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Godspeed You! Black Emperor are back, as they’ve announced their eighth studio album, NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD.
Due on October 4th via Constellation, NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD is Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s first album since 2021’s G_D’S PEE AT STATE’S END! Spanning six songs — all with titles as urgent as the album’s itself — the new record addresses the ongoing conflict in Palestine (the death toll in Gaza was reported to be 28,340 this past February). The closing track, “GREY RUBBLE – GREEN SHOOTS,” is streaming below. Pre-orders for the album are ongoing.
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GSYE! accompanied the album’s announcement with the following statement:
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
Godspeed You! Black Emperor will embark on their previously announced 2024 tour, starting with a European leg this September and wrapping with a North American leg this November. To coincide with today’s album announcement, they’ve confirmed an additional leg of North American dates in spring 2025 Get tickets here.
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NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD Tracklist:
01. SUN IS A HOLE SUN IS VAPORS
02. HOLE SUN IS VAPORS BABYS IN A THUNDERCLOUD
03. RAINDROPS CAST IN LEAD
04. BROKEN SPIRES AT DEAD KAPITAL
05. PALE SPECTATOR TAKES PHOTOGRAPHS
06. GREY RUBBLE – GREEN SHOOTS
Godspeed You! Black Emperor 2024-2025 Tour Dates:
09/27 — Dublin, IE @ National Stadium
09/29 — London, UK @ Troxy
09/30 — Glasgow, UK @ Barrowlands
10/01 — Manchester, UK @ Ritz
10/02 — Bristol, UK @ Marble Factory
10/03 — Coventry, UK @ The Empire
10/04 — Tourcoing, FR @ Le Grand Mix
10/05 — Esch-Alzette, LU @ Kufa
10/06 — Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
10/08 — Nantes, FR @ Stereolux
10/09 — Nancy, FR @ L’Autre Canal (Jazz Pulsation Festival)
10/10 — Zürich, CH @ Volkshaus
10/11 — Lausanne, CH @ Les Docks
10/12 — Frankfurt, DE @ Zoom
10/14 — Berlin, DE @ Huxleys
10/15 — Amsterdam, NE @ Paradiso
10/16 — Brussels, BE @ AB
10/18 — Athens, GR @ Floyd
11/04 — Hamilton, ON @ Bridgeworks
11/05 — Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall
11/06 — London, ON @ London Music Hall
11/07 — Grand Rapids, MI @ Elevation
11/08 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
11/09 — St Paul, MN @ Palace Theater
11/11 — Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall
11/12 — Fayetteville, AR @ George’s Majestic Lounge
11/13 — Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
11/14 — Knoxville, TN @ Bijou Theater
11/15 — Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
11/16 — Charleston, SC @ The Music Farm
11/17 — Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom
11/19 — Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
11/21 — Brooklyn, NY @ Pioneerworks
11/22 — Norwalk, CT @ District Music Hall
11/23 — Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
11/24 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
11/25 – Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
04/25 – Austin, TX @ TBA
04/26 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
04/28 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
04/30 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellweather
05/01 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory OC
05/02 – Tijuana, BC, Mexico @ Cine Bujazán
05/03 – Ventura, CA @ Ventura Music Hall
05/04 – San Francisco, CA @ Curran Theater
05/06 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
05/07 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
05/08 – Seattle, WA @ The Neptune
05/09 – Seattle, WA @ The Neptune
05/10 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
05/12 – Kelowna, BC @ Revelry
05/13 – Calgary, AB @ Palace Theatre
05/14 – Edmonton, AB @ Midway
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