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The Angels of Light is tagged as: folk, singer-songwriter, freak folk, indie, folk noir

The Angels of Light is a musical entity formed in 1997 by singer Michael Gira after he disbanded Swans, the group he’d founded in 1982. The band has marked a distinctly different style for Gira since he left Swans, most noticeably being musically more melodic and less brutal than his previous efforts, though no less emotionally draining.
The Angels of Light include many New York City collaborators, including Dana Schechter of Bee and Flower, Kid Congo Powers of The Cramps, Larry Mullins aka Toby Dammit, Bliss Blood of The Moonlighters and Pain Teens, Thor Harris of Shearwater, and most recently the Brooklyn band Akron/Family.
Gira talks about the the Angels project :
I write the songs on acoustic guitar, then gather musicians and friends, and build up the orchestrations with them in the studio and in live performances. I guide the process, but solicit their creative contributions actively. Each recording contains the contributions of an ever-changing plethora of amazing musicians, whom I thank here heartily!
After many years (too many to comfortably contemplate!) of dwelling on “sonic overload” with Swans, I now concentrate on augmenting the songs I write with orchestrations that support the basic song, rather than the sound itself taking over.
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Top 10 The Angels of Light Songs
Untitled Love Song
Evangeline
Jennifer's Sorry
Song for Nico
My Suicide
My True Body
New City in the Future
New York Girls
Two Women
Mother Father
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Top 10 The Angels of Light Albums
How I Loved You
New Mother
We Are Him
Everything Is Good Here/Please Come Home
Everything Is Good Here / Please Come Home
The Angels of Light Sing 'Other People'
We Were Alive!
Sing Other People
Everything Is Good Here
Everything Is Good Here Please
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