G d's Pee at State's End!

G_d's Pee at State's End!
A drawing of two flowers arranged in a taijitu pattern.
Studio album by
Released2 April 2021 (2021-04-02)
StudioHotel2Tango, Montreal
GenrePost-rock[1]
Length52:38
LabelConstellation
ProducerJace Lasek[2][3]
Godspeed You! Black Emperor chronology
Luciferian Towers
(2017)
G_d's Pee at State's End!
(2021)
No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead
(2024)

G_d's Pee at State's End! (stylised as G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!) is the seventh studio album by Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, released on 2 April 2021 by Constellation Records.

Background

In August 2019, the band played two new songs, "Glacier" and "Cliff", as a part of their live sets for the first time.[4] According to a statement by the band, the material for the album was recorded in October 2020.

On 2 March 2021, the band released a video with a minute-long preview[2] of the first track on the album: "A Military Alphabet (five eyes all blind) (4521.0kHz 6730.0kHz 4109.09kHz) / Job's Lament / First of the Last Glaciers / where we break how we shine (Rockets for Mary)".[5] The following day, 3 March 2021, Constellation Records announced the scheduled release of G_d's Pee at State's End! for 2 April 2021.[3][6][7] As with the band's previous album, Luciferian Towers, a statement including a list of demands was released with the announcement:[2][7][8]

Prior to the release of the album, Constellation Records sent more than a hundred 10-inch vinyl records to independent record stores as review copies,[2] instructing them "to share clips of [the preview] spinning in their stores or homes or wherever they find themselves with a turntable, in isolation or otherwise".[6][8]

Release

On 27 March 2021, the Saturday before the official release date, the band released an official livestream of the album in its entirety. The music was accompanied by a 16mm projection show from Karl Lemieux and Philippe Leonard, and shot in an empty Cinema Imperial in Montreal. The 16mm projections opened, as is characteristic of the band's live shows, with the word "HOPE" scratched white onto black on celluloid. The show also used footage of pylons, riots, and oil fires alongside the music.[9] Such projection shows have long been a component of the band's live performances, but had not been released in an official capacity prior to the livestream.[10][11] The album was officially released on 2 April.

Composition

The album consists of one 12-inch LP and one 10-inch record.[2] It consists of four pieces, two long and two short, a structure used on the band's earlier albums, 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! and Luciferian Towers.[12][13][14] On some streaming services (Spotify, Tidal, Amazon Music and Deezer), tracks 1 and 3 on the physical release are split up into their individual movements.[13][14] On other services, such as Bandcamp, the track listing of the physical releases is retained.

The album makes use of found sound recordings, a stylistic choice which the band is known for but which had been absent in their previous two releases.[15]

The opening movement of the album, "A Military Alphabet (five eyes all blind) [4521.0kHz 6730.0kHz 4109.09kHz]", is a drone accompanied by recordings of shortwave radio transmissions[13][16] and gunfire.[17] A simple guitar riff transitions the first movement into the second, titled "Job's Lament".[13] The core of the piece consists of the band's three guitars and two basses.[14] The side closes with the movement "where we break how we shine (ROCKETS FOR MARY)", a recording of birds chirping while guns can be heard in the background.[13][17]

Following the first long suite is "Fire at Static Valley", the first of the two shorter tracks on the 10-inch LP. The track is made up of drones, delay-heavy guitars, strings, and a kick drum.[13][17]

The third side is the second large suite. It follows in form to the first also opening with samples of shortwave radio transmissions,[16] and closing with a sample of clanging church bells.[16] Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Paul Simpson assessed the track as "easily the most ecstatically triumphant music GY!BE have ever made".[16]

The final track and second of the shorter two is a string piece[13] titled "OUR SIDE HAS TO WIN (For D.H.)". The D.H. in the title refers to Dirk Hugsam, the long time European tour agent of the band.[13] Hugsam died in December 2018 and, in addition to the track dedication, was eulogized by band members on the record label's website.[18]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[19]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[16]
Clash8/10[1]
Consequence of SoundB+[14]
Exclaim!7/10[15]
The Guardian[9]
musicOMH[12]
NME8/10[17]
Paste8.0/10[21]
Pitchfork8.1/10[20]
Record Collector[22]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 82 based on 19 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[19]

Critics noted G_d's Pee, reintroducing found sound recordings[15] and moving away from the ambient sounds of Luciferian Towers,[9] as a return to form for the band, with Ben Salmon writing for Paste Magazine: "Having zigged for a while, Godspeed zags (of course) on G_d's Pee, bringing back some of the inscrutable elements that made the band so interesting in the first place."[21]

Patrick Clarke of NME said that STATE'S END is a tumultuous record for tumultuous times, but there is a piece of galvanising beauty for every moment of crushing dread.[17] Grayson Haver Currin of Pitchfork portrayed the album as being honest about 'the nonlinear shape of progress, or how winning the war to build a better world inherently entails a lot of devastating loss', even the album in entirety sounded 'more than glibly hopeful'.[20] Writing for The Guardian, Kitty Empire commented that this album is a 'particularly rocking instalment of their familiar franchise; still head and shoulders above most other music that sails under the flag of post-rock'.[9] British music magazine, Record Collector gave the album a full score of 5-star, praising the album as "the declaration of dogged resistance amid what GY!BE call our 'death-times' battles".[22]

