{"product_id":"swans-soundtracks-for-the-blind-vinyl-4lp","title":"Swans: Soundtracks For The Blind Vinyl 4LP { vinyl }","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoundtracks For The Blind\u003c\/i\u003e is the 10th studio album from \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/search?\u0026amp;q=swans\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Swans%22\" title=\"Swans Music on Vinyl LP\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSwans\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eReleased in 1996, it is the last project from \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Gira\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; co. before the group's 1997 dissolution (it reformed in 2010, check \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.com\/products\/swans-to-be-kind-vinyl-3lp\" title=\"Swans To Be Kind Vinyl 3LP\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Be Kind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e). Recorded between 1981 and 1996 (Gira: \"This album has everything in there - all the ideas from Swans' initial 15 years of work\"), the gist of the expansive project is formed by collected sounds \u0026amp; recordings of Gira and Jarboe (the only constant member other than Gira up until 1997). The Swans leader sifted through a huge amount of material, consisting of everything from moldy cassettes and discs full of samples to FBI surveillance tapes and interview clips of Gira's father, which, he reassembles, loops, mangles, and overdubs to draw out the experimental, multi-layered electronic sketches. Gira compares the arduous creation process to \"climbing up a mountain of sand,\" but the painstaking work paid off, as more than 20 years after, \u003ci\u003eSoundtracks For The Blind\u003c\/i\u003e stands as complex, inaccessible (in a good way), and inventive as ever. The LP is perhaps not the best introduction to Swans as it is essentially Gira's solo work but nevertheless considered the band's magnum opus. Check out \"All Line Up,\" \"Volcano,\" \"Yum-Yab Killers,\" \"Red Velvet Corridor,\" \"Helpless Child,\" \"Blood Section\" and \"I Was a Prisoner In Your Skull.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eblack 4xLP vinyl pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehoused in deluxe gatefold sleeve\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eincludes full color printed insert + large foldout poster\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eremastered audio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eincludes digital download for full original album plus German language companion album 'Die Tur Ist Zu'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eoriginal release year: 1996\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Young God Records 2022\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by rei kwondo 09\/18\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Swans","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl 4LP","offer_id":57431610949963,"sku":"lp-12939","price":7.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/6169\/9915\/files\/swans-soundtracks-blackvinyl-1.jpg?v=1779697258","url":"https:\/\/vinylvintage.shop\/products\/swans-soundtracks-for-the-blind-vinyl-4lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}