G_d's Pee At State's End!
Godspeed You! Black Emperor returns with another soundtrack for our times, like only this inimitable and venerable ensemble can forge. As the heretical impudence of the anarcho-punk title implies, Godspeed harnesses some particularly raw power, spittle and grit across two riveting 20-minute long trajectories of noise-drenched widescreen post-rock: inexorable chug blossoms into blown-out twang, as some of the band's most soaring, searing melodies ricochet and converge amidst violin and bassline counterpoint. Field recordings and roiling semi-improvised passages frame these fervent epics, and two shorter pieces on the included 10" find the band at its most devastatingly haunting and elegiac. Poignant atmospherics, noise-drenched orchestration, drones, hypnotic swingtime crescendos, inexorably-layers of distorted clarion sound: 'G_d's Pee At State's End' encapsulates every beloved facetof the band.
A | A Military Alphabet (Five Eyes All Blind) (4521.0kHz 6730.0kHz 4109.09kHz) / Job’s Lament / First Of The Last Glaciers / Where We Break How We Shine (Rockets For Mary) | |
B | Fire At Static Valley | |
C | “Government Came” (9980.0kHz 3617.1kHz 4521.0 kHz) / Cliffs Gaze / Cliffs’ Gaze At Empty Waters’ Rise / Ashes To Sea Or Nearer To Thee | |
D | Our Side Has To Win (For D.H.) |
Drums [Sitting], Drums [Standing], Glockenspiel – Timothy Herzog
Electric Bass – Mauro Pezzente
Electric Bass, Electric Upright Bass – Thierry Amar
Electric Guitar – Michael Moya
Electric Guitar, Synthesizer [MG-1] – David Bryant
Electric Guitar, Synthesizer [OP-1], Sounds [Radios] – Efrim Manuel Menuck
Illustration – William Schmiechen
Lacquer Cut By – HL
Mastered By – Harris Newman
Recorded By, Mixed By – Jace Lasek
Violin, Organ – Sophie Trudeau
Released in a gatefold cover with b/w printed inner sleeves. Comes with label insert.
This release is auto-coupled: the LP contains sides A and C, while the 10" contains sides B and D.
Side B ends with a locked groove.
The writing on the label of side B is in Yiddish; "מיך וועלן זיי איבערלעבן". The correct spelling for the word is "מיך וועלן זיי איבערלעבד" (Translation: We will outlive them).
Housed in an embossed gatefold sleeve and includes a DL card.
Some pre-orders at independent record stores included a promo poster.
The back cover features logos of SODEC Quebec and Factor Canada.
Barcode (Text on sticker on shrink) – 6 66561 01561 9
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout) – CST156 BK28140-01 A1 HL
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout) – CST156 BK28140-01 B1 HL
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout) – CST156 BK28139-01 A1 HL
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout) – CST156 BK28139-01 B1 HL