Godspeed You! Black Emperor - LIFT YOUR SKINNY FISTS LIKE ANTENNAS TO HEAVEN Vinyl Record
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - LIFT YOUR SKINNY FISTS LIKE ANTENNAS TO HEAVEN Vinyl Record
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After two years of constant touring and near-unanimous critical acclaim, Godspeed You! Black Emperor assembled a collection of new recordings that charted the creative evolution of the band as well as its literal physical movement on the road, criss-crossing North America and Europe.
Five expansive full-band compositions are framed by various field recordings, tape manipulations and ensemble pieces in a return to the narrative sonic collage techniques that marked their 1997 debut (F#A#). Four seamless sides of vinyl unfold a world of aching sadness and beauty, with musical quotes ranging from heartland americana to mitteleuropa folkways, all distilled through the unique sonic filters of Godspeed’s pedal-crazy orchestral rock instrumentation.
Harrowing guitars, plaintive strings, pulsing basses and explosive drums combine with glockenspiels, horns and tape drones to form an overwhelming palette of sounds, always driven by fierce melodic momentum and intense emotional resonance. GYBE continued to paint on an impossibly large canvas, with an uncanny blend of world-weariness and naive exuberance that spoke volumes about the conflicts and contradictions permeating our political and cultural life. The tension between humility and hubris conjured an epic scope and a raw hope that such sweeping gestures might survive with some semblance of substance.
"A continually shifting collage of sound replete with haunting strings, edgy percussion and eerie, often apocalyptic-sounding samples...Words just aren't enough for this band." - The Independent
LP1
1. Storm
2. Static
LP2
1. Sleep
2. Like Antennas To Heaven
Harrowing guitars, plaintive strings, pulsing basses and explosive drums combine with glockenspiels, horns and tape drones to form an overwhelming palette of sounds, always driven by fierce melodic momentum and intense emotional resonance. GYBE continued to paint on an impossibly large canvas, with an uncanny blend of world-weariness and naive exuberance that spoke volumes about the conflicts and contradictions permeating our political and cultural life. The tension between humility and hubris conjured an epic scope and a raw hope that such sweeping gestures might survive with some semblance of substance.
"A continually shifting collage of sound replete with haunting strings, edgy percussion and eerie, often apocalyptic-sounding samples...Words just aren't enough for this band." - The Independent
LP1
1. Storm
2. Static
LP2
1. Sleep
2. Like Antennas To Heaven
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Care Instructions
Keep away from the sun.
Never place it next to a Justin Bieber record.
Treat it like your grandma, you know if she was a record. Know what I mean? Tender care, don't talk back, and never interupt during Murder She Wrote. Wait - what the hell was I writing about-
