The cult group "Swans" will hold an unforgettable performance in St. John's Church

After more than 6 years, the legendary group "Swans" returns to Lithuania for a special and different performance. In 2017, having held a headline show at the "Legendos" club, this time "Swans" will gather lovers of special music for a meditative experience not anywhere, but at St. John's Church on October 28, Saturday, Vilnius. This is part of the concert tour that will present the band's latest album called "The Beggar", which will be released on June 23.
"Swans" was formed by Michael Gira in 1982. in New York. Originally known for their merciless, brutal, high-volume sonic attacks and extreme, dark lyrics and thunderous vocals, Swans have since gone through many transformations.

After the ominous Filth and Cop albums, the ensemble delved into the harshly mechanical Greed-era proto-industrial rock, before following up with the landmark double opus Children of God, a cross between atmospheric idyll and spiritual struggle. Finally, the final statement of that Swans era was the album Soundtracks For The Blind (1996), which combined the previous elements into a musical soundtrack for the soul lasting more than two hours.https://youtu.be/ImhS-3SMGDALater, a long break followed in the existence of "Swans" - M. Gira disbanded the group after 15 years of continuous recordings and tours. Over the next 13 years, he produced several critically acclaimed albums and performed extensively live with Angels Of Light. M. Gira also produced and released other musicians' albums on his label "Young God Records".
in 2010 "Swans" unexpectedly revived with the release of the studio album "My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky" - the work praised by critics marked not only the new beginning of the group, but also the beginning of their strongest creative period.
The triple album "The Seer" that followed was accompanied by another long world tour. Following extremely positive media attention and massive album sales, The Seer entered the Billboard Top 200. Swans' next effort, To Be Kind (another triple vinyl), debuted at number 36 on the Billboard Top 200 and number 5 on the Indie charts. in the sales list.https://youtu.be/-MU5QBT-KWQThe band sold out 47 shows on the following tour, including two nights in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Paris. "The Glowing Man" was the last studio work of this incarnation of "Swans", and in 2019 with the released 15th studio album "Leaving Meaning", M. Gira returned to work with session musicians, but with a completely different, softer and particularly meditative sound.
Swans' sixteenth studio album "The Beggar" will be released very soon - on June 23. Mute / Young God Records. The Beggar was recorded and mixed at Candy Bomber Studios, Berlin by engineer Ingo Krauss and mastered by Doug Henderson at Micro-Moose, Berlin. The album was created and produced by Michael Gira, new and former members of "Swans", "Angels of Light", as well as the electronic music magician who visited Lithuania - Ben Frost - worked on it.https://youtu.be/HgtGHp2kfPQ"After the many cancellations of the previous Swans album tour due to the pandemic, and the constant waiting, waiting, waiting, hanging on the edge of the abyss and the strange disorientation of this sudden but never-ending forced isolation, I decided it was time to write songs for a new Swans album, forgetting everything else. The works were born quite easily, and, at the same time, always with the suspicion that these could be my last works.” - says Michael Gira - "When I was finally able to travel with the songs to Berlin, work with my friends to record this record, the feeling was similar to the moment in the movie "The Wizard of Oz" when it goes from black and white to color. I'm feeling pretty optimistic now. My favorite color is pink. I hope you enjoy the album."The Beggar was worked on by:
Michael Gira - Vocals, acoustic guitar, composition. Gira recently published The Knot, a book of her short stories and words set to music. He lives in New Mexico.
Kristof Hahn - Lap steel, various guitars, vocals. Kristof joined the Swans in 1989. and was a major contributor to Angels of Light, and from 2010 to 2017 - a key member of the Swans. When he is not playing music, Kristof translates books. He lives in Berlin, Germany.
Larry Mullins - drums, mellotron, various keyboards, backing vocals. Larry is a percussionist in a symphony orchestra. He played with Iggy Pop in the 1990s and later with The Stooges. His current main occupation is playing drums for Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. Larry lives in Berlin, Germany.https://youtu.be/IES3Ox2TrHc