anyone interested in more oppressive writings of Gira's should track down his book The Consumer, which is a collection of old lyrics and prose. it really fucked me up when I was 16. last night...words could not explain. to put it in layman's terms, imagine being high at a Rusted Root concert while two guys take you on in a sun-baked port-o-john. pretty spectacular.

and while Jarboe's contributions to Swans were essential to the band's evolution, she is not part of this reunion. I think the point of the article is to revisit the grit of the first releases, which she did not appear on, in comparison to this new incarnation of the band. the new Swans material is an entirely different animal than Filth or Great Annihilator or any other proceeding album. close to just being another Angels Of Light record, but the underlying disgust that's been absent in Gira's work over the past decade comes back in a big way, and it shows through into the music as well as just his lyrics. good for him.