Yellow Swans discography
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The discography of Portland, Oregon-based experimental music band Yellow Swans consists of 45 albums, 15 EPs, 3 compilation albums, and 7 singles, as well as appearing on various artist releases. Of the 70 releases by the band, 25 are either in collaboration with other artists or splits. Many of the band's albums have been released under variations of their name, including Dove Yellow Swans, Descension Yellow Swans, Detestifi Yellow Swans, Deterioration Yellow Swans, and Dreamed Yellow Swans, et cetera.
19 of Yellow Swans' releases are recorded-live albums, notably the 3 part Live During War Crimes series published by the label Release the Bats. Their music has been released mainly through their own label, Collective Jyrk, as well as by Weird Forest and LOAD, among others. Additionally, several records were archived by the Yellow Swans Archive in 2020 and 2021, three of them, Going Places (2010), Being There (2010) and Drowner (2007) having had vinyl reissues as well as digital downloadable copies.
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