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Birmingham in good gig shock!! Awesome. They were tremendous last night at the Koko.

http://www.facebook.com/events/431225656945381/?fref=ts

Arnolfini is such an amazing venue...remember seeing EARTH there and it blew my mind.

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/83962519/Mouth+to+Mouth+Festival+MouthtoMouth.jpg

i mean, i've read the post-gig thread, and i know what swans sound like, but i also know what koko sounds like, and can't imagine it working, like even if they bring in tons of extra pa shit the shape of the room is so fucked for acoustics (yeah lol @ "acoustics", ok) that i can't see it being anything other than very very muddy?

or have they cracked it? or was it so loud that it really didn't matter and you felt it rather than heard it anyway? (which i guess might count as cracking it...)

the fact it was in koko was the only thing that stopped me trying to buy a ticket. but i wanna see them next time...

You know, the safely alternative band that National/Animal Collective fans say they like to make themselves sound a bit 'edgy'. In reality, real alternative music fans laugh at Swans.

i'm not a fan of koko at all but from the floor about halfway back it sounded pretty good. wasn't quite as loud as i'd hoped but it wasn't totally fucked like i feared either.

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whoop!

enlighten us...

Looks pretty though doesn't it (convinced that's the reason so many bands play there)

you might try something along the lines of "if you like swans...you'll love yellow swans"...but no just go for the self-aggrandising dollar instead

except they aren't.

for the whole of this tour sadly. just did the 3 uk shows in 3 nights and it was an absolute joy.mouth to mouth looks like it could be a classic event - im guessing some polish neo-classical acts?

Akron Family are playing

Had to give away my Glasgow ticket but if I can make it to Mouth to Mouth that will more than make up for it.

:) that's enough to convince me.

Would prefer it if he branched out a bit tbh.

the original brief had been a retrospective on Swans, with Gira picking bands who had played with them over the last 30 years, and i guess sets showcasing earlier material. he point black refused (i guess obviously)

the manchester show. you can read about it if you like: http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2012/11/21/swans-sound-control-manchester-saturday-17th-november-2012/

thanks.
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Need to get there!

bugger.

Not surprising though, the Arnolfini is pretty damn small.

I think I'm coming to the Bristol one and I was excited to see the venue, now not so much. But still excited to see Bristol for the first time, and Swans. Obvs.

but still a shame, the arnolfini would have been sweet.