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in both sound and scope

with the band—joined by Pixie Cut Rhythm Orchestra’s Sarah Deegan on bass—decamping to Dublin’s Ailfionn Studio where they took advantage of the space and studio equipment to bring more nuance to their sound

new UK Tour dates for May 2025

Rancid has remained fiercely independent

Swans - LIVE ROPE glitterbeat " he told the NMEOriginally released in November 2024 as a physical only, limited edition physical boxset, Swans Live Rope is now being made on CD at retail. A document of the bands US EU 2023 24 live tours, this material laid the blueprint for the bands most recent studio album, Birthing, released May 2025. Spanning almost 3 hours of trance inducing melodies that morph into dense walls of sound, the album is anchored by Giras unmistakable vocals and crafted with