Yellow Swans – Going Places (Type) 2010
Yellow Swans split up some time ago yet there have been a cascade of new release over the last couple of years. My geeky fandom for this band is well documented on this site. I love this band but I assure you that I can be objective. Going Places is the best thing they have ever done. In fact Yellow Swans were one of those bands that just got better and better with each new release. I love my noise and if you listen to those early Yellow Swans records, they certainly were a noise band but they slowly morphed into something which used toned down noise elements and instruments to create colour in what could have been standard drone. Going Places is extraordinary, a treat for noise and drone nerds everywhere. The most extraordinary track on an extraordinary record is Opt Out. This is drone and noise-ambience on an epic scale. Layer open layer of bubbling fuzz, drone and hiss provides a foundation for ethereal ambience and strings to float over a core of hostile noise which at times attempts to breakout but is never actually released. Maybe Yellow Swans have posthumously created a new genre of “post-noise”?
I’m calling it now – If this isn’t album of the year in December I’ll burn those old copies of The Wire in protest.
Ducks Battle Satan 
April 3, 2010 at 1:18 am
Excellent, I didn’t realise that there was still anything new on the way from Yellow Swans, I’ll look forward to getting it.
April 3, 2010 at 3:30 am
This album is easily the best I’ve heard of theirs. I figured that there weren’t going to be anymore albums by them, but this is a great send off.