Godspeed You! Black Emperor

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Haha AllMusic gave this a 6/10

Like, let's be real with myself. I'm never listening to this again. Who in the world would want to listen to the musical equivalent of white noise for an hour a second time. Like, don't get me wrong, i liked it. I'm never gonna think about it again. I've already forgotten basically every part.

Hell, I gave Lift Your Skinny Fists a 98/100 and I've only listened to that twice.

Don't get me wrong, this music is grand, exciting, and original. But it's also ... read more

I legit feel like I'm Odysseus or some shit and that GYBE are essentially the musical equivalent of Homer in that they took me on one of the most amazing musical journeys of my life. This album is to music for me what the Iliad and the Odyssey are to me for reading, an absolutely radical experience to say the least

The outro on Providence literally scared the absolute shit out of me. 2-3 minutes of deafening silence and then BOOM!! What a finish.

I listened to this after having the most special musical experience of my life with Lift Your Skinny Fists so I had really high expectations. This album didn't let me down. GY!BE is a band that pretty much uses the real Post-Rock meaning. If you listen to their music with attention, you'll see things, imagine things, FEEL things. That's why people say their music is cinematic. It's almost like watching a film. It takes us to another reality, another dimention, feelings I can only get with ... read more