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Yellow Swans

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One of the very few artists which I've had the joy to discover live before ever even hearing anything on record. I had been hearing of D Yellow Swans for a few years before the show that got me hooked. Similarly to Caroliner who would always add a different suffix to the band name with each new release, the prefix "D" could be any word staring with that letter - although they would later shorten it down to just Yellow Swans.

I had a feeling I would enjoy their music, so I deliberatly tried to avoid listening to them at first to avoid killing my wallet, but when I found out they were going to play in Montreal with already favorite (and fellow Portlander) Grouper, I knew I couldn't escape anymore and there was just no way I would miss this show without a fight. I managed to have a friendly chat with one half of the duo and decided to get one of their recordings on that night (having previously destroyed my budget by purchasing two rare items by La Monte Young that same week). I was there to see Grouper that night, but th Yellow Swans really blew me away. It was incredibly loud, moody and out of this world. Imagine yourselves Wolf Eyes in a much more psychedelic atmosphere, immersed in drone and possessed by celestial beings (you could also compare their sound to that of psych-drone freaks Double Leopards. It felt like my third eye being pried open through sound. I'm still relatively new to their discography, but there's no avoiding it anymore... there's a lot more to come in my collection! Better get my budget ready!

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Album Cover Drill
Label: SNSE
Release: 2004
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: SNSE051

Song list:

  1. Untitled (14:11)
  2. Untitled (2:11)
  3. Untitled (5:36)
  4. Untitled (14:38)


Album Cover Psychic Secession
Label: Load Records
Release: 2005
Format: CD
Cat. no: LOAD090

Song list:

  1. True Union (20:02)
  2. Psychic Secession (7:23)
  3. I Woke Up (10:39)
  4. Velocity Of The Yolk (11:37)


Album Cover Axolotl & Yellow Swans
Label: Jyrk
Release: 2006
Format: CD-R
Cat. no: None

Song list:

  1. Untitled (13:04)
  2. Untitled (3:19)
  3. Untitled (1:55)
  4. Untitled (26:51)


Album Cover Global Clone
Label: Troniks/Pacrec/Jyrk
Release: 2006
Format: CD
Cat. no: PACREC123

Song list:

  1. Untitled (9:55)
  2. Untitled (22:28)
  3. Untitled (9:59)
  4. Untitled (5:55)
  5. Untitled (5:56)


Album Cover They Do Not Always Remember
Label: Oedipus Records/Obsolete Vernacular
Release: 2006
Format: CD
Cat. no: OED006/OBV001

Song list:

  1. Untitled (11:30)
  2. Untitled (4:37)
  3. Untitled (4:49)


Album Cover Damned
Label: Fuck It Tapes
Release: 2006
Format: CS
Cat. no: FIT027

Song list:

  1. Side One (10:09)
  2. Side Two (8:50)


Album Cover Live During War Crimes #2
Label: Release The Bats
Release: 2006
Format: CD
Cat. no: RTB#16

Song list:

  1. Untitled (7:47)
  2. Untitled (8:34)
  3. Untitled (6:23)
  4. Untitled (8:40)
  5. Untitled (10:50)


Album Cover At All Ends
Label: Load Records
Release: 2007
Format: CD
Cat. no: LOAD 096

Song list:

  1. At All Ends (11:23)
  2. Stretch The Sands (8:59)
  3. Our Oases (4:14)
  4. Mass Mirage (8:59)
  5. Endlessly Making An End Of Things (9:40)