Young God

S W A N S - Young God (1984)

“Young God (also known as Raping A Slave) was originally released in 1984 as an untitled EP shortly after S W A N S' sophomore record of Cop. The New York group's abstract, abrasive and abhorrent style of Industrialized Noise Rock resumes in continuation on this twenty-four minute EP. Michael Gira's obsession towards the concepts of power and control are also revisited here once more. According to research, the opening track, "I Crawled", was inspired by several things including Wilhelm Reich's novel, The Mass Psychology Of Fascism, former U.S. president Ronald Reagan's presidency and the unfulfilling work history of Gira's early life (he has stated in past interviews that before he founded S W A N S, he worked in factories and construction doing back-breaking labor that never really amount” read more