Artist: Swans & Michael Gira
Title: The Great Annihilator / Drainland
Year Of Release: 2017
Label: Young God Records / Mute
Genre: Alternative Rock, Folk Rock, Post-Punk, No Wave
Quality: 320 / FLAC (tracks.cue.log)
Total Time: 2:01:25
Total Size: 276 / 721 Mb
Tracklist:
Disc 1: The Great Annihilator
01. In
02. I Am The Sun
03. She Lives!
04. Celebrity Lifestyle
05. Mother/Father
06. Blood Promise
07. Mind/Body/Light/Sound
08. My Buried Child
09. Warm
10. Alcohol The Seed
11. Killing For Company
12. Mother's Milk
13. Where Does A Body End?
14. Telepathy
15. The Great Annihilator
16. Out
17. I Am The Sun (Live At The Flesh Club)
Disc 2: Drainland
01. You See Through Me
02. Where Does Your Body Begin?
03. I See Them All Lined Up
04. Unreal
05. Fan Letter
06. Your Naked Body
07. Low Life Form
08. If You...
09. Why I Ate My Wife
10. Blind
The Great Annihilator, originally released in 1995 and described 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 (in the form of a download скачать code) and CD will feature Drainland, Michael Gira's debut solo album recorded at the same time as The Great Annihilator.
"I have long been uneasy with the sound of the mastered version of The Great Annihilator (and it's companion, contemporaneous solo album, Drainland, included here in this new release). For whatever reason things drifted out of hand at the time, and there was never enough time or money to untangle the sonic knots created by the original unsatisfactory mastering that took place until now. It was with the utmost alacrity that I received the news recently from my friend Bill Rieflin that he had discovered the original (after much digging), unmastered mixes for both albums in his archives. We were able to proceed now with lovingly mastering both Great Annihilator and Drainland from these virgin sources, with our right hand mastering man Doug Henderson in Berlin, Germany. I have to say I'm rather pleased with the result. It's one of those instances where it's like hearing the thing for the first time again. I hope you enjoy the experience.
- Drainland is a 1995 obscure solo album by me, co-produced by the lovely Bill Rieflin and myself, with musical contributions from Bill and Jarboe. Mostly featuring spare arrangements, it was recorded in Bill's living room. Some of this is pretty damn good. Some of it isn't! In all modesty, I think the good outweighs the bad. It was recorded immediately after the recording of GA. "
