the Duchess of Canadian Flannel flew south in December 1996 to record an album of ballads about postpartum depression
Scenes you never knew you needed but which were invented right here
which launched the new sub-genre we now know as “Hi-NRG New Age” and had its creator casually glancing over his shoulder for the rumored mobs of outraged Skyfax
encased in crystalline ice
Did they ask Matthias Schuster how to combine this with the psychedelic electronica of the Berlin School like he did on Atemlos
SWANS - Live Rope 2xCD Drone the Duchess of Canadian FlannelRecorded Live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (2024) and Den Haag, Netherlands (2023). Originally released as part of the 2024 LIVE ROPE fundraising campaign, the release is now being made available digitally and on CD in perpetuity. With soul lacerating commitment and relentless pursuit of our own truth through sound we Swans Schechter, Gira, Hahn, Mullins, Puleo, and Pravdica managed over the course of a year of rehearsing and improvisation and revision