- experimental rock, post-rock, rock
- 116 min
- 8 tracks
- Young God Records
Birthing is the seventeenth studio album by the American experimental rock band Swans. It was released on May 30, 2025, through Mute and Young God Records. Frontman Michael Gira stated that the album was the last to focus on "all-consuming sound worlds", with future albums taking on a "significantly pared down form". The first single from Birthing, "I Am a Tower", was released on February 25, 2025.
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Grave, contemporary, spare and character-led.
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- rawmeticulous
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Tracks
- 1The Healers21:42
- 2I Am a Tower19:18
- 3Birthing22:21
- 1Red Yellow6:52
- 2Guardian Spirit10:58
- 3The Merge15:19
- 4Rope14:50
- 5Away4:21
8 tracks, 116 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Swans
- Label
- Young God Records
- Released
- May 30, 2025
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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