Soundtracks For The Blind (studio album)
by Swans

From doombringer 03/18/2025 13:39

The more often you listen to this album , the more addicted you get . I'm the living proof . : P

A great early record for Swans that is probably the most dark and mysterious album they have ever created. This is because the music on here is closer to post rock than their later releases which are more near the experimental rock sort of genre. This leads to a tense and atmospheric listen with the group creating an amazing environment for us. Where they shine, as they always do, is on the longer tracks with The Final Sacrifice, The Sound and Helpless Child being the peak of the record and the latter being amongst the greatest ever Swans songs. Swans are just the masters of longer songs as they have this ability to make them so engaging and complex that they become so rewarding to listen to. However, this release is held back by the shorter songs. There is quite a few of them on here and they just feel pointless for the most part and a lot of them could be skipped. I am someone who loves the fact that Swans albums are extremely long but when they have songs like this that continuously take me out of the music it makes the record drag and feel elongated. Overall, I personally prefer their more experimental albums that came later in their career but this is still great and I can easily see why people would rank it so highly as its full of a lot of high quality moments.

This band and this album are not first listen lovable, but when it hits you, it hits you veeeeeeeeeery hard

One of the most interesting, beautiful, and scariest albums of all time.

From Cargusbralem 12/01/2021 22:41

Gigantic sound, gigantic album

From Timestarter 08/31/2020 10:54

Fav. Tracks:

-Red Velvet Corridor
-I Was A Prisoner In Your Skull
-Helpless Child
-The Beautiful Days
-Volcano
-All Lined Up
-Animus
-The Sound
-YRP
-The Final Sacrifice
-YRP 2
-Surrogate Drone

From StefanR10 06/28/2020 04:07

Interesting music I like to hear this. Some songs are not so good but other songs are immense good. Very good I mark this as favorable. Very recommended to listen.

This was powerful. It felt like all the music I have ever listened to had been in preparation for this arresting sonic experience, and I can’t wait to truly get to know this record, a feeling that doesn’t happen often when you’re always trying to listen to new stuff. A true contemporary epic!

From DriftingOrpheus 03/30/2020 23:23

Even though this may not stand up to wonderful trio of albums Swans crafted in the 2010's, it still is a polarizing and infinitely interesting piece of work that never loses its luster, instead it evolves with each listen.

From AvalancheGrips 09/17/2019 22:24

The first half is perfect and the second half is almost perfect. When climate change hits, I'm blasting this album.