Swain

Negative Space Swain

On their new album, the former hardcore punks Swain take this premise to heart and transform the

uncompromisingly aggressive sound of their early days into an introverted frame of mind composed of

mysteriously prancing harmonies and varied timbres. The band does not perform this style change in

total negation of its past, but on the contrary creates a record that is clearly conditioned by its painful

prehistory....