Bleep

Sprawling, apocalyptic compositions clocking in at nearly two hours (and across three LPs) from the heavy-stuff stalwarts. According to frontman Michael Gira, ‘Seer’ took a whole 30 years to make since it is ‘the culmination of every previous Swans album’. Equal parts experience and album—kinetic, bold, and demanding, not to mention standard water-cooler fodder for the hipster contingent.