Track listing

Physical release and digital download
No.TitleLength
1."A Military Alphabet (five eyes all blind) (4521.0kHz 6730.0kHz 4109.09kHz) / Job's Lament / First of the Last Glaciers / where we break how we shine (Rockets for Mary)"20:22
2."Fire at Static Valley"5:58
3.""Government Came" (9980.0kHz 3617.1kHz 4521.0 kHz) / Cliffs Gaze / cliffs' gaze at empty waters' rise / Ashes to Sea or Nearer to Thee"19:48
4."Our Side Has to Win (for D.H.)"6:30
Total length:52:38
Streaming
No.TitleLength
1."A Military Alphabet (five eyes all blind) [4521.0kHz 6730.0kHz 4109.09kHz]"4:35
2."Job's Lament"8:02
3."First of the Last Glaciers"5:59
4."where we break how we shine (ROCKETS FOR MARY)"1:44
5."Fire at Static Valley"5:58
6.""GOVERNMENT CAME" (9980.0kHz 3617.1kHz 4521.0 kHz)"11:36
7."Cliffs Gaze / cliffs' gaze at empty waters' rise / ASHES TO SEA or NEARER TO THEE"8:12
8."OUR SIDE HAS TO WIN (for D.H.)"6:30
Total length:52:38

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for G_d's Pee at State's End!
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[23] 87
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[24] 28
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[25] 133
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[26] 82
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[27] 11
Irish Albums (IRMA)[28] 74
Scottish Albums (OCC)[29] 8
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[30] 75
Swedish Vinyl Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[31] 4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[32] 21
UK Albums (OCC)[33] 29

References

  1. ^ a b Weaver, David (2 April 2021). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee at State's End! | Songs, Reviews, Credits". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Breihan, Tom (3 March 2021). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor Announce New Double Album G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!". Stereogum.
  3. ^ a b "Godspeed You! Black Emperor anuncia los detalles de nuevo álbum: "G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!"". Humo Negro (in Spanish). 3 March 2021.
  4. ^ Hazelwood, Holly (25 August 2019). "Concert Review: Godspeed You! Black Emperor/Marisa Anderson". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  5. ^ Kennelty, Greg (3 March 2021). "GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR Announces New Album G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!". Metal Injection.
  6. ^ a b Hughes, Josiah (3 March 2021). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor Announce New Album 'G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!'". Exclaim!. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  7. ^ a b Monroe, Jazz (3 March 2021). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor Announce New Album G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!". Pitchfork.
  8. ^ a b Young, Alex (3 March 2021). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor Announce New Album G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!". Consequence of Sound.
  9. ^ a b c d Empire, Kitty (3 April 2021). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor: G_d's Pee at State's End! review – requiems for a saner world | Songs, Reviews, Credits". Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  10. ^ Hughes, Josiah (11 March 2021). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor Will Debut Their New Album with a Special Film Broadcast". Exclaim!. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  11. ^ Deville, Chris (11 March 2021). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor Will Debut Their New Album with a Special Film Broadcast". Stereogum. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  12. ^ a b Johnson, Steven (2 April 2021). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor – G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! | Songs, Reviews, Credits". musicOMH. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h Mott, Jackson (11 April 2021). "Album Review: G_d's Pee at State's End! – Godspeed You! Black Emperor". Arts at Michigan. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  14. ^ a b c d Ham, Robert (7 April 2021). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor Charge Forward into the Unknown on G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END: Review". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  15. ^ a b c Bobkin, Matt (2 April 2021). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor Revisit Past Glories on 'G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!' | Songs, Reviews, Credits". Exclaim!. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  16. ^ a b c d e Simpson, Paul (2 April 2021). "G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! - Godspeed You! Black Emperor | Songs, Reviews, Credits". All Media Network. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  17. ^ a b c d e Clarke, Patrick (2 April 2021). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor – 'G_d's Pee AT STATE's END' review: music for tumultuous times | Songs, Reviews, Credits". NME. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  18. ^ "R.I.P. DIRK HUGSAM". Archived from the original on 7 January 2019.
  19. ^ a b "G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! by Godspeed You! Black Emperor Reviews and Tracks". Red Ventures. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  20. ^ a b Currin, Grayson Haver (2 April 2021). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor: G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! | Songs, Reviews, Credits". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  21. ^ a b Cole, Jake (2 April 2021). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor Looks Beyond the Apocalypse on G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END | Songs, Reviews, Credits". Paste Media Group. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  22. ^ a b Harvey, Kelly (May 2021). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor – G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!| Songs, Reviews, Credits". Record Collector. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  23. ^ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 12 April 2021". The ARIA Report. No. 1623. Australian Recording Industry Association. 12 April 2021. p. 6.
  24. ^ "Ultratop.be – Godspeed You! Black Emperor – G_d's Pee at State's End!" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  25. ^ "Ultratop.be – Godspeed You! Black Emperor – G_d's Pee at State's End!" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  26. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Godspeed You! Black Emperor – G_d's Pee at State's End!" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  27. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Godspeed You! Black Emperor – G_d's Pee at State's End!" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  28. ^ "Irish Albums Chart: 9 April 2021". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  29. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  30. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Godspeed You! Black Emperor – G d's Pee at State's End!". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  31. ^ "Veckolista Vinyl, vecka 14" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
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  33. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

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