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SUMMARY:Godspeed You! Black Emperor
DESCRIPTION:Godspeed You! Black Emperor released a string of albums from 19
 97-2002 widely recognized as redefining what protest music can be\, where 
 longform instrumental chamber rock compositions of immense feeling and pow
 er serve as soundtracks to late capitalist alienation and resistance. The 
 band’s first four releases—especially  F#A#∞ (1997) and Lift You
 r Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (2000)—are variously regarded as
  classics of the era and genre. Godspeed’s legendary live performances\,
  featuring multiple 16mm projectors beaming a collage of overlapping analo
 g film loops and reels—along with the distinctive iconography\, imagery 
 and tactility of the band’s album artwork and physical LP packages— fu
 rther defines the sui generis aesthetic substance\, ethos and mythos of th
 is group. GY!BE has issued two official band photos in its 25-year existen
 ce and has done a half-dozen collectively-answered written interviews over
  that same span. The band has never had a website or social media accounts
 . It has never made a video. Few rock bands in our 21st century have been 
 as steadfast in trying to let the work speak for itself and maintaining si
 mple rules about minimising participation in cultures of personality\, exp
 osure\, access\, commodification or co-optation.\n\nFollowing a seven-year
  hiatus that began in 2003\, Godspeed returned to the stage in December 20
 10 (curating the UK festival All Tomorrow’s Parties) and the band’s po
 st-reunion period has now lasted over a decade\, marked by hundreds of sol
 d-out live shows and three additional albums\, all of which have been met 
 with high acclaim.\n\nG_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! – the band’s fourt
 h post-reunion album (and eighth overall) – was released on April 2nd\
 , 2021.
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