{"product_id":"swans-birthing","title":"Swans - Birthing","description":"\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","brand":"Mute","offers":[{"title":"Triple Vinyl LP \u0026 DVD","offer_id":52653022675267,"sku":"RPT-05172","price":49.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/1601\/8499\/files\/55b5d0f6edadbb6e9a715d2dc81f7a51.png?v=1740565546","url":"https:\/\/www.recordplant.co.uk\/products\/swans-birthing","provider":"Record Plant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}