{"product_id":"swans-newly-sentient-being-4xlp-dvd","title":"SWANS \"Newly Sentient Being\" 4xLP + DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003eGoodbye to this stellar version of Swans. Newly Sentient Being features superb recordings of Swans’ final concert of the “Big Sound” era, the apotheosis of 15 years of cosmic sonic expressionism, alternately heavenly and debased, visceral and transcendent. Recorded November 28, 2025, in Berlin. Over 2 ½ hours of music, includes a wealth of new material never recorded elsewhere and a DVD of the performance. Up there with the best of Swans’ legendary live records, they close this chapter with love and unbridled passion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In 2010 I made the decision to reconvene my band, Swans, which I had, years earlier, killed out of frustration, disappointment and exhaustion. Now, I saw a light, a way forward for the music, and I decided to pursue it. Neither I, nor my collaborators in sound had any idea how things would eventually unfold, but it felt necessary and right, so we followed the music where it led. Turns out there was and is an audience for our music, which is often less than accessible in the popular sense of the term, but proved to be nevertheless compelling to a growing cadre of folks seeking the kind of unique experience we have offered. I believe we reached some pretty tremendous highs along the way, where the music became a raging, sentient autonomous beast that played us (and the audience\/listener), rather than the reverse. That was the goal all along, to lose ourselves in the swirl. It took a lot out of us, physically and psychically to reach the highest plateaus, but once there, there was nothing on earth like it, and I’m glad we did it. Now this phase is finished. There’s nowhere else to take it, but we seem to have ended on a particularly high note with our final tour of this (now passing) Swans era, and I believe these current recordings convey the sensations and experience of the unique world we forged. For the next phase, I’m moving Swans into something with a decidedly more humble and intimate musical palette, but here now I offer my praise to the righteous group of humans, the musicians that made our final foray into the sonic ether a reality: Norman Westberg, Dana Schechter, Phil Puleo, Larry Mullins, Kristof Hahn, Christopher Pravdica...and I was in there flailing somewhere too. “ - Michael Gira \/ Swans  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e01. The End of Forgetting\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e02. The Merge\u003cbr\u003e03. Paradise is Mine\u003cbr\u003e04. Newly Sentient Being\u003cbr\u003e05. The End of Regretting\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INTEGRAL","offers":[{"title":"BLACK","offer_id":57218338685193,"sku":"MUS-48556-01-B","price":99.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2244\/7843\/files\/SWANS-NewlySentientBeing-Cover.webp?v=1784887880","url":"https:\/\/evilgreed.com\/products\/swans-newly-sentient-being-4xlp-dvd","provider":"Evil Greed","version":"1.0","type":"link"}