Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress

http://cstrecords.com/cst111/

Release date: 31 March 2015
Running time: 40:23

1. Peasantry or ‘Light! Inside of Light!’

2. Lambs’ Breath
3. Asunder, Sweet
4. Piss Crowns Are Trebled

I missed the cinematic/orchestral nature in their last album, so I hope this is more of a return to the sound I loved of theirs last decade.

yes!!

this preview track sounds like a godspeed-ified track from earth's first album. i love it.

Yes, yes, yes!

  On 2/24/2015 at 5:31 PM, mcbpete said:

I missed the cinematic/orchestral nature in their last album, so I hope this is more of a return to the sound I loved of theirs last decade.

Completely agree with this. That album sounded good at first but I hardly listened to it since tbh.

"Light! Inside Of Light!" lol fuck off efrim

Sounds ok tho, can't wait to hear it proper. Won't this be the first brand new GY!BE material since Yanqui U.X.O. ? Since 'Allelujah! Don't Bend Ascend are tracks that were a decade old.

  On 2/24/2015 at 6:01 PM, triachus said:

"Light! Inside Of Light!" lol fuck off efrim

 

 

 

Sounds ok tho, can't wait to hear it proper. Won't this be the first brand new GY!BE material since Yanqui U.X.O. ? Since 'Allelujah! Don't Bend Ascend are tracks that were a decade old.

  On 2/24/2015 at 8:51 PM, QQQ said:

 

  On 2/24/2015 at 6:01 PM, triachus said:

"Light! Inside Of Light!" lol fuck off efrim

You picked out that name, not Piss Crowns Are Trebled?

 

yes

He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms

There Is A Light

All Lights Fucked On The Hairy Amp Drooling

Strung Like Lights At Thee Printemps Erable

Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything

So my first reaction to seeing "Light! Inside Of Light!" was "lol pls"

To be fair, I had a feeling there were more gybe/asmz titles with the word 'light' in them for some reason.

Now I'm imagining those titles with the word 'light' replaced by 'piss'. Not bad.

Facetiousness aside, can't wait!

I think their last album is one of their best; sounds like they actually meant it unlike on yanqui uxo, which was probably Albini's fault.

New stuff sounds massive.

Sort of worried Godspeed and Swans will sound indistinguishable in 5 years, and sort of ok with it happening too.

I don't think I listened to Allelujah more than three times. It wasn't a bad album by any means, it just seemed to lack the lasting appeal that's present in the rest of their work. Maybe I'll give it another listen at some point this week as it's been quite a while since I heard it last. Who knows, my tastes may have changed in its favour.

Still, I'm definitely excited for this new release. Not too much of a wait either which is always a good thing!

I loved Allelujah wayyyy more than I expected to. I think it's borderline classic status. Very excited to hear more new material, they're so consistent.

  On 2/24/2015 at 9:13 PM, baph said:

I think their last album is one of their best; sounds like they actually meant it unlike on yanqui uxo, which was probably Albini's fault.

 

New stuff sounds massive.

 

Sort of worried Godspeed and Swans will sound indistinguishable in 5 years, and sort of ok with it happening too.

signed

this sounds great! havent listened to their last LP but used to love their early stuff so much. keen to check it all out

Going to see them again next month so it will be cool to here new material or the stuff they did last year I didn't recognise.

I miss the electronics and field recordings. Kinda went off them after yanqui uxo.

This is the live track they did at the end of their last tour (BEHEMOTH!) but studio recorded :

^ holy shit that's incredible! any downloadable audio of that??

thanks for posting either way, never saw that

Ah yeah, I recognise that at the start. Cheers, will watch this later.

  On 2/26/2015 at 2:45 PM, jules said:

^ holy shit that's incredible! any downloadable audio of that??

 

thanks for posting either way, never saw that

Google "vimeo to mp3" and it'll download and convert.

did it yesterday thanks. I was hoping the whole show was recorded like this somewhere but I'll take what I can get.

Is Yanqui U.X.O hated among the godspeed fanbase? I bloody love it, might even be my favourite of theirs.

i love yanqui. dunno why it got all the negative reception on release.

It has one of the worse sound mix in the history of modern recording, especially if you compare it to Lift your Skinny fists.

I love Yanqui. But one thing I really really hate is that not one but TWO tracks start with Albini saying "We're rolling". That's not the first album he deliberately left that shit in. For some reason it really grinds my gears.

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