Astral Swans - Astral Swans (2021) Hi-Res

Astral Swans is back with the self-titled record ‘Astral Swans’. Swan makes songs almost exclusively internally, walking alone in different cities around the world (before covid) and walking in the same city over and over again (because of covid). According to Swan's explanation, "The melody is written in my head when I'm taking a long walk alone, like an ecstatic download from space, like a flower spontaneously born from an ID. Sometimes the lyrics appear with the melody, and sometimes they are consciously refined after the fact, "Swan said.

'Astral Swans' writes songs on the themes of loneliness, weakness, absurdity, and whims, all spoken of with dark, comical empathy and helpless worries. In 2015, Swan signed with her Madic Records, an imprint of Arts & Crafts led by artist her Dan Mangan, designed to release Swan's debut album'All My Favorite Singers Are Willie Nelson'. .. 2018'Strange Prison'(co-produced by his Scott Munro of Preoccupations)

This self-titled record has been described as "the most upbeat, catchy and quick-acting album of Swan's albums to date." Each song is like an absurd short story full of Swan's bitter observations of the sad beauty of the mundane moments. A variety of songs are included, from the affirmation of joy in fear composed in the streets of Shimokitazawa, “Dust in A mindless Universe” to the confusing and uncertain ballad “Spiral” against the backdrop of early isolation. increase. She also has a duet with Julie Doiron on Cat Power's classic "Cross Bones Style" and the song "Bird Songs" sung by birds in anxiety and sadness at the Vondelpark in Amsterdam. At the end of the album, “Awake For a While,” is like cross-examinating someone trying to summarize what happened over the days.