SWANS have announced a remastered reissue of their ninth studio album, The Great Annihilator2/22/2017 It's out on April 28 by means of Young God Records/Mute. It will be released on two fold vinyl and as a 2xCD set with a friend CD highlighting Michael Gira's performance make a big appearance, Drainland. The Great Annihilator was remastered by Doug Henderson after Bill Rieflin as of late found DATs and tapes containing unmastered blends from the first sessions. In an official statement, Gira depicts the disclosure as a revelation of great sonic effect.” The Great Annihilator, initially released in 1995 and portrayed at the time as "… “…a majestic symphony of haunting melodies and shifting moods” [SF Bay Guardian], will be released on double vinyl – the album’s first release on vinyl for decades – and as a 2CD set. Both the vinyl (as a download code) and CD will highlight Drainland, Michael Gira's presentation solo album recorded in the meantime as The Great Annihilator. The album was totally remastered by Doug Henderson, however simply after Bill Rieflin (“honorary Swan forever”) as of late found DATs and tapes containing unmastered blends from the sessions. Michael Gira portrays the disclosure as “a revelation of great sonic effect”. Discussing the recording, Gira said “I lived in a tent in a mosquito infested studio right next to Cabrini Green in Chicago for what (?) something like 3 months, rarely leaving. Band members and Jarboe and Bill Rieflin etc came and went, and somehow we crafted this thing into what it became.” The Great Annihilator line up elements: Michael Gira, Jarboe, Bill Rieflin, Algis Kizys, Norman Westberg, Clinton Steele and Ted Parsons. Swans come back to Europe one month from now with dates beginning in Greece before coming back to the UK on 18 May with a show at Glasgow's Oran Mor. The visit proceeds through the UK finishing with their last London execution in the band's present incarnation, at London's Roundhouse with exceptionally uncommon visitor Thurston Moore on 27 May, and in Manchester the next night for Transformer celebration on a bill that incorporates The Fall, Royal Trux's first UK appear in more than 15 years, This Is Not This Heat, Sex Swing, Little Annie and Loop. European tour dates for 2017 March 3 March – GR Athens, Gagarin 205 4 March – GR Thessaloniki, Block 33 6 March – FI Helsinki, Tavastia 8 March – NO Oslo, Rockefeller * 9 March – SE Stockholm, Kraken Sthlm* 10 March – NO Trondheim, Byscenen* 11 March – DK Copenhagen, Grey Hall* 12 March – DK Aarhus, VoxHall* 14 March – CZ Brno, Fleda Club* 15 March – SK Kosice, Taba Ka Kulturfabrik* 17 March – LT Vilnius, Legendos Klubas* 19 March – UA Kiev, Sentrum* 22 March – RO Cluj-Napoca, FORM Space Club* 23 March – RO Bucharest, Control Club* 24 March – MK Skopje, MKC* 25 March – RS Belgrade, Dom Omladine* 27 March – HR Rijeka, Pogon Kulture* 28 March – CH Zürich, Rote Fabrik Ziegel oh Lac* 29 March – DE Dortmund, FZW* 30 March – BE Ghent, Kompass Klub* 31 March – NL Amsterdam, Paradiso Music Hall* April 1 April – NL The Hague Rewire Festival May 16 May – TR Istanbul, Zorlu Performing Arts Center 18 May – UK Glasgow, Oran Mor* 19 May – UK Aberdeen, The Lemon Tree* 20 May – UK Leeds, Stylus – Leeds University Union* 21 May – UK Sheffield – The Plug* 24 May – UK Birmingham – The Asylum* 26 May – UK Bristol – Trinity Community Arts* 27 May – UK London, Roundhouse* – http://bit.ly/2enJyG1 28 May – UK Manchester, Victoria Warehouse* – http://bit.ly/2dSv18R 30 May – RU St Petersburg – Kosmonavt* June 1 June – RU Moscow – Red Club* 2 June – ES Barcelona – Primavera Sound Festival 4 June – FR Biarritz, Atabal* 6 June – FR Angoulême, La Nef* 7 June – FR Rouen, Le 106* 9 June – PT Porto – NOS Primavera Sound Festival Aug 2 Aug – IT Milan, Magnolia Club Outside Summer stage 18 Aug – US Las Vegas, Psycho Festival 20 Aug – US Las Vegas, Psycho Festival
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