Godspeed You! Black Emperor(GYBE) Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (180g vinyl 2LP)

Release date 12-10-2000

2000 Canadian issue 180g vinyl 2LP -

2nd studio album by the Canadia post-rock group. The album is primarily instrumental, except for sampled voice inserts and the one minute 'Moya Sings 'Baby-O'...' which is the first part of 'Antennas to Heaven'.

Tracks (2LP's)

Storm     21:59
A1     Lift Yr. Skinny Fists, Like Antennas To Heaven...
A2    Gathering Storm / Il Pleut Àmourir [+Clatters Like Worry]     6:03
A3     "Welcome To Barco AM/PM..." [L.A.X.; 5/14/00]     
A4     Cancer Towers On Holy Road Hi-Way     

Static     21:07
B1     Terrible Canyons Of Static     3:30
B2     Atomic Clock.     
B3     Chart #3     
B4     World Police And Friendly Fire     
B5     [...+The Buildings They Are Sleeping Now]
    
Sleep     21:12
C1     Murray Ostril: "...They Don't Sleep Anymore On The Beach..."     
C2     Monheim     
C3     Broken Windows, Locks Of Love Pt. III. / 3rd Part

Antennas To Heaven...
D1     Moya Sings "Baby-O"...     
D2     Edgyswingsetacid     
D3     [Glockenspiel Duet Recorded On A Campsite In Rhinebeck, N.Y.]     
D4     "Attention...Mon Ami...Fa-Lala-Lala-La-La..." [55-St.Laurent]     
D5     She Dreamt She Was A Bulldozer, She Dreamt She Was Alone In An Empty Field     
D6     Deathkamp Drone     
D7     [Antennas To Heaven...]

The hottest thing to come out of Canada since the Keith Parry Five sorry ladies I saw him first and the incredible third album from multipiece orchestral beautheads GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR An evorevolutionary collage of sonic gorgeosity and acheagonizing ensemble reverie overloaded with layered melodics pulsing dynamics and dedicated exuberance Five expansive compositions of sadness beauty and freedom Follow me Im gonna total this thing

After two tireless years of touring and nearunanimous critical acclaim Godspeed You Black Emperor assembled a collection of new recordings that chart the creative evolution of the band as well as its literal physical movement on the road crisscrossing North America and Europe Five expansive fullband compositions are framed by various field recordings tape manipulations and ensemble pieces in a return to the narrative sonic collage techniques that marked their 1997 debut cst003 Four seamless sides of vinyl unfold a world of aching sadness and beauty with musical quotes ranging from heartland americana to mitteleuropa folkways all distilled through the unique sonic filters of Godspeeds pedalcrazy orchestral rock instrumentation Harrowing guitars plaintive strings pulsing basses and explosive drums combine with glockenspiels horns and tape drones to form an overwhelming palette of sounds always driven by fierce melodic momentum and intense emotional resonance GYBE continues to paint on an impossibly large canvas with an uncanny blend of worldweariness and naive exuberance that speaks volumes about the conflicts and contradictions permeating our political and cultural life The tension between humility and hubris conjures an epic scope and a raw hope that such sweeping gestures might survive with some semblance of substance If this record can create a clearing for itself and breathe with a degree of the life that went into its making Godspeed may yet topple a building or two