The Angels of Light

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All Angels of Light albums have been released on Michael Gira's label Young God Records.

Discography

* "New Mother" (Young God Records, 1999)
* "How I Loved You" (Young God Records, 2001)
* "We Were Alive!" (Young God Records, 2002)
* "Everything Is Good Here/Please Come Home" (Young God Records, 2003)
* "Sing "Other People"" (Young God Records, 2005)
* "Akron/Family & Angels of Light" (Young God Records, 2005) - split album with Akron/Family.
* "We Are Him" (Young God Records, 2007)

Trivia

*Before the band was formed, Gira intended to call his post-Swans acoustic/song-based project The Pleasure Seekers. This name was discarded because there had been a group with the same name in the 1960s. The first two live performances of what would become The Angels of Light (the Tonic/Bowery Ballroom benefit shows) were billed as "Michael Gira with guests".

References

External links

* [http://www.younggodrecords.com Young God Records official site]
* [http://www.silbermedia.com/qrd/archives/mgira16.html Michael Gira interview (september 1999) for QRD]
* [http://www.silbermedia.com/qrd/archives/21mgira.html Michael Gira interview (november 2001) for QRD]
* [http://www.silbermedia.com/qrd/archives/25mgira.html Michael Gira interview (october 2003) for QRD]