Godspeed You Black Emperor in General Reviews

Godspeed You! Black Emperor, hailing from Montreal, are a curious band; brilliant and bland by turns. This may sound an odd statement but I find it?s true. Yanqui UXO is brilliant. I mean from the first moment brilliant. The whole album, consisting of 3 mammoth tracks, are just sublime. The album is a work of genius; I?m not kidding. Every ...  Read the complete review

I bought "lift yr skinny..." from GYBE quite a while ago. I bought it because my friend had told me that I would like them. So I heard some MP3's and I liked what I heard. They at one time had I believe 18 members in their band. Which is amazing, and i guess makes them an orchestra. but they are no less. their music is very soft and ...  Read the complete review

Long, big, epic, ungainly. You could criticise Godspeed with those words, but you'd have to miss out the words Beautiful, and moving. Post-rock is the genre that Godspeed you black emporer are dragged into, kicking and screaming... i mean, who wants to be pigeonholed these days? Defining their music is difficult, ...  Read the complete review

Godspeed You Black Emperor! are a 9-piece 'collective' based in Montreal, Canada. Their name is taken from the translation of the title of a Japanese film about motorcycle gangs. They play long, instrumental pieces on cellos, guitars, drums, glockenspiel and brass instruments, and use spoken monologues taken from recordings of preachers, ...  Read the complete review

Rising up like a sleepy dragon, the music of Godspeed You Black Emperor is like nothing else you will ever hear. From minimal beginnings the sounds slowly build up, instrument by instrument until an almighty cacophony of noise and music is exploding from every direction. The music this band plays creates a unique atmosphere that defies ...  Read the complete review

Having heard this band, I find it difficult to categorise them. The closest I can come is to call them a gothic version of Mogwai. And as such, they are deeply entertaining. Their music is haunting, well crafted, epic, and yes, pretty gothic. It gives you the impression of evilly spiky uninhabited churches, in fact. It is quite moving, and the ...  Read the complete review