Swans - The Seer (2012)

Cue the heavy breathing into the microphone, because we're getting into a band that will send even the most open-minded person running for the hills. It's the critically acclaimed 2012 album 'The Seer' by experimental noise-rock band Swans. This double-disc record that spans over two hours evokes the sounds of hell, apocalyptic visions, indoctrination by the occult, and the feeling of the serial killer gradually getting closer - but also manages to find moments to be beautiful and wondrous. We had a lot of fun with this one; Austin is trying to make sense of the whole thing, and Alex loves watching the reaction to it all. Alex also tells the story of meeting Michael Gira after a show in Cincinnati - the man who once stepped on the fingers of audience members and pulled their hair is now a friendly old man with a cowboy hat...he even signed my 'To Be Kind' vinyl!