Godspeed You! Black Emperor drop first album in ten years
02 October 2012, 17:00
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
Post-rock troupe Godspeed You! Black Emperor have revealed their first album in a decade.
The record, entitled ALLELUJAH! DON’T BEND! ASCEND!, will see a worldwide release on 16 October via Constellation, but can also be bought on the band’s tour right now.
The Canadian group’s new four-track LP follows on from 2002′s Yanqui U.X.O, with two tracks reported as being 20 minutes in length.
The tracklisting is as below, with the cover art pictured above.
1 MLADIC
2 THEIR HELICOPTERS’ SING
3 WE DRIFT LIKE WORRIED FIRE
4 STRUNG LIKE LIGHTS AT THEE PRINTEMPS ERABLE
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