Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven

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Godspeed You! Black EmperorLift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heavenon 2LP

After two years of constant touring and near-unanimous critical acclaim,Godspeed You! Black Emperorassembled a collection of new recordings that charted the creative evolution of the band as well as its literal physical movement on the road, criss-crossing North America and Europe.
Five expansive full-band compositions are framed by various field recordings, tape manipulations and ensemble pieces in a return to the narrative sonic collage techniques that marked their 1997 debut (F#A#). Four seamless sides of vinyl unfold a world of aching sadness and beauty, with musical quotes ranging from heartland americana to mitteleuropa folkways, all distilled through the unique sonic filters of Godspeeds pedal-crazy 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 intense emotional resonance. GYBE continued to paint on an impossibly large canvas, with an uncanny blend of world-weariness and naive exuberance that spoke volumes about the conflicts and contradictions permeating our political and cultural life. The tension between humility and hubris conjured an epic scope and a raw hope that such sweeping gestures might survive with some semblance of substance.

“A continually shifting collage of sound replete with haunting strings, edgy percussion and eerie, often apocalyptic-sounding samples…Words just aren’t enough for this band.” – The Independent

“A massive, achingly beautiful work, alternately elegiac and ferocious.” – Pitchfork

Godspeed You! Black EmperorLift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To HeavenTrack Listing:

LP1
1. Storm
2. Static

LP2
1. Sleep
2. Like Antennas To Heaven