"Luciferian Towers", by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

"Luciferian Towers"

by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

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1.	Undoing A Luciferian Towers 07:47	buy track
2.	Bosses Hang, Pt. I 04:39	buy track
3.	Bosses Hang, Pt. II 04:40	buy track
4.	Bosses Hang, Pt. III 05:24	buy track
5.	Fam/Famine 06:44	buy track
6.	Anthem For No State, Pt. I 03:05	buy track
7.	Anthem For No State, Pt. II 02:55	buy track
8.	Anthem For No State, Pt. III 08:36	buy track

about

this, this long-playing record, a thing we made in the midst of communal mess, raising dogs and children. eyes up and filled with dreadful joy – we aimed for wrong notes that explode, a quiet muttering amplified heavenward. we recorded it all in a burning motorboat.

(context as follows:)

1. UNDOING A LUCIFERIAN TOWERS – look at that fucking skyline! big lazy money writ in dull marble obelisks! imagine all those buildings much later on, hollowed out and stripped bare of wires and glass, listen- the wind is whistling through all 3,000 of its burning window-holes!

2. BOSSES HANG – labor, alienated from the wealth it creates, so that holy cow, most of us live precariously! kicking at it, but barely hanging on! also – the proud illuminations of our shortened lives! also – more of us than them! also – what we need now is shovels, wells, and barricades!

3. FAM / FAMINE – how they kill us = absentee landlord, burning high-rise. the loud panics of child-policemen and their exploding trigger-hands. with the dull edge of an arbitrary meritocracy. neglect, cancer maps, drone strike, famine. the forest is burning and soon they’ll hunt us like wolves.

4. ANTHEM FOR NO STATE – kanada, emptied of its minerals and dirty oil. emptied of its trees and water. a crippled thing, drowning in a puddle, covered in ants. the ocean doesn’t give a shit because it knows it’s dying too.

finally and in conclusion;
the “luciferian towers” L.P. was informed by the following grand demands:
+ an end to foreign invasions
+ an end to borders
+ the total dismantling of the prison-industrial complex
+ healthcare, housing, food and water acknowledged as an inalienable human right
+ the expert fuckers who broke this world never get to speak again

much love to all the other lost and wondering ones,
xoxoxox god’s pee / montréal / 4 juillet, 2017

credits

released September 22, 2017

PERSONNEL
Aidan Girt: Drums
David Bryant: Electric guitar, MG-One
Efrim Manuel Menuck: Electric guitar, organ, OP-1
Karl Lemieux: 16mm film projections
Mauro Pezzente: Electric bass
Michael Moya: Electric guitar
Sophie Trudeau: Violins, organ
Thierry Amar: Contrebasse, electric bass
Timothy Herzog: Drums

GUESTS ON TRACK ONE
Bonnie Kane (saxophone, flute, electronics)
Craig Pederson (trumpet)

Recorded by Greg Norman at Hotel 2 Tango and The Pines.
Mixed by Greg Norman and GYBE at Hotel 2 Tango.
Masted by Harris Newman at Greymarket.

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor Montreal, Québec

Godspeed You! Black Emperor is:

Aidan Girt - drums

David Bryant - electric guitars

Efrim Manuel Menuck - electric guitars

Mauro Pezzente - electric bass

Michael Moya - electric guitars

Sophie Trudeau - violins and organ

Thierry Amar - electric and upright bass

Timothy Herzog - drums, glockenspiel

Karl Lemieux and Philippe Leonard - 16mm projections ... more

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Mar 08

MTELUS

Montreal, QC
Mar 09

MTELUS

Montreal, QC
Mar 13

The Chapel

San Francisco, CA
Mar 14

The Chapel

San Francisco, CA
Mar 15

The Chapel

San Francisco, CA
Mar 16

The Chapel

San Francisco, CA
Mar 17

The Chapel

San Francisco, CA
Mar 18

Pappy + Harriet's

Pioneertown, CA
Mar 19

Garden Amphitheatre

Garden Grove, CA
Mar 21

Washington's

Fort Collins, CO
Mar 22

Julia Davis Park

Boise, ID
Mar 22

The Depot

Salt Lake City, UT
Apr 06

Rewire Festival

The Hague, Netherlands
Apr 08

Rewire Festival 8 April

The Hague, Netherlands
Apr 09

Paradiso

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Apr 10

4AD

Diksmuide, Belgium
Apr 11

L'Aéronef

Lille, France
Apr 12

Le MeM

Rennes, France
Apr 14

Le Transbordeur

Villeurbanne, France
Apr 16

Post Tenebras Rock (PTR) - L'Usine

Geneva, Switzerland
Apr 17

Substage

Karlsruhe, Germany
Apr 18

Die Kantine

Cologne, Germany
Apr 19

Uebel & Gefährlich

Hamburg, Germany
Apr 21

VEGA - Musikkens Hus, Store VEGA

Copenhagen, Denmark
Apr 22

VoxHall

Aarhus, Denmark
Apr 23

Pustervik

Gothenburg, Sweden
Apr 24

Berns Salonger

Stockholm, Sweden
Apr 25

Sentrum Scene

Oslo, Norway
Apr 27

Røkeriet, USF Verftet

Bergen, Norway
Apr 28

Folken - Storsalen

Stavanger, Norway
Apr 29

Aladdin Scene

Kristiansand, Norway

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