Azar Swan

AZAR SWAN 2018 tour

Honored to be mentioned on this list of amazing women!

“Zohra Atash, the thrilling vocalist of the duo Azar Swan, is the child of displaced Afghani intellectuals who settled in the suburbs of Washington D.C. Her musical diet of goth/industrial soundscapes, gauzy dark shoegaze and Middle Eastern melodies – along with heavy reflection on the political, the personal and the ethereal – creeps into the thick layers of Azar Swan’s midnight post-pop (her partner in the project is Joshua Strawn). The band’s new album, Savage Exile, is a harsher affair, burying Atash’s billowing vocals in non-linear layers of caustic noise and relentless percussion, helped along by industrial noise artist Kris “Alberich” Lapke, who has mixed records by Prurient, Cold Cave and York Factory Complaint. Vivian talks to Atash about the inspirations and process of making Savage Exile, and the pair listen to some of Atash’s most important records.”

Today is Zohra's birthday, so what a lovely gift to find Savage Exile on Post-Punk.com's top albums of the year list, as well as in their 'Best of WGT 2017' roundup. <3 <3 <3

"One of their strongest efforts to date, refracting the simmering mood music of their earlier into a more unnerving artistic extremism."

Any list where we sit alongside buds Couch Slut, Amenra, and Drab Majesty as well as idols Ulver and Godflesh is a list we're super psyched to have been included on. Bonus for the Witch Who Came From The Sea header artwork.

Interview with the Seventh Hex where we covered some details about our process, politics, and plans for the future.

I Die: You Die is easily one of the best online publications specializing in aggressive electronic and industrial music, so we're psyched that Savage Exile is #14 on their Top 25 of 2017 list

We went deep into our past and present with Ian from Invisible Oranges: carnage porn, Galakthorrö, Phil Collins, and more...

“Industrial rockers Azar Swan‘s (Zohra Atash and Joshua Strawn) third album, Savage Exile, was released on December 1, and, in celebration of the record, they let us know some records that have greatly impacted their lives.”

SAVAGE EXILE NOW ON SPOTIFY.

"Charged and queasy as it is, there’s something inspiring in how it nakedly it presents anger and despair, processing an increasingly hostile political and social atmosphere through music. It’s not an easy listen, but it is a stirring one, the best Azar Swan have offered yet. Recommended."

Thank you Elsewhere and everyone who trekked out to see us play. Photo by the amazing Jason Akira Somma.

The Village Voice says of our album and show tonight, "these songs seethe with the fury and alienation of living in a land that has rejected you. Their Elsewhere album-release party is sure to provide a dark catharsis."

You can listen to Savage Exile in its entirety, streaming now via @noiseymusic​ who say, "It’s claustrophobic, occasionally brutal, and completely relentless." Release show tomorrow night at Elsewhere!

"disquieting...steam-pressed, fang-baring" is a pretty excellent description of our latest preview track from the new album which you can now hear over at @self-titledmag​