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Descension Yellow Swans

by Descension Yellow Swans

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Descent A 11:52
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Descent B 17:21

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Descension was our second disc for the Spanish indie label Acruela (also released as a gorgeous vinyl edition on the always killer Three Lobed Recordings), which makes this EP sort of companion to Drift. In some ways it attempts to capture that record’s languid floating feeling, though these mostly guitar based improvisations are less floating than treading water in churning waves of feedback, tape and distortion. I assume that this probably isn't most people’s idea of “mellow” or “uplifting”, but I think this was ours.

Acruela was a strange fit for Yellow Swans, though we were friends with many of the US folks who put out EPs on their label like Xiu Xiu, Tarentel and Tara Jane O'neil. There was a straightforward business reason for putting out these EPs - they helped support tours in Western Europe that might not have happened otherwise. Though it was common to play Barcelona or Madrid, most bands didn’t “tour” Spain in the mid 2000s; we did 3 weeks of shows in Spain and Portugal on our first European tour. We criss-crossed the country to play art museums, empty bars, hip clubs and a HMV in the middle of a giant indoor shopping mall... an insane tangle of 5-8 hour drives orchestrated by Acruela’s notorious label head.

Honestly, those tours were some of the best. The Spanish artists we played with (El Hijo, Za!, the Secret Society) became friends, as did other promoters and hosts. Our promoter in Barcelona took us out to a tapas bar when we first arrived and handed us a fifth of whiskey: “This is Sunn(0)))’s whiskey. They asked for a case. They're only two guys! You guys didn’t ask for anything.” Later that night we all got ridiculously drunk, ate a rare cheese that came from a local cave, wandered the streets utterly lost, and at the end of the night we were gifted more of Sunn(0)))’s rider - a fresh bag of brand new black socks.

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released April 20, 2007

GMS
Pete Swanson

Recorded live Fall 2006
Artwork by William Sabiston
Mastered by Patrick Kelm

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Yellow Swans Portland, Oregon

From their 2001 founding to the duo’s final shows (and subsequent hiatus) in 2008, Gabriel Mindel Saloman and Pete Swanson aka Yellow Swans carved an influential path through America’s experimental music underground, at the axis of noise, psychedelia, industrial, drone, and hardcore. Their music is restless, ragged, and forever in flux, untethered and unresolved. ... more

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