Stream new GY!BE

2015-03-24 by StrangerofSorts EMERITUS | 95 Comments
Godspeed You! Black Emperor are back with a new album Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress, which is currently streaming at The Guardian.

The album releases March 31 on Constellation Records, and reaches a run-time of 40:23.

The press release describes Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress as "huge unison riffage, savage noise/drone, oscillating overtones, guitar vs. string counterpoint, inexorable crescendos and scorched-earth transitions".

Stream here: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/24/godspeed-you-black-emperor-asunder-sweet-and-other-distress-album-stream

Tagged: Godspeed You! Black Emperor

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StrangerofSorts
Emeritus
March 24th 2015
2904 Comments


mmmm

ILJ
March 24th 2015
6942 Comments


ugh can't listen in class life is HARD

InfamousGrouse
March 24th 2015
4381 Comments


well there goes my afternoon

guitarded_chuck
March 24th 2015
18070 Comments


omfgggggggggggg today just got awesome



zxlkho
March 24th 2015
3494 Comments


oh SHIT

zxlkho
March 24th 2015
3494 Comments


5 hard

Comatorium.
March 24th 2015
5524 Comments


aw shit.

mryrtmrnfoxxxy
March 24th 2015
16952 Comments


first track was good second was a bore

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
March 24th 2015
38348 Comments


listening to the first track now and it's pretty damn boring. latter half seems to be picking things up though

ILJ
March 24th 2015
6942 Comments


it's technically one track and it's a pretty slow burner. or at least they played it as one track live.

ComeToDaddy
March 24th 2015
1886 Comments


Kendrick, Sufjan and GSYBE in a week, sweet lord have mercy. Keen to give this a spin tomorrow, hoping they did something a bit more interesting than Allelujah

BigPleb
March 24th 2015
65808 Comments


Stoked.

zaruyache
March 24th 2015
28624 Comments


I think I'm going to (try to!) not listen to this until I get my CD in the mail. Hopefully it gets here early next week if not sooner. Rggghhhhhhhh

Shoteru
March 24th 2015
518 Comments


This is very droney for Godspeed, it's a good thing I can dig that

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
March 24th 2015
38348 Comments


i'll prob come back to it at some point but near the end of the third track i had to shut it off.

Sowing
Moderator
March 24th 2015
45533 Comments


oh hell yes

between this and sufjan it's not even fair

RadicalEd
March 24th 2015
9546 Comments


2015 is to fucking stacked. What am I doing with my life.

Pangea
March 24th 2015
10946 Comments


Only heard F#A# infinity, but i loved that one. Will give this a spin soon

Shoteru
March 24th 2015
518 Comments


I remember the final crescendo of this being godlike from live performances

Project
March 24th 2015
5959 Comments


WHAT

Sowing
Moderator
March 24th 2015
45533 Comments


This reminds me a lot of A!DBA so far, which is a good thing. Obviously nothing they do will ever recapture the magic that was f#a# though

Shoteru
March 24th 2015
518 Comments


I don't think they're even aiming for something like f#a# anymore, which isn't bad at all because Allelujah was amazing in its own way

Aftertheascension
March 24th 2015
3564 Comments


"ugh can't listen in class life is HARD"

ikr fuck school wifi

anarchistfish
March 24th 2015
30537 Comments


last track is by far the best

ChoccyPhilly
March 24th 2015
13693 Comments


Ugh, the walk home will be unbearable now

Mammalsauce
March 24th 2015
23 Comments


Last track is so heavy. FUUUUCK

Toondude10
March 24th 2015
15372 Comments


I could totally masturbate to this

InfamousGrouse
March 24th 2015
4381 Comments


last track yep

Toondude10
March 24th 2015
15372 Comments


Definitely their most focused and content release since Skinny Fists, possibly even their best album since then. That last track is just phenomenal.

MO
March 24th 2015
24243 Comments


hmmmm it's ok

emester
March 24th 2015
8271 Comments


Cant listen until around 7 tonight. Fuck you play practice

NakedSnake
March 24th 2015
665 Comments


That last track. Yyyyyyuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup!

Glorious, so good!

JWT155
March 24th 2015
15038 Comments


Let's see if this will give Kendrick a run for it's money for record with the most 5's in one week.

Toondude10
March 24th 2015
15372 Comments


I honestly doubt that unfortunately. Kendrick just had to ruin it all didn't he? :P

Shoteru
March 24th 2015
518 Comments


It won't, Godspeed have a pretty large anti circle-jerk group

beefshoes
March 24th 2015
8448 Comments


I'm waiting for the physical copy, but the wait is gonna blow

zaruyache
March 24th 2015
28624 Comments


I ordered from Gilead Media and he said he was shipping them out this week so... hopefully the wait isn't too bad.

Relinquished
March 24th 2015
50089 Comments


I trust gilead

Mongi123
March 24th 2015
22454 Comments


This year is turning into a pretty memorable one so far and still more big names to come. Can't wait to hear this.

MO
March 24th 2015
24243 Comments


shit this is pretty damn underwhelming. even the last track isn't too great

Toondude10
March 24th 2015
15372 Comments


^ booooooooooooooooo

yep123
March 24th 2015
256 Comments


what itchybutthole said


duckenstein
March 24th 2015
25 Comments


lesser version of the last one. pass

Toondude10
March 24th 2015
15372 Comments


How dare people give this a -4 rating! You shall be punished!!!

Gameofmetal
Emeritus
March 24th 2015
12092 Comments


It was ok I guess. The other stuff I've heard from them is much better.

burnafterbreeding
March 24th 2015
1529 Comments


That last track is the best thing they've done since Lift Your Skinny Fists, the first track is a bore but it makes the end payoff sooooo much better.

