Blog: The Muse In Music

Concluding each successive Black Swan release, the listener could be forgiven for a slight tug of nostalgia. The story seems told in complete, both musically and thematically. The debut album Black Swan In 8 Movements delivers the eight promised movements, and, as Nayt Keane writes, we "become comfortable in the soothing darkness, and when it seems like eternity has arrived, Black Swan pulls the plug." Speaking of eternity, Black Swan III: Aeterna is rich with finality, from the requiems and the low-Kelvin freeze to the devastating, 23-minute suite. But this urge is [...]