Released in 1987, their 5th album- a double record- represents a dramatic, experimental change in sound from earlier Swans releases, moving away from the brutality of previous work to explore acoustic instruments and more conventional song structures.
This Remastered vinyl edition has an MP3 download of the "Feel Good Now" live recording compiled on their 1987 European tour.
"Children of God, one of the band's strongest releases, established Gira as an Old Testament tyrant obsessed with the nature of love, human frailty, and the midnight beauty of black orchids. Much of Swans' earliest work on Filth and Young God found the band fixating on single beats in a brutally sweeping, industrial cacophony, in many ways the realization of the theories of the Futurists. Later, with the addition of Jarboe, Gira brought more varied sounds into the mix, melding hooks and spatial variation to the unwavering rhythms. Children of God stands as a solid example of this transition: the maniacally heavy drone of the album's opener, "New Mind" gives way to the fragility of Jarboe's "In My Garden". This is one of a dozen wonderful juxtapositions here; in its expansiveness, Children of God brings to mind disparate touchstones: Joy Division's factory-worker melancholy, more elaborately atmospheric Black Metal bands like Emperor who deal in swirling beauty and intensity, Big Black for pure aggression, and old-time softness of traditional folk." - Pitchfork
Black vinyl pressing
Tracklisting
Side A:
1. New Mind
2. In My Garden
3. Our Love Lies
Side B:
1. Sex, God, Sex
2. Blood And Honey
3. Like A Drug (Sha La La La)
Side C:
1. You're Not Real, Girl
2. Beautiful Child
3. Blackmail
4. Trust Me
Side D:
1. Real Love
2. Blind Love
3. Children Of God
