Swans "Newly Sentient Being (Live)" COLOR:4xLP w/ DVD the record tells the story

the record tells the story of two hapless characters — embodiments of James and Roddick— on a journey to build a kinder world amid the ruins of a broken one

including previously unreleased material such as "Lucky (Jason's First Draft)" and the vault - The limited-edition package features an 8-page booklet with rare photos

the depths of which would have been impossible to predict when much of it was being written over the course of the last few years

and late-night contemplations

Swans "Newly Sentient Being (Live)" COLOR:4xLP w/ DVD the record tells the storySwans bow out from the Big Sound era with a live document that feels like both farewell and peak statement. Capturing the final concert of this phase, it brings together fifteen years of cosmic sonic expressionism at its most heavenly, debased, visceral and transcendent. Across more than two and a half hours of music, this set includes a wealth of new material never recorded elsewhere, plus a DVD of the performance. It stands proudly alongside Swans