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2015 album by Godspeed You! Black Emperor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress is the fifth studio album by Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, released on 31 March 2015 by Constellation Records. The album was recorded with Electrical Audio engineer Greg Norman in North Carolina and Montreal,[1][12] and was the first to feature completely new material since the band's reformation in 2010.[13] It is also, with the exception of the vinyl version of F♯ A♯ ∞ (ignoring the locked groove), the group's shortest album to date, timing in at just forty minutes.
Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress | ||||
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Released | 31 March 2015 | |||
Recorded | 2013–14 | |||
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Length | 40:23[1] | |||
Label | Constellation | |||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 84/100[2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The A.V. Club | A−[4] |
Drowned in Sound | [5] |
Exclaim! | 8/10[6] |
The Guardian | [7] |
Paste | 9.3/10[8] |
Pitchfork | 7.6/10[9] |
Spin | [10] |
Sputnikmusic | [11] |
The album was announced on 24 February 2015; the group also shared an excerpt of "Peasantry or 'Light! Inside of Light!'" on SoundCloud.[14] On 24 March 2015, Constellation streamed the album on their SoundCloud.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album has received an average score of 84, indicating "universal acclaim".[2]
Pitchfork rated the album 7.6 out of a possible 10 and Mark Richardson described the album as a "different kind of transaction" and that while listening to the album "You have to let your guard down" as that Godspeed "transforms feelings into compelling records. They're still on track."[15] Writing for Exclaim!, Nilan Perera called the record "a beautiful, concise blast that conveys this band's musical essence".[6]
The album's four tracks are based on "Behemoth", played live numerous times since 2012 and previously recorded onstage for the concert series We Have Signal.[16]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Peasantry or 'Light! Inside of Light!'" | 10:28 |
2. | "Lambs' Breath" | 9:52 |
3. | "Asunder, Sweet" | 6:13 |
4. | "Piss Crowns Are Trebled" | 13:50 |
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