheirascibleh585]

Early Swans have a strong Stooges feel to them while still remaining very distinctive and original.

[@jasongray2562]

Right on Dudelins. THIs ep is so indicative of NEw York strangeness of the time.

[@marcinw816]

thank you for uploading

[@punkandalternativemusicarchive]

Sensitive Skin is such a massive track

[@toxicmicrowave]

after hearing this i have another perspective on "to be kind"... might have to relisten it

[@jonmayhue]

It's been awhile. Thank you.

[@darylcumming7119]

The early eighties.😊

[@nachoelmir98]

Sad. I'll never find a good rip from this vinyl to download. Sad.

[@bloodlust8774]

Thanks very much for posting. Much better than the shitty remaster cd.

[@complications9718]

This is too fast, like the record is spinning too fast. It sounds pitched up and the songs are like 10 seconds shorter because of that, how has nobody commented on this?

[@joles8]

nah dude i hear it too lol i adore this ep and it sounds off here

[@personwhoexists8684]

i get an extreme cabaret voltaire feel from the last track. (think red mecca era cabs) kind of

[@charliepotter100]

Take Advantage sounds quite a lot like The Apostate to me.

[@ArgieHandle]

This shit slaps

[@noxisvibrant]

Sensitive skin... is all...

[@FirstoneLastone]

thx-appreciate much...danny

[@SuperYeastinfection]

Hey is there like anywhere i can get the original record. Like the remastered is just notttttttttttttttttttt for me.

[@GizmoFan1]

Discogs might have copies.

[@visionofdisorder]

i wanna be taken to the basement

[@abastar1291]

i wanna get fucked to ease to some tension

[@cerealsauce420]

why the 3rd one sound like primus lmao

[@CodyCockyote7046]

I dont wanna claim anything but it wouldnt surprise me that Swans influenced Primus.

[@CodyCockyote7046]

Primus sucks

[@dylanguanoluisa8923]

mercyless

[@jihaadal-noori8908]

Would it be possible for you to send me a dl of these rips?

[@earnraku1226]

hey do you have a download?

[@natashagascon5588]

So good. @theswans