SWANS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM: THE GLOWING MAN

Swans have announced details of a new album, The Glowing Man, out on Mute via [PIAS] on 17 June 2016. Listen to an excerpt of The Glowing Man, taken from the album, HERE.

The Glowing Man will be available on double CD and deluxe triple gatefold vinyl, with a poster and digital download. In addition, there will be a double CD/DVD format, which features a Swans live performance from 2015. 

The Glowing Man, announced as the last album release of Swans’ current incarnation, will be followed by an extensive tour. The tour will unfold with dates beginning in North America in the summer, before returning to Europe in the autumn. Announced tour dates below, with more to follow.

Swans, led by Michael Gira, formed in 1982 and, after disbanding in 1997, returned with the critically acclaimed albums My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky (2010), 2012’s The Seer and 2014’s To Be Kind.

THE GLOWING MAN TRACKLISTING

1. Cloud of Forgetting

2. Cloud of Unknowing

3. The World Looks Red / The World Looks Black

4. People Like Us

5. Frankie M.

6. When Will I Return?

7. The Glowing Man

8. Finally, Peace.