Swans FILTH

Swans: M. Gira (bass, vocals, tapes); Norman Westberg, Bob Pezzola (guitar); Daniel Galli-Duani (saxophone); Harry Crosby (bass); Roli Mosimann, Jonathan Kane (drums, percussion).Recorded at Baby Monster Studios and Sorcerer Sound, New York; Minot Sound Studios, White Plains, New York.Includes the Swans' first LP (1983) and first EP (1982).With only Gira and Kane carrying over from the first EP's lineup, the truly bizarre thing about Swans' first full release is that, in its own angry-beyond-all-anger way, you can actually dance to it at very brief points. Admittedly, spasmodic jerking-around might be the more expected response (and given that Gira physically attacked an audience member at a show around the time of this album's release for "getting into it too much," may be the safer one). But the point remains that the overwhelming angst and death on songs like "Big Strong Boss," with lyrics like "Cut my throat, kill me snake, do what I say, you're the boss, " sometimes gets married c