Canadian post-rock titans Godspeed You! Black Emperor have announced a new album called “NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD”, referring to the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza since October 7, 2023, as of February 13, 2024. It’s set for release on October 4 via Constellation Records. The record’s first single is its seven-minute closing track, ‘GREY RUBBLE – GREEN SHOOTS’. Check it out below.
The Bandcamp description for the album reads:
THE PLAIN TRUTH==
we drifted through it, arguing.
every day a new war crime, every day a flower bloom.
we sat down together and wrote it in one room,
and then sat down in a different room, recording.
NO TITLE= what gestures make sense while tiny bodies fall? what context? what broken melody?
and then a tally and a date to mark a point on the line, the negative process, the growing pile.
the sun setting above beds of ash
while we sat together, arguing.
the old world order barely pretended to care.
this new century will be crueler still.
war is coming.
don’t give up.
pick a side.
hang on.
love.
GY!BE
“NO TITLE… was engineered and mixed by longtime collaborator Jace Lasek of the Besnard Lakes. Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s last LP was 2021’s G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!.
“NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD” Cover Artwork:
“NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD” Tracklist:
1. SUN IS A HOLE SUN IS VAPORS
2. BABYS IN A THUNDERCLOUD
3. RAINDROPS CAST IN LEAD
4. BROKEN SPIRES AT DEAD KAPITAL
5. PALE SPECTATOR TAKES PHOTOGRAPHS
6. GREY RUBBLE – GREEN SHOOTS
— Constellation (@cstrecords) August 27, 2024
Godspeed You! Black Emperor 2024 Tour Dates:
27 Sep – Dublin, IE – National Stadium
29 Sep – London, UK – Troxy
30 Sep – Glasgow, UK – Barrowlands
1 Oct – Manchester, UK – Ritz
2 Oct – Bristol, UK – Marble Factory
3 Oct – Coventry, UK – The Empire
4 Oct – Tourcoing, FR – Le Grand Mix
5 Oct – Esch-Alzette, LU – Kufa
6 Oct – Paris, FR – Le Trianon
8 Oct – Nantes, FR – Stereolux
9 Oct – Nancy, FR – L’Autre Canal (Jazz Pulsation Festival)
10 Oct – Zürich, CH – Volkshaus
11 Oct – Lausanne, CH – Les Docks
12 Oct – Frankfurt, DE – Zoom
14 Oct – Berlin, DE – Huxleys
15 Oct – Amsterdam, NE – Paradiso
16 Oct – Brussels, BE – AB
18 Oct – Athens, GR – Floyd
4 Nov – Hamilton ON – Bridgeworks
5 Nov – Toronto ON – The Concert Hall
6 Nov – London ON – London Music Hall
7 Nov – Grand Rapids MI – Elevation
8 Nov – Chicago IL – The Salt Shed
9 Nov – St Paul MN – Palace Theater
11 Nov – Lawrence KS – Liberty Hall
12 Nov – Fayetteville AR – George’s Majestic Lounge
13 Nov – Nashville TN – The Basement East
14 Nov – Knoxville TN – Bijou Theater
15 Nov – Atlanta GA – The Masquerade
16 Nov – Charleston SC – The Music Farm
17 Nov – Saxapahaw NC – Haw River Ballroom
19 Nov – Washington DC – 9:30 Club
21 Nov – Brooklyn NY – Pioneerworks
22 Nov – Norwalk CT – District Music Hall
23 Nov – Boston MA – Roadrunner
24 Nov – Philadelphia PA – Union Transfer
