{"product_id":"birthing","title":"Birthing","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/browse\/albums-of-the-year-2025\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlbums of the Year 2025: #53\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSwans\u003c\/strong\u003e return with \u003cem\u003eBirthing\u003c\/em\u003e, the latest album developed over the course of a yearlong 2023–2024 tour. \u003cem\u003eBirthing\u003c\/em\u003e is released via Mute and Young God Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe initial pressings of the deluxe vinyl and CD include a bonus DVD featuring \u003cstrong\u003eSwans\u003c\/strong\u003e Live 2024 (Rope) The Beggar, a concert film by Marco Porsia documenting the band's most recent US tour. The DVD also includes \u003cem\u003eI Wonder If I’m Singing What You’re Thinking Me To Sing\u003c\/em\u003e, a documentary by Christopher Nicholson following \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Gira’s\u003c\/strong\u003e 2022 solo tour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRefined through relentless improvisation and live performance, as well as newly composed studio pieces, \u003cem\u003eBirthing\u003c\/em\u003e is a testament to \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Gira’s\u003c\/strong\u003e uncompromising sonic vision. Beginning as skeletal acoustic compositions, the songs were gradually expanded and transformed in the studio with longtime live members and collaborators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“This album, coupled with the recent live release, \u003cem\u003eLive Rope\u003c\/em\u003e, constitutes my final foray (as producer \/ impresario) into the all-consuming sound worlds that have been my obsession for years. We’ll do a final tour in this mode towards the end of 2025, then that’s it. After that, \u003cstrong\u003eSwans\u003c\/strong\u003e will continue, so long as I’m able, but in a significantly pared down form. Hints of that direction can be found in a few moments on the current album. In the meantime, my hope is that the music provides a positive and fertile atmosphere in which to dream.” – \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Gira\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ \u003cstrong\u003eSwans\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProduced by \u003cstrong\u003eGira\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBirthing\u003c\/em\u003e was recorded at Soundfabrik Berlin, mixed at Candy Bomber Studio by Ingo Krauss, and mastered by Doug Henderson at Micro-Moose.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mute","offers":[{"title":"2CD \/ DVD","offer_id":51324769304907,"sku":"R1446-2673","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"3LP \/ DVD","offer_id":51324769337675,"sku":"R1446-2674","price":54.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2CD","offer_id":55881744122187,"sku":"R1446-2767","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/SWANS_Birthing_44570c33-1700-4fd2-b1f6-fbddedd58616.jpg?v=1752286974","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/birthing","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}