Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Discography
Godspeed You! Black Emperor released a string of albums from 1997-2002 widely recognized as redefining what protest music can be, where longform instrumental chamber rock compositions of immense feeling and power serve as soundtracks to late capitalist alienation and resistance. The band’s first four releases—especially F#A#∞ (1997) and Lift Your 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 analog film loops and reels—along with the distinctive iconography, imagery and tactility of the band's album artwork and physical LP packages— further defines the sui generis aesthetic substance, ethos and mythos of this group. GY!BE has issued two official band photos in its 25-year existence (the second, left, a 2010 recreation of the first from 1997) 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 simple rules about minimising participation in cultures of personality, exposure, access, commodification or co-optation.
Following a seven-year hiatus that began in 2003, Godspeed returned to the stage in December 2010 (curating the UK festival All Tomorrow’s Parties) and the band’s post-reunion period has now lasted over a decade, marked by hundreds of sold-out live shows and three additional albums, all of which have been met with high acclaim.
G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! – the band’s fourth post-reunion album (and eighth overall) – is out 02 April 2021.
Live Dates
12 Jan 2022 – Diksmuide, BE @ 4AD
13 Jan 2022 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
14 Jan 2022 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique
15 Jan 2022 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique
16 Jan 2022 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
17 Jan 2022 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
18 Jan 2022 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
19 Jan 2022 – Bristol, UK @ SWX
20 Jan 2022 – Coventry, UK @ Empire
21 Jan 2022 – Glasgow, UK @ The Barrowland
22 Jan 2022 – Manchester, UK @ University Academy I
24 Jan 2022 – Rennes, FR @ Le MeM
25 Jan 2022 – Paris, FR @ Elysée Montmartre
26 Jan 2022 – Clermont Ferrand, FR @ La Coopérative de Mai
27 Jan 2022 – Nancy, FR @ L'Autre Canal
28 Jan 2022 – Bern, CH @ Dachstock Reitschule
29 Jan 2022 – Geneva, CH @ Alhambra Antigel Fest
31 Jan 2022 – Karlsruhe, DE @ Substage
01 Feb 2022 – Cologne, DE @ Kantine
02 Feb 2022 – Berlin, DE @ Huxleys
04 Feb 2022 – Saint Petersburg, RU @Aurora [POSTPONED]
05 Feb 2022 – Moscow, RU @1930 [POSTPONED]
25 Feb 2022 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theater
26 Feb 2022 – Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theatre
27 Feb 2022 – Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
01 Mar 2022 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
02 Mar 2022 – San Diego, CA @ The Music Box
03 Mar 2022 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco
04 Mar 2022 – Berkeley, CA @ The UC Theatre
05 Mar 2022 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom
06 Mar 2022 – Petaluma, CA @ Phoenix Theater
08 Mar 2022 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox Market
09 Mar 2022 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
10 Mar 2022 – Victoria, BC @ Capital Ballroom
11 Mar 2022 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
12 Mar 2022 – Kelowna, BC @ Kelowna Community Theatre
14 Mar 2022 – Calgary, AB @ Palace Theatre
15 Mar 2022 – Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall
17 Mar 2022 – Winnipeg, MB @ Park Theatre
18 Mar 2022 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
19 Mar 2022 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
20 Mar 2022 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
15 Apr 2022 – Woodstock, NY @ Levon Helm Studios
16 Apr 2022 – Northampton, MA @ Academy of Music
17 Apr 2022 – Providence, RI @ Columbus Theatre
18 Apr 2022 – Fairfield, CT @ The Warehouse
19 Apr 2022 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
21 Apr 2022 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
22 Apr 2022 – Jersey City, NJ @ White Eagle Hall
23 Apr 2022 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
24 Apr 2022 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
25 Apr 2022 – Richmond, VA @ The National
26 Apr 2022 – Carborro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
28 Apr 2022 – Orlando, FL @ The Beacham
29 Apr 2022 – Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival
30 Apr 2022 – Pelham, TN @ The Caverns
03 May 2022 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
04 May 2022 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
05 May 2022 – Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre
07 May 2022 – Ottawa, ON @ Bronson Centre
15 Oct 2022 – Porto, PT @ Amplifest