Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian TowersThis, this long playing record, a thing we made in the midst of communal mess, raising dogs and children. eyes up and filled with dreadful joy we aimed for wrong notes that explode, a quiet muttering amplified heavenward. we recorded it all in a burning motorboat. 1. UNDOING A LUCIFERIAN TOWERS look at that fucking skyline! big lazy money writ in dull marble obelisks! imagine all those buildings much later on, hollowed out and stripped bare of wires

This is the only place where you can hear some of Arthur’s most recognisable tunes and it’s an album that absolutely deserves to be kept in press

"We've always loved what Ian does and it's been a thrill over the years to help Ian dig these wild musical ideas out from his brain

combined with Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy’s lyrical depictions of rural

“This is the sound of where we are at

and I figured the best way to deal with it was to write something heavy

It’s all love

The effect is purely physical

Forest Fire ( BBC 1970)

Enduring and unsurpassed

mastered by Grammy-winning engineer Emily Lazar

windswept melancholia and self destructive noise

was having a blast at Kathleen‰۪s birthday party when she abruptly asked him to be the drummer