"The
bottle-rocket guitars
and military drum work
are the obvous starting
points but it’s
the glitchy electronics
and moaning strings
that make the mood,
lending a soft shoulder
to the occasional Sonic
Youth-style meltdown"
-Details
"
'Metropolis’?
Try ‘Megalopolis’.
Or why don’t you
call it ‘The Entire
Fucking Galaxy on One
CD’? Swords put
the ‘awe’
into orchestra. Somehow
catchier, weirder, more
vast and more grounded
than the best of Broken
Social Scene’
"
-Westword
"On
‘Metropolis’
Swords bring in even
more guitar, vocals
and backbeat. The tinkering
electronics, gorgeous
textures and emotive
string arrangements
are still there—they
just follow the leader
(vocalist Corey Ficken)
and stand on a solid
framework this time"
-Willamette
Week
"
'Metropolis’
shows a much-matured
Swords—their
mega-layered beauties
given direction, confident
vocals and maybe (big
maybe) a chance at
radio. It just sounds
more realized"
-Portland
Mercury
"Swords
still dig moody, improvised
noise. On ‘Metropolis’
they just prefer it
with a bit more heart
this time around"
-Willamette
Week
"One
of the more minimally
graceful albums of
recent memory"
-Allmusic
Guide
"Swords
Project have forged
a gorgeous sound"
-
Boston Globe
"These
complex atmospherics
demand (and reward)
long hours with headphones"
-
Tokion
"The
Swords build a consistant
musical universe that
brings together thoughtful
beats and dreamy sheets
of guitars and synths"
-
TimeOut New York
"The
Swords blend rock,
classical and electronic
elements into a cohesive
whole"
-
The Oregonian
"A
lush, ambient soundscape
that will suck you
into a meditative
state"
-
BlackBook
"chamber
music for postrockers
where dreampop vocals
wander at will. strange
vibrations lie herein"
-
fred mills/magnet
"the
swords have forged
a gorgeous sound.
their well-ordered,
stately songs tend
to break into fierce,
electric-guitar frenzy"
-
the boston globe
"the
songs unfurl at a
deliberate pace but
you'll be rewarded.
the swords build a
musical universe that
brings together thoughtful
beats and dreamy sheets
of guitars and synths"
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