Yellow Swans discography

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Yellow Swans discography
Compilation albums3
EPs15
Singles7
Full45

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. [1] 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. [2]

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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, [3] as well as by Weird Forest [4] 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. [5] [6]

Full albums

TitleRelease yearReleased as...Released under a label (Y/N)LabelCollab/Split (Y/N)Recorded LiveFormatCollab/Split Artist
EPX2002Yellow SwansNo-NoNoCD-R-
PDX TRPDX2002Yellow SwansNo-NoNoCD-R-
Portland Tropics2002Yellow SwansNo-NoNoCD-R-
Free Detained Yellow Swans2002Yellow SwansYes Jyrk NoNoCD-R-
Manik Tiks2002Disk Yellow SwansYesJyrkNoNoCD-R-
Live at Kimo's2002Yellow SwansNo-NoYesCD-R-
Gnrl Motor Skills/PA Swans2002Yellow SwansNo-NoYesCD-R-
Dark Yellow Swans2003Dark Yellow SwansYes Folding Cassettes NoNoC20 Cassette-
Detestifi Yellow Swans2003Detestifi Yellow SwansYesJyrkNoNoCD-R-
Dosed Yellow Swans2003Dosed Yellow SwansYes Since 1972 NoNoC30 Cassette-
Duh Yellow Swans2003Duh Yellow SwansYesJyrkNoNoCD-R-
Against Sleep and Nightmare2003Dyad Yellow SwansYesJyrkNoNoCD-R-
Deep Yellow Swans2003Deep Yellow SwansYesJyrkNoYesCD-R-
Get The US Out Of A2004Dusk Yellow SwansYesJyrkNoNoC30 Cassette-
Bring the Neon War Home2004Yellow SwansYes Narnack NoNoCD-
Noggin/Yellow Swans2004Yellow SwansYes Exploder YesNoC45 CassetteNoggin
Drill Yellow Swans2004Drill Yellow SwansYes SNSE NoYesCD-R-
Drift Yellow Swans2005Drift Yellow SwansYes Root Strata NoNoVinyl-
Psychic Secession2005Yellow SwansYesNumerical ThiefNoNoCD-
MLK Day2005D. Yellow SwansYesJyrkYesNoCD-RAxolotl; Gerritt
Copper/Silver2005Yellow SwansYesJyrkYesNoCD-R Grey Daturas
Dreamed Yellow Swans2005Dreamed Yellow SwansYes PACrec NoYesCD-
War2005Demonic Yellow SwansYes Hung Like A Horse?! NoYesCD-R-
Live at Sound & Fury2005Yellow SwansYes Sound & Fury NoYesCD-R-
Yellow Swans & Birchville Cat Motel2006Yellow SwansYes Important YesNoCD Bitchville Cat Motel
Live During War Crimes2006Dove Yellow SwansYes Release the Bats NoYesCD-
Live During War Crimes #22006Dove Yellow SwansYesRelease the BatsNoYesCD-
Psychedelic Used Car Lot Blues2006Yellow SwansYes Memoirs Of An Aesthete YesYesCD-R Ashtray Navigations
Axolotl/Yellow Swans2006Yellow SwansYesJyrkYesYesCD-RAxolotl
They Do Not Always Remember2006Yellow SwansYes Oedipus YesYesCDMoth Drakula
Drowner Yellow Swans2007Drowner Yellow SwansYes Tape Room NoNoC62 Cassette-
At All Ends2007Yellow SwansYes Load NoNoCD-
Deterioration Yellow Swans2007Deterioration Yellow SwansNo-NoNoC60 Cassette-
Yellow Swans & Burning Star Core2007Yellow SwansYes Blossoming Noise YesYesVinyl Burning Star Core
Conan Island2008Yellow SwansYes Weird Forest YesNoVinylMouthus
Ex-Cocaine / Yellow Swans2008Yellow SwansYes Not Not Fun YesNoVinylEx-Cocaine
Live On Conan Island2008Yellow SwansYes No-Fi YesYesVinylMouthus
Public Space2009Yellow SwansYes En/Of NoNoVinyl-
Mort Aux Vaches2009Yellow SwansYes Mort Aux Vaches NoNoCD-
Portable Dunes2009Yellow SwansYes Helicopter YesNoCD John Wiese
Live During War Crimes #32009Dove Yellow SwansYesRelease the BatsNoYesCD-
Going Places 2010Yellow SwansYes Type NoNoCD-
Split2011Yellow SwansYes Black Horizons YesNoVinylOakeater
Live Tarcento May 18 20072012Yellow SwansYes Hybrida NoYesCD-R-
Two Sides of California-Yellow SwansYes RRRecords YesNoVinyl Amps for Christ

