GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR - F♯ A♯ ∞ LP Experimental a spoken hymn to absence

a spoken hymn to absence

As a long-time fan of music with minimal arrangements that create a sense of space

Having spent the year road-testing the material of the Lover / Hater and Business / Pleasure 12-inches

Das gelbe Album beispielsweise erschien 1981 als LP auf dem Label der Kunstgalerie von René Block in Berlin

Frayed rhythms flow freely atop and between lush waves of devotional drones

GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR - F♯ A♯ ∞ LP Experimental a spoken hymn to absenceIt's hard to imagine this disc coming out of Montreal or, really, any urban habitat. The post rock instrumentals on f#a#(infinity symbol), distantly related to the sounds made by the Australian band Dirty Three, serve as walking music for a loner hoping to hitch a ride in the middle of the Arizona desert and dealing with the inevitability of another night in coyote territory. Godspeed's swelling array of guitars, bagpipes, cellos, violins, trumpets,