Swans – Where Does A Body End (2019)

Swans – Where Does A Body End: Directed by Marco Porsia. With Devendra Banhart, Blixa Bargeld, Jehnny Beth, Michael Gira. The worldview of Michael Gira, through his life as a globetrotter and his four decades leading Swans, a group that he founded in the noisy and iconoclastic New York underground of the early ’80s and that keeps reinventing itself today.

“This is a wonderful document of the band Swans, particularly for fans of the band. Unfortunately, with the source material available, it could have been so much more, which is slightly disappointing. The band have a magnificent story, one of overcoming failure after failure, not to mention constantly reinventing themselves even while staying true to the elements of their sound that made them unique in the first place. I think the biggest problem here lies in the filmu0026#39;s editing: snippets of songs play for an annoyingly short time in between interviews, Michael Girau0026#39;s childhood is strangely only explored after talking about the bandu0026#39;s first few albums, and the part that documents the bandu0026#39;s reunion and newfound success drags on without touching on individual albums or really exploring what is was that lead to them finally finding this success. These are minor complaints but they do detract from the experience, especially as I think there was a lot of potential here to attract new fans to the band, which Iu0026#39;m not sure this will. Regardless, if like me you are a fan of the group, you should absolutely love this. And I do want to congratulate Marco Porsia on getting this made in the first place, as itu0026#39;s clear this was a true labour of love. A great watch for any Swans fan!”