Wanker
06-30-2004, 03:27 PM
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada
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It is indeed a slow riot for Godspeed in this second release; what we have here is a slow-burner with the explosion at the end. The full force of Godspeed's 9-piece is felt without restraint and delivers on other levels. The album by track:
Moya : 10:51
The track begins silent but soon builds as violin, french horn, cello and other ambient noises increase and then harmlessly fall back down. Soon after, guitar and xylophone introduce the next movement. The combination of all the members of the nontet playing is incredible as the song grows increasingly uplifting, then troubling, then almost frantic and soon back to its previous uplifting state. It continues on and then finally slows down to a mere violin for the outro.
Blaise Bailey Finnegan II : 17:45
Ok, now what may look like periods of utter nothingness or very quiet music can also be viewed as a sort of restraint. A restraint that can fully get the message of Blaise Bailey Finnegan III, a Rhode Island man who was being interviewed about a speeding ticket trial he had earlier that morning. For 11 minutes, he is interviewed while the music becomes increasingly eerie and belligerent. The interview ends with a poem Finnegan wrote about social decay. The interview ceases and piano and violin play into a crescendo that is joined by drums and horns. The fuse on this slow-burner has finally run out and the music soars. Drums pound away, rise, fall and pick back up. A lone violin brings around the ending as it's sad melody encompasses the listener with it's raw sadness.
Overall: This Canadian nontet succeeds yet again by expanding their sound past the sounds of F# A# (Infinity) and by utilizing each of their members and instruments effectively. When judging an album like this, length can't matter. If one would listen to it, they should plan on sitting and do something else perhaps and take in the half hour of music.
Anyways, I give Godspeed You! Black Emperor's Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada a 4.5/5 or a 9/10
http://www.progreviews.com/reviews/images/GYBE-SRfNZK.jpg
It is indeed a slow riot for Godspeed in this second release; what we have here is a slow-burner with the explosion at the end. The full force of Godspeed's 9-piece is felt without restraint and delivers on other levels. The album by track:
Moya : 10:51
The track begins silent but soon builds as violin, french horn, cello and other ambient noises increase and then harmlessly fall back down. Soon after, guitar and xylophone introduce the next movement. The combination of all the members of the nontet playing is incredible as the song grows increasingly uplifting, then troubling, then almost frantic and soon back to its previous uplifting state. It continues on and then finally slows down to a mere violin for the outro.
Blaise Bailey Finnegan II : 17:45
Ok, now what may look like periods of utter nothingness or very quiet music can also be viewed as a sort of restraint. A restraint that can fully get the message of Blaise Bailey Finnegan III, a Rhode Island man who was being interviewed about a speeding ticket trial he had earlier that morning. For 11 minutes, he is interviewed while the music becomes increasingly eerie and belligerent. The interview ends with a poem Finnegan wrote about social decay. The interview ceases and piano and violin play into a crescendo that is joined by drums and horns. The fuse on this slow-burner has finally run out and the music soars. Drums pound away, rise, fall and pick back up. A lone violin brings around the ending as it's sad melody encompasses the listener with it's raw sadness.
Overall: This Canadian nontet succeeds yet again by expanding their sound past the sounds of F# A# (Infinity) and by utilizing each of their members and instruments effectively. When judging an album like this, length can't matter. If one would listen to it, they should plan on sitting and do something else perhaps and take in the half hour of music.
Anyways, I give Godspeed You! Black Emperor's Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada a 4.5/5 or a 9/10