Godspeed You! Black Emperor (merged) v. New album!

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

I could not possibly rank them definitively, but F#A# is my favourite.

[Xanthul]

Slow Riot
Lift your skinny fists
F#A%
Yanqui

Gotta listen to the new one, hopefully tomorrow I'll have an hour to set aside specifically to listen to it.

[Heretic]

F#A#infinity
Slow Riot
Skinny Fists
' Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Yanqui

[Zantera]

Yanqui haters can go home, the album is awesome. Fuck the haters.

[The King in Crimson]

Indeed.

Loves me some Yanqui.

[Heretic]

Fuck the haters.

Well...if you say so

But seriously, I'm not a hater of the album. All Godspeed is awesome, but I actively like everything else they've put out more than it.

[Zantera]

Does that really say anything about Yanqui though? I mean, F#A#Infinity and Lift Your Skinny Fists have pretty much reached classic/cult-status. Slow Riot is considered to be pretty much the same. No band can put out album after album that will be considered so important for it's musical style, Yanqui may not be one of the best albums of this decade, but it's still a really good album.

[Heretic]

I think it was a bit of a change for them in sound and style, nothing drastic though. It lacks the feeling that all of their other work gives me though-- that feeling of apocalypse and despair and destruction, yet ultimately hope. It's still really good post-rock though, and I agree that everything they put out after F#A#infinity has to measure up to it (and LYSF, but F#A# was just an out of nowhere masterpiece), so yeah. The fanbase is divided about Yanqui usually; some love it, some hate it, some just think it's a good album. I'm the third option.

[Zantera]

Yeah, it's easily the album that seems to divide fans the most. I don't know if I would say I love it, but it's certainly a great album. Not quite as good as the previous three releases, but it shouldn't be considered a "flop" or something like that, as a standalone album I think it's fantastic. It's only if you start looking at the whole puzzle and compare it to previous albums that you can find more flaws.

[crazyaga]

Is it just me or...
The 2nd part of We Drift Like Worried Fire is really similar to the 2nd part of Sleep?>?!@#?@!?#!@?#!@?#12

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

Yeah I did get that feel.

[Jaq]

Back to the earlier talk about Yanqui: I really like it by itself, but when you compare it to the rest of their body of work (especially F#A#, which has worked its way into a very high position on my all time favorite albums list very quickly), that's when it starts lacking. And actually, I like the new one better than Yanqui. Its crime, so to speak, is being merely a good album in a discography of HOLY SHIT worthy moments.

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

I could call the new one better then Yanqui. But... RFORF. Such a hard decision.

[crazyaga]

Godspeed now has 4 albums that are rated 4.5 at sputnikmusic
I think they are the only ones to ever achieve this.

https://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Godspeed-You%21-Black-Emperor/913/

[Zantera]

Just got the album (Vinyl and CD) with the mail, together with a little note saying "Thanks Jimmy!", those kind of things always cheers me up.
For some reason my first reaction was "I'm getting this already?!" but soon realized that we're much further into October than I first thought, time flies by. 

[Jirpo]

Yanqui is amazing, I think its better than F#A# and possibly Slow Riot too.

[Elite]

I saw the new album on vinyl in my local record store today, but it was rather pricey (30 euros). Should I get it?

[crazyaga]

I saw the new album on vinyl in my local record store today, but it was rather pricey (30 euros). Should I get it?

I would say check internet prices first

[Elite]

Not exactly the answer I was hoping for. I was more or less asking if the album was worth getting

[crazyaga]

Not exactly the answer I was hoping for. I was more or less asking if the album was worth getting

I'm sure everyone here will say its worth it, and I suspect you allready knew it

[Zantera]

The album is totally worth getting on vinyl. The artwork is fantastic as always when it comes to GYBE.
Overall I feel like GYBE is a band that does very well on vinyl. They feel like a Vinyl-band IMO, their music is really enhanced in several ways when spinning it on vinyl compared to CD or mp3.

[seasonsinthesky]

The album is totally worth getting on vinyl. The artwork is fantastic as always when it comes to GYBE.
Overall I feel like GYBE is a band that does very well on vinyl. They feel like a Vinyl-band IMO, their music is really enhanced in several ways when spinning it on vinyl compared to CD or mp3.

not to mention they usually include bonuses - the final side of Yanqui UXO runs the full length because of an extra few minutes added to "motherfucker=redeemer pt. 2" and the hidden track afterward. not to mention the vinyl version of f♯a♯∞ is completely different in content (be it alternate takes or wholly different music) than the CD!

[Zantera]

I agree, though I have mixed feelings towards the F#A#Infinity-vinyl. It kinda makes me sad that it isn't the full album (because a lot of good stuff was cut), but packaging-wise it's brilliant, and I love the way it keeps playing endlessly.

[Elite]

I also saw vinyl editions of Lift Yr. Skinny Fists... and F#A#Infinity. I'm planning of getting at least one of them soon, so I can make use of my turntable (so far my vinyl collection is a bit lacking). Which one should I get first, since they are different from the CD versions?

[crazyaga]

If I remember correctly, the vinyl version of F#A# infinity was made before the CD version of it, and its also what helped them getting signed on a record company.
The vinyl version of F#A# infinity is really diffrent from the CD version.... its way shorter, diffrent order, and The Sad Mafioso section sounds totally diffrent at the vinyl version

[Scorpion]

I also saw vinyl editions of Lift Yr. Skinny Fists... and F#A#Infinity. I'm planning of getting at least one of them soon, so I can make use of my turntable (so far my vinyl collection is a bit lacking). Which one should I get first, since they are different from the CD versions?

F#A#Infinity has, as far as I know, the really cool effect that it never ends, but keeps on repeating the final part of Providence, IIRC. I always thought that was pretty cool.

[Elite]

How can it keep repeating a single part?

[Scorpion]

How can it keep repeating a single part?

The groove on the record doesn't spiral inward anymore at a certain point, but forms a circle, thus it plays in an endless loop.

[Elite]

But then that single loop will only last a couple of seconds right?

[Scorpion]

Yeah, it's only a few seconds, but I'd wager that it's done in a way that it doesn't sound bad - in fact, the way that I know GY!BE I'm pretty sure that it's pretty awesome.

I've never heard it, only heard about it.

[Elite]

Can someone confirm this?

I'm leaning towards buying this, since it's my favourite GY!BE album, but I could just as easily go with Skinny Fists if it's radically different from the CD version and just get F# on CD.

[glaurung]

But then that single loop will only last a couple of seconds right?

No, the groove at the end just stops moving inward. the needle has nowhere to go but keep following that same loop endlessly.

[Elite]

But then that single loop will only last a couple of seconds right?

No, the groove at the end just stops moving inward. the needle has nowhere to go but keep following that same loop endlessly.

Yes, I understand, but the loop itself (that plays continuously) is only a couple of seconds long, right?
That's what I meant

[Zantera]

Yeah the last "tone" or what you want to call it is a few seconds long and keeps playing. The first time I heard the album on vinyl I was like "I've heard this for like 5 minutes" and realized the album was over.

I'd buy LYSF before F#A#Infinity on vinyl though, but both are awesome.

[kári]

Going to see them in a few minutes