Reunited post-punk rockers Swans have announced that their new album will include appearances by Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker (of Low), as well as Karen O (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs). All this per Pitchfork – more details after the jump.
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The new album is reportedly a long one, with a running time of around two hours and individual tracks lasting as long as thirty minutes. It’s set to be released as a double CD and triple vinyl LP.
Meanwhile, Swans frontman Michael Gira is touring on his own to support his recent solo compilation, The Milk of M. Gira: Collected Solo Home Recordings 2001-2010.
Michael Gira solo tour dates:
3/15 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall *
3/16 Los Angeles, CA – Echo *
3/22 Seattle, WA – Triple Door *
3/23 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios *
3/24 Denver, CO – Oriental Theater #
4/04 Dublin, Ireland – Button Factory
4/05 Belfast, Ireland – Black Box
4/06 Glasgow, Scotland – St Andrew’s Church in the Square
4/07 London, England – Cafe Otto
4/09 Paris, France – Le Point Ephémère
4/10 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso Upstairs
4/11 Kortrijk, Belgium – De Kreun
4/12 Tilburg, Netherlands – Roadburn Festival
4/14 Copenhagen, Denmark – Loppen
4/15 Aalborg, Denmark – Studenterhuset
4/17 Oslo, Norway – John Dee Club inside Rockafeller
4/18 Stravanger, Norway – Cementen
4/19 Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser Slussen
4/21 Helsinki, Finland – Korjaamo Culture Factory
4/22 Berlin, Germany – Roter Saloon inside Volksbuhne
4/23 Vienna, Austria – Chelsea Club
4/25 Lausanne, Switzerland – Le Bourg
4/26 Düdingen, Switzerland – Café Bad Bonn
4/27 Ravenna, Italy – Bronson Club
4/28 Florence, Italy – Sala Vanni
4/29 Rome, Italy – Chiesa evangelica metodista
5/01 Zurich, Switzerland – Exil
5/03 Sofia, Bulgaria – Mixtape 5
5/04 Istanbul, Turkey – Garaj Istanbul
6/02 Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound
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