“It’s a Hieronymous Bosch painting come to life…”
‘To Be Kind’ is not easy or pleasant; it will probably repel and confuse as much as it inspires. It’s a Hieronymous Bosch painting come to life, impossible to tear your eyes away from despite the grotesque atrocities it depicts. Because in the modern world, where The Human Centipede and Anal Cunt are a part, however small, of popular culture, this album still has the ability to shock and scare. It’s an insane and challenging, ambitious and exceptional work of art.
“A disturbing, cacophonous onslaught from the veteran experimentalists”, says NME while giving 9/10 to Swans’ To Be Kind.