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Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Been listening to this pretty heavily since it came out because I kept meaning to review it and also because it's good! I think maybe not quite hitting the highs of God's Pee but also who know

The front half of this album caught me off guard as it starts a lot lighter than the title might suggest. The end of RAINDROPS CAST IN LEAD feels almost rowdy. The interlude of BROKEN SPIRES AT DEAD KAPITAL and then fuck you ominous drum of PALE SPECTATOR TAKES PHOTOGRAPHS is closer to what I expected (even if the drums feel slightly outside their normal sound to me).

I think it's also to say that that dirge is easily the strongest track on… More

happy to return to this band. maybe i was wrong in dissing that ep and ignoring the last two lps from them? will investigate...

my rational brain: man what do you expect me to do, interpret this shit? i mean i can tell from the titles that it's saying something about Palestine, but the music itself? i dunno if i'm up to the task

my monkey brain: ooh ooh ah ah sound make me have feeling