SWANS – Soundtracks For The Blind (2022 Repress) – 4LP – Vinyl Box Set

4LP Black Vinyl Box Set

(Housed in a kraft board gatefold sleeve with poster. Includes high definition download code.)

Mute and Young God Records reissue Soundtracks For The Blind on vinyl, the final Swans album released in 1996 prior to their 2010 reformation. Led by Michael Gira, Swans formed in 1982 and produced a series of diverse albums before disbanding in 1997. During this time they made their mark and have since become an influential band for countless experimental and post-rock acts, and after much request from fans a limited edition box set version of Soundtracks For The Blind was released in 2018, which this reissue is reformatted from. Michael Gira explains that This album has everything in there all the ideas from Swans initial 15 years of work.

Soundtracks for the Blind keeps you in awe for throughout the entire album, never letting you get too far away from its infernal grasp Sputnik Music 4.5/5

Everything from raging electric music in extreme to the gentlest of acoustic strums can be found here, ultimately being a perfect encapsulation of Swans sound as much as any greatest-hits anthology could ever have been. AllMusic 4.5/5

Tracklisting:

A1. Red Velvet Corridor
A2. Helpless Child
B1. I Was A Prisoner In Your Skull
B2. Live Through Me
B3. Yum-Yab Killers
B4. The Beautiful Days
C1. Volcano
C2. Mellothumb
C3. All Lined Up
C4. Surrogate 2
D1. How They Suffer
D2. Animus
E1. Red Velvet Wound
E2. The Sound
E3. Her Mouth Is Filled With Honey
F1. Blood Section
F2. Hypogirl
F3. Minus Something
F4. Empathy
G1. I Love You This Much
G2. YRP
G3. Fans Lament
H1. Secret Friends
H2. The Final Sacrifice
H3. YRP 2
H4. Surrogate Drone