Hurray my final nomination....I hope they don't lose to Foxyshit though.
Angels of Light is the group Michael Gira led between Swans’ breakup and reformation. It is in many ways the logical conclusion of Swans’ more melodic 90’s work, fully embracing the folk and even country elements that haunted albums like White Light From the Mouth of Infinity, and then using creative arrangements to turn them into what feel like mystical folk hymns. I’d rate this album up with any of Swans most well regarded albums.
Everything is Good Here/Please Come Home is the group’s most dynamic and varied album. It moves between heartbreaking atmospheric lullabies (Palisades, Kosinksi) and deranged primal dances (All Souls rising, The rose of Los Angelas) before ending in uneasy, droning shamanic chants (What will come, Wedding). What really makes the album are Micheal Gira’s vocals; turning from low moan, to strained whine, to sensitive whisper, to frantic bark; all to suit the mood of the music and lyrics.
The lyrics by the way are some of Gira’s best. They are not quite as melodramatic as Swans lyrics, instead more concerned with a down to earth, everyday sense of tragedy. They don't carry the same sense of all consuming bleakness, yet are just as spiritually bent, and at times as cryptic as ever. If some of these lyrics, when coupled with the music, don’t affect you, well then I don’t know
With your robe open wide, and your mouth to the side,
they could see where you clutched, your golden son’s image.
They could see how you tried, to regain your ridiculous pride,
But you failed, then you died, with your dignity laid open
Hurray my final nomination....I hope they don't lose to Foxyshit though.
Love Angels of Light. Actually very much prefer them over Swans. and this album is a personal favorite along with The Angels Of Light Sing Other People _________________ http://jonnyleather.com
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