Swans

Swans announce details of a UK and US tour in May and June 2014, following the release of the new album 'To Be Kind' on Mute on 12 May / 13 May on Young God Records (North America).

Swans are Michael Gira, Norman Westberg, Christoph Hahn, Phil Puleo, Thor Harris and Christopher Pravdica and these are the first UK dates since last year's Mouth to Mouth festival, curated by Gira and the Green Man festival.

Swans infamous and powerful live show was described by Guardian as "a magnificent achievement", by Clash as"perfectly orchestrated carnage" and by The Quietus as "a revelation" and it was on this recent 2012/2013 tour, Gira explains, that "a good portion of the material for this album was developed live".

'To Be Kind' will feature several special guests: Little Annie, St. Vincent, labelmate Cold Specks and Bill Rieflin. The album was produced by Michael Gira, and recorded by John Congleton at Sonic Ranch, Texas. Further recordings and mixing were accomplished in Dallas, Texas.

Tickets for this show are priced at £22.50 and are available at 9am Friday 14th February from the following links:

TICKET ABC (https://rockfeedback.ticketabc.com/events/swans/)

SEE TICKETS (http://www.seetickets.com/go/swans)