Extended plays

TitleRelease yearReleased as...Released under label (Y/N)LabelCollab/Split (Y/N)Recorded LiveTypeCollab/Split Artist
Ded Yellow Swans2002Ded Yellow SwansYesJyrkNoNoCD-R-
Live in the Men's & Women's Restroom2003Die Yellow SwansYes Deathbomb Arc YesNoCD-RGang Wizard
Psychedelic Casualties2003Die Yellow SwansYesJyrkYesNoVinylJohn Wiese
Live in the Police State Capitol2004Demos Yellow SwansYesWeird ForestNoYesVinyl-
Humming Latice Flowers2004Yellow SwansYesJyrkYesNoCD-RThe Skaters
Live at Camp Blood2005Yellow SwansYes Troniks YesYesCDThe Cherry Point
Drowning Yellow Swans2005Drowning Yellow SwansYes Carbon YesNoCD-RJim Altieri
Australian Tour EP2005Yellow SwansYes Heathen Skulls YesNoCD-RGrey Daturas
Damaged Yellow Swans2005Damaged Yellow SwansYes 23 Productions NoNoC20 Cassette-
Declawed Yellow Swans2005Declawed Yellow SwansYes Tone Filth NoNoC20 Cassette-
Doorendoorslechte Yellow Swans2005DoorendoorslechteYes Ultra Eczema NoNoCD-
Drowned Yellow Swans2005Drowned Yellow SwansYes Chondritic Sound NoNoCD-R-
Yeh Yellow Swans2005Yeh Yellow SwansYesJyrkNoNoCD-R-
Damned Yellow Swans2006Damned Yellow SwansYes Fuck It Tapes NoNoC20 Cassette-
Descension Yellow Swans2007Descension Yellow SwansYes Acuarela NoYesCD-

Compilation albums

TitleRelease yearReleased as...Released under label (Y/N)LabelCollab/Split (Y/N)Recorded LiveTypeCollab/Split Artist
Live During War Crimes2006Dove Yellow SwansYesRelease the BatsNoYesCD-
Global Clone2006Doubled Yellow SwansYesPACrecNoNoCD-
Being There2020Yellow SwansYesYellow Swans ArchiveNoNoVinyl-

Singles

TitleRelease yearReleased as...Released under label (Y/N)LabelCollab/Split (Y/N)Recorded LiveTypeCollab/Split Artist
Decapitation Yellow Swans2003Decapitation Yellow SwansYes Das Fort NoNoVinyl-
Basement Ghost / Castle EVP2004Dynasty Yellow SwansYesHelicopterYesNoVinylJohn Wiese
Draught Yellow Swans2005Draught Yellow SwansYesDeathbomb ArcNoNoVinyl-
Split2006Yellow SwansYes Modern Radio YesNoVinylDevillock
Warmth / Yellow Swans2007Yellow SwansYes DNT YesNoVinylWarmth
Tremor Deliverance2007Yellow SwansYes Arbor YesNoVinylRobedoor
Split2007Yellow SwansYesNot Not FunYesNoVinylThe Goslings

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