Swans plan new record and live album release

Increasingly prolific since their reformation in 2010, Swans have announced that they’ll head into the studio to start recording new material shortly.

Michael Gira and co, who released comeback LP My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky in 2010 before its follow-up The Seer last year, confirmed on Facebook that they’ll start work on a live album and a new studio album after “a few more of these short tours are upcoming”.

The full-length in question will find a starting point in some of the new tracks the band have been showcasing live recently, before expanding to more “studio-only songs”.

Gira wrote in full:

“thanks to all who came to our recent shows in europe. it means the world to us to be in the center of the storm with you… it is a life giving, regenerative event for us to make this music, and my hope is that a positive effect is shared by all. thank you for allowing us to make a fresh world in real time. your involvement means everything! … a few more of these short tours are upcoming, then a live album (hand made), then a new studio album using the live versions of these new songs you may have experienced as a starting point. so, the studio album will move forward from the live versions you’ve possibly witnessed (which have already changed nightly in the recent tour-s), and there will also be studio-only songs as well. we feel blessed to be able to do the thing we love, and profoundly moved that some people on this earth find something of value in our work. thank you! – michael gira / swans”

You can read our review of one of Swans’ recent London live outings here.

[via CoS]