The second verse is missing: “Strapped to the chair, skin peeled back, turned inside out, shown the sickening fact”. And at the end of the third verse there’s: “Trading sounds that come up from the stomach and stick in the other one’s throat.” My favourite track on their 1st EP, the only one that is relatively similar to their later music. But it’s still very different. The 1st EP is pure No Wave, while Filth, released the following year, sounds like a completely different band. And that’s good, Swans invented something that absolutely nobody had ever done before. True avant-garde.
The second verse is missing: “Strapped to the chair, skin peeled back, turned inside out, shown the sickening fact”. And at the end of the third verse there’s: “Trading sounds that come up from the stomach and stick in the other one’s throat.” My favourite track on their 1st EP, the only one that is relatively similar to their later music. But it’s still very different. The 1st EP is pure No Wave, while Filth, released the following year, sounds like a completely different band. And that’s good, Swans invented something that absolutely nobody had ever done before. True avant-garde.