Music / rock

The beggar


Reviews (3)


AllMusic

2023

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Paul Simpson (musikanmelder)

2023

"A definite improvement over leaving meaning., The Beggar is a riskier yet more successful effort that feels like a step in a more fulfilling direction".


The guardian

d. 23. June 2023

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Dave Simpson

d. 23. June 2023

"Written during lockdown, the band's 16th album is full of claustrophobic unease as Michael Gira contemplates life, mortality and the end of existence".


Glide magazine

d. 23. June 2023

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Shawn Donohue

d. 23. June 2023

"The experimental brainchild of Michael Gira, SWANS enters their forty-first year with a new double album, The Beggar. It is an expansive, confounding, migraine-inducing, sometimes rewarding, challenging album from the band as Gira grapples with mortality and existence itself on downtempo, creeping tracks that repeat and drone in various directions".