Anyone listen to Godspeed You! Black Emporer?

Recently got into these guys and in my opinion thier music is amazing. Thier song "East Hastings" was used in the film 28 Days Later... it's kinda trippy, post-progressive instrumental stuff. The tracks are all very long (10 minutes would be considered a shorter song), but change over time in movements, much the way a symphony would. I'd compare them to bands like Pelican, Mogwai, or Explosions in the Sky... except they are less heavy, but the effect is far greater than the other mentioned bands. It's great for just chilling at night and absorbing fully while enjoying some bowls.:jointsmile:

I highly reccomend the songs:
"Dead Flag Blues"
"East Hastings"
"Rockets Fall On Rocket Falls"
"Moya"

Anyone else listen to these guys?

Eh a little bit, I don't like Godspeed so much as Explosions or Do Make Say Think. Their music is awesome, but the knock is on their length of tracks.

Wow, I hadn't mentioned, listened to, or heard anything from these guys in like 6 years until I was talking about them with somebody at Bonnaroo, and now you. It makes me want to go find their album in my collection and pop it in. Moya is great.

I have moya downloaded... I also have f#a#(infinity) and I bought Yanqui U.X.O. other day.. I've been diggin them lately

Dude GY!BE is the shit. I just happened to be trippin balls listening to f#a#infinity when I found this thread.. :thumbsup:

I have grown to liking them as well :jointsmile:
But as others have said, some of their tracks are pretty long..I kinda like it though because its kind of like a movie except with music.. like each song is telling a story :stoned: Idk if that last thing will really make sense...

GYBE is mad fuckin nice. Nobody seemed to mention Lift Your Skinny Fists... wich imo is their best album. Storm and Sleep are two of the best song ive eva heard.

anyone here like A Silver Mt. Zion?

Ahh, I love Godspeed. Probably my favorite music to drive at night too. I usually listen to there whole discovery when I drive to/from college. I'm a huge A Silver Mt. Zion fan too.

I'd say lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven is probably my favorite album.

I used to really hate this stuff but these guys have really grown on me and I'm pretty open to a lot more experimental music. Nobody mentioned Slow Riot for a New Zero Kanada which I thought was a pretty interesting EP (it was the first I heard from them too).

Godspeed is an INTENSE listen with headphones on while high. Try it sometime.

yeah, headphones is the best way to listen to most music, but it indeed does make it more intense... :thumbsup:

Godspeed is great. Check out Mono, Red Sparowes, Sigur Ros, Six Parts Seven, Tortoise. I got more if you want

Red Sparrowes are pretty sweet, however they remind me more of Pelican... another great band, I've been hearing A Silver Mt. Zion dropped a lot lately I'm definately gonna make a not te look into them.

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Originally Posted by friendoftheend

I have grown to liking them as well :jointsmile:
But as others have said, some of their tracks are pretty long..I kinda like it though because its kind of like a movie except with music.. like each song is telling a story :stoned: Idk if that last thing will really make sense...

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that make's perfect sense dude, that's one of the reason their music is so moving... it like paints a whole movie in your mind, related to the concept the music is inspired by... when i listened to f#a#ºº it just painted images of post-apocalyptic urban warzones, and desolate wastelands it's fucking intense

Rockets Fall, painted images of watching an airstrike fly in from a distance then begin bombing the countryside, the last calmer mometns of the song are like surviving the strike, and looking out upon the destruction and taking comfort that you survived and it's over.

post rock this the shit