Gameofmetal
Emeritus
March 24th 2015
12092 Comments


I pretty much just liked the first and last track. The middle two were very boring.

Sniff
March 24th 2015
8431 Comments


Who's even gonna rate hipster-hop higher than this? God damn hipsters ruining everything.

auxilia
March 24th 2015
40 Comments


ooh baby

dbizzles
March 24th 2015
15411 Comments


Anywhere else to stream this? Soundcloud doesn't work on IE on my work computer.

beefshoes
March 24th 2015
8448 Comments


Fuck it, I'm going to stream it anyway m/

PappyMason
March 24th 2015
5702 Comments


Yay!

beefshoes
March 24th 2015
8448 Comments


I love how the first track starts off upbeat with drums instead of having the typical buildup-climax-drone formula. I love every album and song in the GY!BE catalog, but their compositions have never been all that surprising after you've heard a couple of GY!BE's songs. I never bothered to listen to Behemoth either, so the teaser was a pleasant surprise. I am loving the second track too.

chaseguitar
March 24th 2015
761 Comments


People need to stop talking shit about Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! That album was fantastic.

Excited to give this a listen

DarkNoctus
March 24th 2015
12779 Comments


glad i didn't pre-order now, that was fucking boring

MO
March 24th 2015
24243 Comments


yea gotta agree Noctus. just not much going on really

ShrillYell
March 24th 2015
269 Comments


this is pretty damn uninteresting aside from the last track

ILJ
March 24th 2015
6942 Comments


y'all basic bitches don't even drone

totallyjake
March 24th 2015
23 Comments


bathe me in the sound of sweet gybe

Jots
Emeritus
March 24th 2015
7632 Comments


just because something drones doesn't mean it's good drone

Mongi123
March 24th 2015
22454 Comments


First track is good but kinda pretty underwhelming for their standards. Hope the rest is better.

deadcrown
March 24th 2015
926 Comments


Great band

Tunaboy45
March 24th 2015
18942 Comments


i smell hype

Tunaboy45
March 24th 2015
18942 Comments


just because something drones doesn't mean it's good drone
[2]

Mongi123
March 24th 2015
22454 Comments


Final track aside I'm very disappointed :/

PunchedPeach72
March 24th 2015
377 Comments


ugh can't listen in class life is HARD [2]

Comatorium.
March 24th 2015
5524 Comments


It drones and it drones well. That last track is just... Fuuuuuck me, it is so good. The first track is awesome too and the drones are way more entertaining than on Don't Bend. And I loved Don't Bend, I just tended to skip the drones. Not so this time around.

PotsyTater
March 24th 2015
10099 Comments


sputnik: "shut up godspeed we don't have time for your bullshit right now gotta go 5 the new kendrick and post about it in 7 threads at the same time for the rest of the year."

Toondude10
March 24th 2015
15372 Comments


^^^^

this slays new Kendrick. seriously, fuck that album

beefshoes
March 24th 2015
8448 Comments


Yeah, I am loving the ambient sections on this.


Ryus
March 24th 2015
37885 Comments


"seriously, fuck that album"
o k

iswimfast
March 24th 2015
1546 Comments


yea piss crowns is the best thing they've done since skinny fists.

the rest is on par with allelujah.

Toondude10
March 24th 2015
15372 Comments


I'm kinda surprised that there's no review for this yet

Mongi123
March 24th 2015
22454 Comments


Well now that you said that there will be one in like two minutes

Toondude10
March 24th 2015
15372 Comments


true that

Ignimbrite
March 24th 2015
6944 Comments


"this slays new Kendrick. seriously, fuck that album"

please tell me how either album has anything to do with the other, and then enlighten me as to why it's productive to compare them

Toondude10
March 24th 2015
15372 Comments


simple, one's better than the other :-)

Relinquished
March 24th 2015
50089 Comments


yea seriously

Avagantamos
March 24th 2015
9122 Comments


y'all basic bitches don't even drone [2]
middle tracks are good.

RustCohle
March 24th 2015
445 Comments


boring as everything they did....

PlatonicMushroom
March 24th 2015
727 Comments


I like the inclusion of drone/ambientish stuff since gy!be could be a bit more varied, but based on two spins i'm a bit dissappointed about the quality of this

Toondude10
March 24th 2015
15372 Comments


first review just got posted

Relinquished
March 24th 2015
50089 Comments


thanks for the update toonbrain what'll this site do without you

flabbywhale
March 24th 2015
109 Comments


the first three tracks are meh, last track is class

NordicMindset
March 24th 2015
25137 Comments


is it just me or is the hype train not as strong as i thought it would be for new gy!be

dmp3131
March 24th 2015
1361 Comments


Probably because it's only been a month since it was released that a new album was coming out. Gonna check this out later.

someguest
March 24th 2015
30519 Comments


go scratch yourself, itchy

PotsyTater
March 24th 2015
10099 Comments


"Probably because it's only been a month since it was released that a new album was coming out."

clander270
March 26th 2015
433 Comments


First and last track are great but the other two are incredibly boring for the most part

Sowing
Moderator
March 26th 2015
45533 Comments


Listen with headphones. That's what changed my mind about them.

Toondude10
March 26th 2015
15372 Comments


it's always a great idea to listen to these guys with headphones

Jots
Emeritus
March 26th 2015
7632 Comments


well obv

RadicalEd
March 26th 2015
9546 Comments


also use your ears, not your anus to listen to them. Pro tip.

Jots
Emeritus
March 26th 2015
7632 Comments


brb gonna test that theory

Toondude10
March 26th 2015
15372 Comments


which one, your anus or your ears?



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