Songs for Empty Valleys and Lonely Skies

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra
Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything

Available 21 January 2014 on Constellation:
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Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra • "What We Loved Was Not Enough"

Godspeed You! Black Emperor
The Regency Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
March 5, 2022

SETLIST:

1. Hope Drone
2. Glacier
3. Bosses Hang
4. Gathering Storm
5. Cliff
6. BBF3

SOURCES:

Taper: YWRS, front row, stage right
Lineage: Zoom H4n + internal mics > WAV(16/44) > Audacity > FLAC (level 5)

Taper: Sumerian, front row, stage left
Lineage: Zoom H6 + XY mic capsule > WAV (24/48)

Mixed using REAPER 4.78 & stock plugins, T-Racks 5 Suite, Ozone 9 Elements, Audition 3.0

The Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA: March 5, 2022

Gathering Storm

A Little God In My Hands is the first track to be taken from Swans' forthcoming album 'To Be Kind' released on Mute on 12 May / 13 May on Young God Records (North America).

The album features several special guests: Little Annie, St. Vincent, Cold Specks and Bill Rieflin, the album was produced by Michael Gira, and recorded by John Congleton at Sonic Ranch, Texas. Further recordings and mixing were accomplished in Dallas, Texas. 

Swans are Michael Gira, Norman Westberg, Christoph Hahn, Phil Puleo, Thor Harris and Christopher Pravdica.

'To Be Kind' will be released on triple vinyl, double CD, download and 3 disc deluxe Edition (including a live DVD).

SWANS US / UK TOUR
14 May - Washington DC, Black Cat Mainstage
15 May - Philadelphia PA, Union Transfer
17 May - Boston MA, Royale Nightclub
18 May - New York NY, Bowery Ballroom
19 May - Brooklyn NY, Music Hall of Williamsburg 
22 May - Manchester UK, Academy 2
23 May - Newcastle UK, Hoults Yard
24 May - Glasgow UK, The Arches
25 May - Aberdeen UK, The Lemon Tree
27 May - London UK, Brixton Electric
28 May - Bristol UK, Trinity Community Arts
29 May - Reading UK, Sub89
31 May - Birmingham UK, Supersonic Festival - Custard Factory
1 June - Leeds UK, Cockpit
2 June - Brighton UK, Concorde 2

Tickets are on sale now, http://www.seetickets.com/go/swans. 
Support comes from Jenny Hval on all the May dates.

www.younggodrecords.com
www.facebook.com/SwansOfficial

Swans - A Little God In My Hands

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists, Like Antennas to Heaven

from the swans are dead tour 1997
Swans were:  MGira/Jarboe/Phil Puleo/Bill Bronson/Clint Steele

Swans 'I Am The Sun' live in Dresden 1997

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Title: Echoes of Titans
Vocal concept

Primary voice: soaring female (or high male) lyrical, emotional, pure tone
Secondary layer: low male “choir” / unison oohs for weight
Choir add-ons: wordless “ah / oh” for climaxes
Language: English, poetic, no clichés

Lyrics
0:00–1:00 • Intro / Lament (soft, intimate)

(solo, almost whispered, over piano/cello/pads)

In the quiet after thunder
when the battle songs are gone,
I can hear the hearts still burning,
calling me to carry on.

(soft “ahh” choir could swell in last line)

1:00–2:00 • Build / Awakening (more air, strings moving)

(lead voice a bit stronger)

I was only light in shadow,
I was only breath in stone,
but the echoes of the titans
keep reminding me: I’m not alone.

(backing: low male “ohhh” on the word “titans” and “not alone”)

2:00–3:00 • Main Theme / Anthemic Chorus (this is the emotional kill shot)

CHORUS

Rise, rise, from the embers of the fallen,
rise, rise, let the ancient fire guide us.
We were forged where the heavens meet the storm —
we are more, we are more than we were before.

(choir “ah-ah-ah” can sit behind “rise, rise,” to make it huge)

Repeat last line with lift:

We are more… we are more… than we were before.

3:00–3:30 • Climactic Bridge (this is where orchestra + choir explodes)

(call-and-response, cinematic, heroic)

LEAD:

Can you hear them calling?
CHOIR (worded):
We remember.
LEAD:
Spirits in the dawning —
CHOIR:
We remember.
LEAD (soaring):
Every broken sword, every silent lord,
every promise sworn —
ALL TOGETHER:
We remember.

Then a wordless section for Suno to texture:

“Ah — ah — ahhh…” (long, legato, open, heroic)

3:30–end • Resolution / Reprise (return to intimacy, but victorious)

In the quiet after thunder,
when the light returns once more,
I will sing for those who slumber —
we are more than we were before.

(close with choir “ohhh” fading)

Echoes of Titans

godspeed you black emperor – sleep

Red Velvet Corridor (Swans Cover)

To Be Kind

She Loves Us

Yanqui U.X.O.

Godspeed you! Black Emperor - 09-15-00 (Part One)

Godspeed you! Black Emperor - Rockets Fall On Rocket Falls

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Static

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1998-04-25 [SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Canada]

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Static

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