'Filth', American experimental band Swan's debut album & 2nd release ever, was originally released in 1983 & revolutionised industrial and heavy music. Don't believe us? Listen to the critics:
'A brutally exhaustive work swimming in a thematic pool of audacious abjection' - Clash Magazine
'No wave with five years of practice, too messy for mysticism and too funny for suicide' - The Village Voice
Filth is recognized as being ahead of its time and significant to heavy genres of music.
Musically, the album is bleak, grinding, and deliberately repetitive, defined by two bassists persistently doubling over the same chord. The two drummers, Jonathan Kane and Roli Mosimann, play chaotically and angularly, occasionally mixing in percussion from metal straps striking tables, and the distorted guitar of Norman Westberg plays in a grating fashion. The vocals of Swans frontman Michael Gira are scathing and direct, covering topics of social decay, corruption, rape, and abuse of power.
This Remastered vinyl edition of 'Filth' has 2 reproduction live posters & an MP3 download.
Black vinyl pressing
Tracklisting
Side A:
1. Stay Here
2. Big Strong Boss
3. Blackout
4. Power For Power
Side B:
1. Freak
2. Right Wrong
3. Thank You
4. Weakling
5. Gang
