I am not the best writer in the world so im going to share with you something that I read
about one of my favorite bands. so here goes.... I know it doesnt belong in quotes but I'm too
lazy/and or/stupid to block it in...
"What Godspeed You Black Emperor! actually presents its listeners are dense, epic instrumental
compositions, which tend to start small and stark and build inexorably towards intense climaxes,
swaying and bending as they go under the weight of so much accumulated instrumentation. Strings, in
varying shapes, sizes, and degrees of distress, are their pieces' most dominant element. These
include guitars which rarely sound like guitars -- some bathed in layers of feedback and fuzz, some
prepared and painful sounding, almost all broodingly dolorous -- as well as achingly pretty cello,
viola, and violin parts which often sound almost as if they'd been plucked from some forgotten
backwoods folk tune. Complementing all this stringed noise are brassy waterfalls of French horn,
repetitive organ and synth parts, heavily processed machine noise, found sounds, and a lot more. As the
pieces build from delicate sound poetry to frenzied eruptions, martial percussion rhythms -- often
featuring
glockenspiel, chimes, and nontraditional percussive instruments in addition to the drum kit --
emerge, underpinning the rest of the instrumental mix. It all adds up to varying degrees of
incredibly nuanced, repetitious hum, the sound of an alien life force, its heartbeat and breathing,
expressed through music."
-Jesse Ashlock from epitonic.com
note from nick:
they have several records, and i havent picked up the newest one yet "Yanqui Uxo"(2002) but I'm
sure I wont be disappointed, because the other three ROCK!!!: "Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas
To Heaven"(2000),"Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada (Ep)"(1999),and "F No. A No. (Infinity)"(1996)
Nick
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