| Format: | LP |
| Label: | Young God / Mute |
| Catalogue Number: | STUMM376 |
Filth is the debut studio album by American experimental rock band Swans. Though it did not receive much contemporary attention, Filth has since been recognized as ahead of its time and significant to heavy genres of music.
Musically, the album is bleak, grinding, and deliberately repetitive, defined by two bassists persistently doubling over the same chord. The two drummers, Jonathan Kane and Roli Mosimann, play chaotically and angularly, occasionally mixing in percussion from metal straps striking tables, and the distorted guitar of Norman Westberg plays in a grating fashion. The vocals of Swans frontman Michael Gira are scathing and direct, covering topics of social decay, corruption, rape, and abuse of power.
Tracklist
Stay Here
Big Strong Boss
Blackout
Power For Power
Freak
Right Wrong
Thank You
Weakling
Gang