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Print Edition: September 10, 2014
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I’d never been to the Venue before. It seemed like an odd place, in paper, for Swans to play. I thought they’d surely play at a “seedier” place than a nightclub on Granville (I don’t mean that as derogatory; seedy venues are brilliant in their own right). The dark atmosphere inside, however, suited the sounds to come.
“This place makes me think of
The Social Network,” my friend says. I’ll leave you to interpret that I’ve never seen the movie.
I pointed out the clutter on stage: amps, a guitar, drums, and a singing saw. Behind all that is the pile of gear for Swans (towering above everything else is a gong, and next to it some dulcimers). A man and a woman take their places: the woman on stage right, looking serene as she watches the man on the left begin the procession, working over a tiny synthesizer.
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March 12, 2021
Human Impact, the New York based band featuring Jim Coleman (Cop Shoot Cop), Chris Spencer (Unsane), Chris Pravdica (Swans), and Phil Puleo (Cop Shoot Cops/Swan), has released an eight song EP, dubbed
EP01, via Ipecac Recordings.
A video for âRecognitionâ debuted this morning, with singer/guitar player Chris Spencer sharing the experience that sparked the song: âDo you ever feel like youâre being watched? The inspiration for âRecognitionâ came from a time when I was at the Hong Kong International Airport. The track focuses on the advent of global surveillance and loss of personal privacy via facial recognition programs and data tracking. As our world becomes more connected weâre forfeiting our right to a private existence.â