Godspeed You! Black Emperor 'Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress'
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Comatorium.
March 28th 2015


5523 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Well at least you dug piss crowns. Opinions and whatnot, grrrr.

Comatorium.
March 28th 2015


5523 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

That space laser gun sounding effect on the main riff in piss crowns whenever he moves on the fret board is too cool

minty901
March 28th 2015


3976 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

there are two types of people. those who listen to this album on headphones and think its a masterpiece; and those who listen to this album with iphone speakers and think its a let down. there are so many sonic intricacies in this album that you just cant appreciate it without having tjat detail coming through your audio source. there is so much going on especially in the two drones. but throughout the album there are so many quiet melodies playing off of each other in such beautiful and haunting ways, and theres just no way to get that impact without careful listening. ill probably only get a brilliant experience with this album once or twice because i rarely have to time to just sit there with headphones. all oher listening experiences ive had of this album have been drastically less enjoyable.

NakedSnake
March 28th 2015


665 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

^True. lots of low freq information going on + lots of stereo field stuff

ChoccyPhilly
March 28th 2015


13693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Agreed. Even the headphone difference is notable. my first listen was with earphone buds and the second was with proper headphones and the difference was apparent. The last track in particular is so dense that it definitely requires headphones

Piglet
March 28th 2015


8556 Comments


yeh headphones like fuk yanow dem and der buds b the real sht, the difference is the big thing

ChoccyPhilly
March 28th 2015


13693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Innit

Piglet
March 28th 2015


8556 Comments


yeh

minty901
March 28th 2015


3976 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

A friend of mine who is also on Sputnik went ahead and listened to this album as soon as I told him about the stream. He came back saying "it's not very good; it's just a bit boring and doesn't have those amazing moments; and I hate drone it's just boring and a waste of time" and I said "did you listen on headphones?" and he said " no just played it through my ipad near my ear, but you can still usually get an idea if somethings good". I couldn't decide whether to laugh or flip my shit. More often than not when people say "you gotta listen in headphones to really appreciate it", I scoff a little bit and think "yeah you can say that for anything", and usually people who are saying it are doing so because they are apologists for the band and are making excuses for why the album actually kind of sucks. But I'm adament that that isn't the case here. This album truly does rely on its sonic intricacies and that should be embraced. First track aside (as it's a little more straight-forward than the others IMO), this album places almost its entire focus on little details that work together to form an atmosphere, rather than hitting you with obvious, uplifting riffs. This is their real masterpiece in my view.

minty901
March 28th 2015


3976 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Oh and those drones man, especially the first one. I find it hard to justify calling them "drones" because there is SO much going on in them, like they're much more layered, densely and meticulously crafted, atmospheric and progressive than most songs I've heard.

PotsyTater
March 28th 2015


10099 Comments


Innit


no

betray
March 28th 2015


9392 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

just listened through my ipad near my ear shit rules



Gameofmetal
Emeritus
March 28th 2015


12090 Comments


So much overrating going on here smh

adr
March 28th 2015


12097 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

no it's not smh back to A Day to Remember threads or something

Gameofmetal
Emeritus
March 28th 2015


12090 Comments


lol

betray
March 28th 2015


9392 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

nah but in all seriousness my LP came in yesterday and this all sounds fantastic



also shut up user game

ChoccyPhilly
March 29th 2015


13693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

probably their best. Definitely their least boring.

Gameofmetal
Emeritus
March 29th 2015


12090 Comments


lies

Artuma
March 29th 2015


32828 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

yeah that's just ridiculous

Sowing
Moderator
March 29th 2015


45523 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This doesn't touch f#a#, and I prefer slow riot over this.



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