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Artist:	GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
Title:	Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
Label:	CONSTELLATION (CANADA)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CST 012LP

"Five expansive compositions are framed by various field recordings, tape manipulations & ensemble pieces in a return to the sonic collage techniques that structured f#a#, their 1997 debut. Four seamless sides of vinyl unfold a world of aching, agonizing sadness & beauty, with musical quotes ranging from heartland Americana to Metteleuropa Folkways, all distilled through the unique sonic filters of Godspeed's orchestral rock instrumentation. Harrowing guitars, plaintive strings, pulsing basses and explosive drums combine with glockenspiels, horns, and tape drones to form an overwhelming palette of sounds, always driven by fierce melodic momentum and tremendous attention to dynamics and detail. Double vinyl, packaged in a chipboard gatefold jacket."

Artist:	GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
Title:	f#a#
Label:	KRANKY
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	KRANK 027CD

Remixed/remastered reissue of this Canadian's group's debut LP-only release. "Taking the epic scope of Ennio Morricone, the artsy slash of 17 Pygmies, the desert-tones of prime Save Republic, bolster the mix with rhythmic chugalug of The Ex and add the Canadian tradition of radio drama and you begin to get a hint of what the band are up to. With twin percussionists, three guitar players, violin, cello, glockenspeil and tape loops, godspeed... can make a big rumbling sound or stretch out into delicate filigrees."

Artist:	GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
Title:	Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada
Label:	KRANKY
Format:	CD
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	KRANK 034CD

"Presenting 2 new pieces from the Montreal collective. Consider Slow Riot... a travelogue of sorts; across the expanses of North America or inner landscapes not so easily charted. The sonic crests and swells that this nine member band achieves is apt reminder of the physicality godspeed you black emperor! works with. Three guitars, two bassists, two drummers and a string section coordinate together with a nimbleness that defies the expectations you might have of a nine piece band. Add field recordings and you have an unparalleled listening experience."

Artist:	GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
Title:	Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
Label:	KRANKY
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	KRANK 043CD

"Appropriately titled in Franglais, Lift... was recorded at Chemical Sounds in Toronto, with 4 track snippets and field recordings added in Montreal. After months of touring, the band is at the peak of its powers. They've spread an audio net out across the continent, recording the static on the radio, the random airwave proselytizing, and the corporate spokesvoice of the service station that are the companions of the long distance driver. Whether it's rickety piano melody, the gentle foreplay of strings, the roil of guitars and drums, or a reminiscence about sleeping on the beach at Coney Island, Godspeed You Black Emperor work on the smallest and grandest of scales (often simultaneously). Nearly two years after the recording of Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada, the band's studio skills have sharpened, bringing the guitars to a howl and the drums to a rumble. The two CDs work well as discrete units or as one extended work."

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