Swans - Telepathy

[@aidenergy]

Swans sure can chant a philosophical essay paper into a perfect song.

[@m00nracer]

Is it just me, or is SWANS the greatest music ever?

[@vomeinsamenmadchensophie]

It's not just you...the best eveR. ..!

[@unsoulleaf]

The best one

[@matthewgensler2392]

Not just you. Agree

[@АртГуффович-б1й]

among the greatest, partly signified by this song

[@J.X.Sanchez777]

Them and Tool, Faith no More for me

[@palodine1]

Swans changed my perspective on music and for that, I will FOREVER be indebted. First saw them live at Moe's( now Nuemos) in Seattle w/ Low as an opener. (97 or 98 ?)I've seen two other shows after that and it's always been a spiritual experience. I particularly have a fondness for this record.

[@t.n.3819]

I had no idea they played live with Low... I'm so jealous.

[@palodine1]

@@t.n.3819 That' s how I discovered Low. I think(?) It was for their Trust tour and for Swans it was Soundtracks For The Blind. Revelatory evening!

[@mikepastor.k6233]

This song could fit right in their late period.

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Listening to this walking down a hallway is like the feeling that astronauts felt walking to the Space Shuttle.

[@jamesguillorytheirascibleh585]

The drumming is so fucking awesome on this.

[@greenonreed]

this is my thing

[@intevolver]

this album permanently altered my life

[@GrayEmbry]

It's such a great album and gets so little respect.

[@Nihilatl]

Mine too. In a small camper in October 04 w a beautiful woman and in a beautiful hayfield In tennessee:)

[@Nihilatl]

Maybe the only stranger on the Internet I would say “we could be friends “ to

[@davidmalachi3786]

Same.

[@personwhoexists8684]

me too lol

[@MrGrimm-tz9gs]

Just purely AmAzInG.... this is so inspiring to me, for writing and such.. so Thank You SWANS. . . .

[@formerlyskidsinmyute]

This is a masterpiece.

[@keepertortoise5247]

All Great annihilator is masterpiece. She Lives, Blood Promise, Celebrity Lifestyle, Killing for a Company, Alcohol the Seed, Mother/Father

[@personwhoexists8684]

omg, every time i hear this, it shocks me how good it is, i first listened to TGA when i was 16 (7 years ago), this is peak music i think wtf thx swans 4 putting out this absolute fucking art

[@matthewgensler2392]

Blissful omniscient dark song from a true master

[@InsideBilderberg]

Absolutely brilliant song.

[@tayzatun6351]

I love you too, Michael

[@qriofficial1769]

Up until recently, I was a complete proghead (Yes is still my favorite band) but I absolutely love this album.

[@ullrsson]

And we steal our experience from an object that suffers But the brightest pain leaves a shadow on no one I saw you through the window masturbating to the violence And the blood and the bodies floated through the blue sun. And the green earth turns to flesh in your hand And the ether was born in the lungs of an ancient man We hallucinated at night. Our mind's in the light But I can't feel the body of the image which is now penetrating my sight But you're beautiful. And you're real Are you beautiful? Are you real? And my body begins where your memory ends You were melted from stone. I was touched by your hands I can feel it when pleasure moves up your spine I can tell we're alive because your blood just blended with mine And the angels of heaven never sacrificed a sensation as pure as the cut of this knife And the wisdom contained in the telepathy of fear Solidified our suffering into the droning sound I still hear But you're beautiful. And you're real Are you beautiful? Are you real?

[@greenonreed]

All the rythm section is out of this world. What can I say? Best song of the fucking record.

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Bill (fuckln) Reiflin!!

[@CellShadedVisual]

Idk man, Killing For Company is pretty damn great.

[@zumaraj]

Just Great

[@oliverpetsch5844]

Yes,... Swans... Ollicare

[@ebonidickson6251]

🙏

[@fauster2850]

my only lament is that we never got to hear this particular version of swans live. sure, some great annihilator songs would be played during the "swans are dead" tour, but those were totally transformed versions, as the band had already had another complete change in sound not even a year after this release. not to say that's a bad thing, as the continuous evolution of their sound is what has kept the band interesting all these years; i just feel it's a shame that this phase of swans was so brief, and so overshadowed by what came immediately after. the great annihilator remains my favorite record of theirs.

[@jamesguillorytheirascibleh585]

I totally agree. It’s possibly the greatest gothic post-punk album ever made. Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division and Bauhaus are all great as well, but music as artful as The Great Annihilator is practically lightning in a bottle. Something Swans have done routinely, yes, but here they captured something gloriously dark and psychedelic. Like a gorgeous nightmare contained within a darkling star. SFTB might be their definitive artistic statement, but this is just as much of an emotional powerhouse.

[@TheresaMagario]

ewok chanting. great. that's exactly what i need to hear in a swans song.

[@thecichlisuite]

best ewok chanting i've heard

[@slutgarden91]

[@barleschronson1075]

This is really good, but have you listened to the Wilford Brimley Diabeetus Remix?

[@TheKromusDevice]

This like someone took an album from The Cure and ran it through a NIN machine. 80's goth with a 90's nihilism.

[@htieksamoht2159]

use telepathy use telepathy use telepathy

[@henriqueyoh]

sounds like moby

[@JohnCane147]

Moby is crap

[@vinyldiary6664]

What? LOLOL

[@notlucas7078]

Swans definitely copied Moby

[@JohnCane147]

Yeah, Gira travelled to the future and took Moby's ideas

[@kaos5633]

:/