Yellow Swans
Formed in 2001 in Portland, Oregon, Yellow Swans played a constantly evolving mass of psychedelic noise that is both physically arresting and psychically liberating. Their music is powerful rendering of free rock, black electronics, and white light vibrations. Consisting of Pete Swanson (vocals, drum machine, and electronics) and Gabriel Mindel Saloman (guitars, feedback, electronics), Yellow Swans created a dense ocean of sound using various analog and digital machines, all locked in a spira...
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Als je dan toch je zwanenzang inzet, laat hem dan groots zijn. Een bewust en gepland afscheid hoeft weliswaar niet met de grote trom aangekondigd te worden, maar behoort evenmin als een dief in de ... Read more
Det er altid interessant, når en udgivelse fra et af musikkens outrerede randområder iscenesættes som et projekt med genretranscenderende kvaliteter og crossover-potentiale. Ikke crossover som i ma... Read more
As the last testament from the format-catholic PDX noise duo, the fittingly titled Going Places crystallizes the tension that made for Yellow Swans' sporadic genius and, one assumes, their unraveli... Read more
Nearly two years after they announced plans to breakup, the members of pioneering American noise duo Yellow Swans have released their final record. The deep irony of the record's title, Going Place... Read more
Depending on your disposition, you might be tempted to read the title of Yellow Swans' final album Going Places as either a bitter joke or an optimistic embrace of the future. The suggestion that t... Read more
When a band breaks up, it's tempting to hear their final record through the filter of hindsight-- to imagine they subconsciously knew their future was finite and planted hints in the music. But wha... Read more
If you want to know the right place to start with Going Places, Portland-via-Oakland-via-Portland duo Yellow Swans final album, trudging through the duos hundreds of homespun CD-Rs from 2003-05 w... Read more
Het duo Yellow Swans maakte het vorige decennium furore als een hectische liveband. Hun Europese debuut op het fantastische Dramaramafestival in Hasselt in 2005 staat dan ook nog steeds op het netv... Read more
Tag me a noise dilettante if you want, but I will never enjoy racket for racket’s sake. Which isn’t to say I’m adverse to confrontational music in general, I just need something extra—a melody, an ... Read more
For such a prolific band, some of Yellow Swans' music can be hard to find. Deterioration was originally sold as a cassette on tour, and even if these five tracks are not the now-defunct band's best... Read more
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