'Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress'

by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Type: Album
Released: 31 March 2015
Label: Constellation
Country: Canada
Length: 40:23
Community rating: 3.54/5 from 20 ratings

Artists on this release: Sophie Trudeau, Efrim Menuck, Timothy Herzog, Aidan Girt, Mauro Pezzente, Mike Moya, Thierry Amar, David Bryant

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Developed from a single long-form live composition, 'Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress' is a concise and focused work, marking the first album of entirely new material since the band's reformation. It structures two immense, riff-heavy compositions around a central pairing of visceral, ambient drone pieces, creating a dynamic and volatile soundscape. The recording captures the band's signature intensity through huge unison riffs, soaring string counterpoints, and militaristic drumming, notably omitting the field recordings and spoken-word samples of their previous work for a more direct and sonically saturated approach.

Genres

Post-Rock

Descriptors: atmospheric, long-form, droning, crescendo, monolithic

Tracklist

Peasantry or ‘Light! Inside of Light!’ (10:28)
Lambs’ Breath (09:52)
Asunder, Sweet (06:13)
Piss Crowns Are Trebled (13:50)

Credits

Thierry Amar - bass guitar, contrabass, double bass, Bass, Double Bass
David Bryant - electric guitar, portasound, organ, drones, tape loops, synthesizer, Electric Guitar, Keyboard, Organ, Other S Instrument
Aidan Girt - drums, percussion, Drums (drum Set)
Timothy Herzog - drums, drones, percussion, Drums (drum Set), Other S Instrument
Efrim Menuck - electric guitar, tape loops, keyboards, Electric Guitar
Mike Moya - electric guitar
Mauro Pezzente - bass guitar, Electric Bass Guitar
Sophie Trudeau - violin, drones, Other S Instrument, Violin
Karl Lemieux - 16mm film projections
Greg Norman - recording, mixing, Mix, Recording
Harris Newman - mastering
SI - live sound, assorted grains, Other S Instrument
HL - lacquer cut
Michael Moya - Electric Guitar
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Mix