Une importante page va se tourner pour la formation Noise Rock emblématique Swans. Son taulier depuis 1982, Michael Gira, a annoncé sur Facebook que Swans entrera en studios en septembre prochain pour enregistrer un ultime album dans sa version/iteration” actuelle du groupe. Comme pour son prédécesseur To Be Kind, ces nouvelles sessions studio seront financées par un album live, intitulé The Gate, à paraître prochainement. Une ultime tournée sera également au programme.


Ci-dessous le message posté par Michael Gira dans son intégralité:

« Just got home comatose after finishing up the final leg of our 14 month tour for Swans To Be Kind album. We have come to your town, though it’s doubtful we have partied down. It has been a privilege to be inside the sound that on some nights seems to create itself of its own accord, and it’s gratifying that many of you have conveyed to us that it’s been a positive experience for you too… Next step: Sept 1 we commence a new Swans album. This will be the final Swans album (and subsequent tour) for this version / iteration of Swans. Not really sure what the next step will be after that, but that’s perhaps a good thing… We’ll be making a live album/fundraiser (called The Gate) soon, in order to raise the necessary – somewhat daunting – capital for the studio album, which is bound to be an insatiable beast… more soon, Thanks and Love! – Michael Gira