Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress | ||||
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Released | 31 March 2015 | |||
Recorded | 2013–14 | |||
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Length | 40:23 [1] | |||
Label | Constellation | |||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 84/100 [2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The A.V. Club | A− [4] |
Drowned in Sound | [5] |
Exclaim! | 8/10 [6] |
The Guardian | [7] |
Paste | 9.3/10 [8] |
Pitchfork | 7.6/10 [9] |
Spin | [10] |
Sputnikmusic | [11] |
Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress is the fifth studio album by Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, released on 31 March 2015 by Constellation Records. The album was recorded with Electrical Audio engineer Greg Norman in North Carolina and Montreal, [1] [12] and was the first to feature completely new material since the band's reformation in 2010. [13] It is also, with the exception of the vinyl version of F♯ A♯ ∞ (ignoring the locked groove), the group's shortest album to date, timing in at just forty minutes.
The album was announced on 24 February 2015; the group also shared an excerpt of "Peasantry or 'Light! Inside of Light!'" on SoundCloud. [14] On 24 March 2015, Constellation streamed the album on their SoundCloud.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album has received an average score of 84, indicating "universal acclaim". [2]
Pitchfork rated the album 7.6 out of a possible 10 and Mark Richardson described the album as a "different kind of transaction" and that while listening to the album "You have to let your guard down" as that Godspeed "transforms feelings into compelling records. They're still on track." [15] Writing for Exclaim! , Nilan Perera called the record "a beautiful, concise blast that conveys this band's musical essence". [6]
The album's four tracks are based on "Behemoth", played live numerous times since 2012 and previously recorded onstage for the concert series We Have Signal. [16]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Peasantry or 'Light! Inside of Light!'" | 10:28 |
2. | "Lambs' Breath" | 9:52 |
3. | "Asunder, Sweet" | 6:13 |
4. | "Piss Crowns Are Trebled" | 13:50 |
Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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UK Albums (OCC) [17] | 37 |
French Albums (SNEP) [18] | 179 |
US Billboard 200 [19] | 129 |
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