Swans - The Seer (2012) {2CD Young God Records YG45}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 744 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 283 Mb
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© 2012 Young God Records | YG45
Rock / Post Rock / Experimental Rock / Art Rock
Michael Gira claims that Swans' The Seer took 30 years to make: "it's the culmination of every previous Swans album as well as any other music I've ever made, been involved in or imagined." This is not hyperbole. Two years after My Father Will Lead Me Up to a Rope to the Sky, The Seer is the most sprawling, ambitious, thoughtfully conceived and tightly performed recording in the band's catalog – also not hyperbole – over two discs, two hours, and 11 tracks. And it is not an endurance test, but an argument for compulsive listening. It's an exquisitely wrought journey through post-rock, electronic soundscapes, haunting acoustic songs, punishing noise, and (lots of) percussion.
While the extremes of Filth are rare here, their roots are clearly present, as is everything else, from Cop to White Light from the Mouth of Infinity to Soundtracks for the Blind to Angels of Light. The previous musical incarnations of Swans have been honed to sharpened points, carving new musical and sonic terrain from rock into an intensely focused whole. "Lunacy" opens it with tight, seamless repetition and builds to shattering crescendo as a prolonged introduction, before chanted vocals (Alan and Mimi from Low guest) enter. They eventually give way to open-ended, restrained instrumental explorations, creating a suite-like construction in just over six minutes. The 32-minute title cut uses every tool in the Swans arsenal like a hammer, from nearly maddening repetition and clattering dissonance to nuanced space; dynamics to multivalent, layered electronic textures. Its coda, the six-minute "The Seer Returns," features tribal, shuffling floor toms and bass drums. Former member Jarboe appears on the 19-minute "Piece of the Sky." After a long intro that includes field recordings and industrial noise, her hovering voice is multitracked in a wide-open, blissed-out drone before thundering post-rock and experimental drones eventually find Gira (with Jarboe backing) singing what may be the story of their partnership. Karen O from Yeah Yeah Yeahs, sings "Song for a Warrior," a gorgeous number that commences as a country waltz before opening onto a shimmering, nearly opulent instrumental terrain before gradually stripping its way back to even starker sonic folk terrain. It's Gira speaking through that feminine voice, offering his own statement of purpose and accepting its cost. Set closer, the 23-minute "Apostate," is Swans at their most punishing. Given its length, it takes its time getting there, but when the chaos and world-shaking begin, the band leans full-on into the abyss to deliver a nearly frightening conclusion; Gira employs the full range of his powerful voice in the heart of the maelstrom before a stampede of drums pushes the track out onto other side of oblivion. The Seer is unquestionably a work of ecstatic beauty; it encompasses everything because it is everything. It references the aesthetic developed by Swans, and moves it past current musical boundaries and onto a new sonic frontier, where they stand, as they have always stood, alone.
tracklist:
CD1
01 - Lunacy
02 - Mother of the World
03 - The Wolf
04 - The Seer
05 - The Seer Returns
06 - 93 Ave. B Blues
07 - The Daughter Brings the Water
CD2
01 - Song for a Warrior
02 - Avatar
03 - A Piece of the Sky
04 - The Apostate
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EAC extraction logfile from 21. December 2012, 18:31
Swans / The Seer (Disc 1)
Used drive : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-S202J Adapter: 2 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
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Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
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Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
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Gap handling : Appended to previous track
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Track 2
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Track 3
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Track 4
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Track 5
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Track 6
Filename E:\Musica\Swans\Swans - The Seer (2012) [FLAC]\Disc 1of2\06 - 93 Ave. B Blues.wav
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Track 7
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EAC extraction logfile from 21. December 2012, 18:31
Swans / The Seer (Disc 1)
Used drive : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-S202J Adapter: 2 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 896 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "ALBUM ARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "COMMENT=EAC Secure Mode, Test & Copy, AccurateRip, FLAC -8" %source%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 6:08.74 | 0 | 27673
2 | 6:08.74 | 9:57.19 | 27674 | 72467
3 | 16:06.18 | 1:35.20 | 72468 | 79612
4 | 17:41.38 | 32:14.07 | 79613 | 224669
5 | 49:55.45 | 6:17.45 | 224670 | 252989
6 | 56:13.15 | 5:21.43 | 252990 | 277107
7 | 61:34.58 | 2:40.45 | 277108 | 289152
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Track 2
Filename E:\Musica\Swans\Swans - The Seer (2012) [FLAC]\Disc 1of2\02 - Mother of the World.wav
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Track 3
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Track 4
Filename E:\Musica\Swans\Swans - The Seer (2012) [FLAC]\Disc 1of2\04 - The Seer.wav
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Track 5
Filename E:\Musica\Swans\Swans - The Seer (2012) [FLAC]\Disc 1of2\05 - The Seer Returns.wav
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Track 6
Filename E:\Musica\Swans\Swans - The Seer (2012) [FLAC]\Disc 1of2\06 - 93 Ave. B Blues.wav
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Track 7
Filename E:\Musica\Swans\Swans - The Seer (2012) [FLAC]\Disc 1of2\07 - The Daughter Brings the Water.wav
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==== Log checksum 1F5B09D2437A4064AC77A91B62F831AB4F7490D514F350F11667A8078CACE008 ====
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 21. December 2012, 18:57
Swans / The Seer (Disc 2)
Used drive : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-S202J Adapter: 2 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 896 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "ALBUM ARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "COMMENT=EAC Secure Mode, Test & Copy, AccurateRip, FLAC -8" %source%
TOC of the extracted CD
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2 | 3:58.12 | 8:51.58 | 17862 | 57744
3 | 12:49.70 | 19:10.07 | 57745 | 144001
4 | 32:00.02 | 23:01.18 | 144002 | 247594
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Track 2
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Track 3
Filename E:\Musica\Swans\Swans - The Seer (2012) [FLAC]\Disc 2of2\03 - A Piece of the Sky.wav
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Track 4
Filename E:\Musica\Swans\Swans - The Seer (2012) [FLAC]\Disc 2of2\04 - The Apostate.wav
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==== Log checksum 1FF1768F60B73F21E9E51342D1B52DB6459B4270698DC9BF76FA554FB4717D9E ====
EAC extraction logfile from 21. December 2012, 18:57
Swans / The Seer (Disc 2)
Used drive : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-S202J Adapter: 2 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 896 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "ALBUM ARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "COMMENT=EAC Secure Mode, Test & Copy, AccurateRip, FLAC -8" %source%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 3:58.12 | 0 | 17861
2 | 3:58.12 | 8:51.58 | 17862 | 57744
3 | 12:49.70 | 19:10.07 | 57745 | 144001
4 | 32:00.02 | 23:01.18 | 144002 | 247594
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Track 2
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Track 3
Filename E:\Musica\Swans\Swans - The Seer (2012) [FLAC]\Disc 2of2\03 - A Piece of the Sky.wav
Peak level 98.6 %
Extraction speed 6.7 X
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Track 4
Filename E:\Musica\Swans\Swans - The Seer (2012) [FLAC]\Disc 2of2\04 - The Apostate.wav
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