If you know the iconic band, you know that Swans They don't play to please – they test the audience's limits. With Michael Gira at the helm as a manic conductor, they catapult their fans into a universe of piercing noise and icy silence. It's brutal, hypnotic and impossible to ignore.

In November, the frontier-seeking Swans are back in VEGA. This time with new material. And the upcoming album Birthing looks set to be another sonic hammer from the noise rock legends. The first taste of the album has been served through the 19-minute long and piercingly intense single “I Am a Tower”, which teases a record filled with industrial sound slaps and all-encompassing unrest.

The concert will be a unique experience in more ways than one. For Birthing and the upcoming tour will be the last “Big Sound” shake-up from Micheal Gira, who says in a press release that the tour will be the end of his work with “the immersive sound worlds that have been my obsession for years”.

The last time the legends thundered through Store VEGA, the reviewers were enthusiastic to say the least. Gaffa gave their 2023 concert five stars and wrote:

“The group delivered a great experience, which can be attributed to Michaels Gira's abilities as a bandleader and whip, as well as Swans' unapproachable and violent sound universe. It's serious, hard, brutal, ugly and strange. And we love it!”

Swans are pioneers in their field. Since 1982, they have released a long series of studio albums with deep, dark roots in the industrial, noise and post-rock scenes. Birthing will be their 17th album release.

When Swans kicks off their crazy tour on November 17th, the destination is unknown and the journey is grueling. Exactly as fans of the band expect, and exactly with the kind of artistic noise rock format that only Swans and Michael Gira can deliver.

Violinist and composer Jessica Moss has been a vital force in contemporary experimental music since 2001. She has released four acclaimed albums under her own name on Montreal’s flagship independent label Constellation Records, with a fifth currently in production. In addition to her solo albums, Moss has developed a unique and inventive approach to building soundscapes, treating instrumentation and vocalization as interconnected threads that weave together into tapestries of sound; from minimalist melodies to space-filling layers of sound.

A concert experience is like an intimate performance ritual, imbued with compassionate intentions that resonate deeply with both artist and audience.