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Birthing

Swans

Birthing

Seventheenth studio album from Michael Gira's New York experimental rock band

ADM rating[?]

8.2

Label
Mute
UK Release date
30/05/2025
US Release date
30/05/2025
  1. 10.0 |   musicOMH

    A phase comes to a close with an exceptional album from an exceptional collective, led by one of the most powerful songwriters of the past 40 years
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  2. 9.0 |   Slant Magazine

    The band flat-out demands your complete willingness to enter the void
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  3. 8.5 |   Beats Per Minute

    While Birthing shows Swans adopting a playbook that they’ve delved into before, the project is strikingly more focused
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  4. 8.4 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    Whatever it is, it’s a beautiful thing
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  5. 8.0 |   Uncut

    He makes exultant use of his fellow musicians' capabilities to go out on a demented cultish high. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Swans’ Birthing isn’t so much music as a reaction against music—a disavowal of melody, pleasure, and your nervous system’s comfort threshold
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  7. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Assimilating any Swans album is a veritable challenge, always open to interpretation, and key points will inevitably be lost. But the touchstones are bliss
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