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

[Zantera]

Do people count Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada as an official album? I thought it was an EP or something.

It's an EP but the quality of it makes it noteworthy to include in rankings imo.

[Mladen]

So, any comments on the new album?

I thought it was the best one since Allelujah. There are plenty of grand orchestral themes, it gets speedy for their standards in some bits. The closing piece was actually soothing. I only wish they still incorporated creepy samples like they did with the early stuff, but still, it's very enjoyable.

[IDontNotDoThings]

I absolutely loved the album. The songs develop in really interesting yet cathartic ways. The shorter songs do a much better job at building the album's atmosphere than the ones on ADBA. I find it incredibly immersive, which helps the flow a lot. Mostly though, the reason I like it so much is that I find it so much more emotional than any of the other post-hiatus material. Especially in the First Of The Last Glaciers & Ashes To Sea movements, I was on the edge of my seat & feeling every note deep in my soul, struck with awe, despair, longing, & hope - something which I adore from the band's early material. I don't know if the album surpasses LYSF or Yanqui for me, but I'll be damned if it's not in that same tier.

tl;dr: I liked it

[Dave_Manchester]

I thought a week ago when it dropped that it's the best of their post-hiatus albums, and I still think that. I'm listening to it again now in fact. It has an emotional core that I don't feel the last 2 had, and the 2 shorter pieces elevate it slightly above ADBA (great though that album is).

[NoseofNicko]

Still waiting for my CD to arrive even though I pre-ordered it on the day it was announced.

Listened to it once and really liked it but I’m waiting to have my CD to listen to it more.

[SoundscapeMN]

Godspeed You! Black Emperor Announce 2022 World Tour
The band will head across North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom behind G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!

Godspeed You! Black Emperor:

01-12 Diksmuide, Belgium - 4 AD
01-13 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
01-14 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
01-15 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
01-16 London, England - Electric Ballroom
01-17 London, England - Electric Ballroom
01-19 Bristol, England - SWX
01-20 Coventry, England - Empire
01-21 Glasgow, Scotland - The Barrowland
01-22 Manchester, England - University Academy I
01-24 Rennes, France - Le MeM
01-25 Paris, France - Elysee Montmartre
01-26 Clermont Ferrand, France - La Cooperative de Mai
01-27 Nancy, France - L’Autre Canal
01-28 Bern, Switzerland - Dachstock Reitschule
01-31 Karlsruhe, Germany - Substage
02-01 Cologne, Germany - Kantine
02-02 Berlin, Germany - Festsaal
02-04 St. Petersburg, Russia - Aurora
02-05 Moscow, Russia - Club 1930
02-25 Denver, CO - Gothic Theater
02-26 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theatre
02-27 Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolf
03-01 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
03-02 San Diego, CA - The Music Box
03-03 Los Angeles, CA - The Belasco
03-04 Berkeley, CA - The UC Theatre
03-05 San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom
03-06 Petaluma, CA - Phoenix Theater
03-08 Seattle, WA - Showbox Market
03-09 Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre
03-10 Victoria, British Columbia - Capital Ballroom
03-11 Vancouver, British Columbia - Vogue Theatre
03-12 Kelowna, British Columbia - Kelowna Community Theatre
03-14 Calgary, Alberta - Palace Theatre
03-15 Edmonton, Alberta - Union Hall
03-17 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Park Theatre
03-18 Minneapolis, MN - First Ave
03-19 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
03-20 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
04-15 Woodstock, NY - Levon Helm Studios
04-16 Northampton, MA - Academy of Music
04-18 Fairfield, CT - The Warehouse
04-19 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
04-21 New York, NY - Webster Hall
04-22 Jersey City, NJ - White Eagle Hall
04-23 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
04-24 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
04-25 Richmond, VA - The National
04-26 Carborro, NC - Cat's Cradle
04-28 Orlando, FL - The Beacham
04-30 Pelham, TN - The Caverns
05-03 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
05-04 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
05-05 Toronto, Ontario - The Phoenix Concert Theatre
05-07 Ottawa, Ontario - Bronson Centre

March 18th, First Avenue.

I did get to see them finally in February 2016 also at First Avenue. They played in my hometown again I want to say in 2019, but I skipped it.

And the new album is quite good, despite the stupid title (although hardly odd for them I suppose).

I wish they were playing at a Theater though, but whether I go or not is going depend on how things are next March with low COVID numbers and safety. I would anticipate wearing a mask at least the initially at any indoor event, but by March of next year the spread may be low enough not to worry (plus many of us could be getting a 2nd and/or Annual vaccination by then per I just got my 1st shot last month, my 2nd is coming up next Friday the 16th).

[Buddyhunter1]

04-19 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club

Hmm, I wanna go to this, but I'm wary about buying any more concert tickets until I know they'll actually happen. I have like five for 2020 shows that got cancelled or rescheduled to this year (and who knows if they'll even happen this time).

I think the new album's okay, I've only listened to it twice though. I find the sound of it to be a bit ugly... their post-reunion stuff seems to focus more on a big wall of sound with everyone in the band playing at once, which I feel didn't happen much on their first couple albums.

I'm still exploring their discography but I doubt anything will come close to Lift Your Skinny Fists for me at this point.

[Sacul]

I'm still exploring their discography but I doubt anything will come close to Lift Your Skinny Fists for me at this point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8--B__FCGCQ

[Buddyhunter1]

I'm still exploring their discography but I doubt anything will come close to Lift Your Skinny Fists for me at this point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8--B__FCGCQ

me except with Chart #3 or “they don’t sleep anymore on the beach...”

[twosuitsluke]

As an extremely new fan to GY!BE, I am still working my way through multiple listens of their discography. As they have a new album out, it's the album I've listened to most so far.

I've gotta say that the final 4 minutes of Cliffs Gaze / cliffs’ gaze at empty waters’ rise / ASHES TO SEA or NEARER TO THEE is currently my favourite piece of music by the band. It's great, and to finish the album off with OUR SIDE HAS TO WIN (for D.H.) is just beautiful 

[NoseofNicko]

Really loving the new album now. Definitely better than the previous 2 though I think Asunder is massively underrated.