I Am The Sun - Swans [1995]
Keeping up the theme of all things sunshine. Beach Boys and Swans are pretty much the same really.
You know what's funny, when this came out Swans were so passé hardly anybody even noticed. I recall a small article in The Wire and one dude on the radio in Melbourne played tunes from The Great Annihilator but I would be curious what the sales were. A year later after releasing the follow up LP Soundtracks For The Blind they broke up because the lack of financial stability had become so stressful they couldn't even run the band.
In a turn of events that is still surprising to me Swans returned in the 2010s after a thirteen year hiatus to immense critical acclaim and an unforeseen surge in popularity. Somehow in their absence a huge cult following featuring a younger generation of devoted fans had formed. Soundtracks For The Blind had become a cult phenomenon online to rival other cult records of the 90s like Spiderland and In An Aeroplane Over The Sea. I'm guessing their influence on Godspeed You Black Emperor was also a key factor to their meteoric post-millennial rise.
Song For The Sun - Swans [1991]
Another Beach Boys-esque tune to get you in your Little Deuce Coup headed to the beach for some surfing fun in the sun. Michael Gira the most fun man in rock!
