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9.3
74575
9.3 |
Paste Magazine
A true piece of art
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9.1
74525
9.1 |
A.V. Club
Though it calls back to many of the strengths of early GY!BE albums, it also highlights an evolution of intent
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9.0
74510
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Asunder, Sweet is Godspeed at their most conciliatory, most bloody-minded and most untouchable
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9.0
74618
9.0 |
The Quietus
Pure distilled, 200 proof revolutionary instrumental rock
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9.0
74663
9.0 |
PopMatters
No vocal samples or field recordings were harmed in the making of this song, or any part of Asunder, for that matter
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9.0
74761
9.0 |
musicOMH
An album that hits hard and serves as a startling call to arms
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8.0
74881
8.0 |
The Skinny
Slim but huge, and tests the GYBE aesthetic with courageous enterprise
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8.0
75416
8.0 |
Mojo
Forty minutes of wordless shape-shifting spread across four sprawling tracks. Print edition only
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8.0
75779
8.0 |
No Ripcord
In parts on Asunder… they've truly perfected their sound, and there’s not many bands that that can be said abou
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8.0
74673
8.0 |
NME
Their vision remains a bleak one - but it makes resistance sound holy, and love sound like a revolutionary act
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8.0
74626
8.0 |
Uncut
Once again, the bands consistency is ultimately an asset rather than a curse. Print edition only
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8.0
74561
8.0 |
Under The Radar
Put simply, Godspeed rock the fuck out while still sounding like Godspeed
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8.0
74568
8.0 |
The Music
While the length, a neat 40 minutes, may leave some fans wanting more, the album stands alone as one wonderful piece of experimental, droning and beautiful music
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8.0
74569
8.0 |
Exclaim
This is a beautiful, concise blast that conveys this band's musical essence
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8.0
74515
8.0 |
Spin
Godspeed You! Black Emperor have created another incredible work and one that finds them again evading the confines of formula — even if it happens to be their own
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8.0
74490
8.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
It’s post-apocalyptic, and it’s a gorgeous awakening for a band that continues to define the standard within its genre
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8.0
74498
8.0 |
NOW
It requires some patience, but it's worth sitting through the less immediately gratifying moments for the final section's payoff
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8.0
74499
8.0 |
The Guardian
Asunder, Sweet begins in devastation and lament, takes time to plot, then surges with a single purpose: it is resolute and defiant, much like the players themselves
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8.0
74500
8.0 |
The Observer
Ranks among their most immediate
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8.0
74506
8.0 |
The FT
A gripping, perfectly paced exercise in apocalyptic post-rock, ending with a rapturous guitar, strings and drum finale
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7.6
74553
7.6 |
Pitchfork
As a listener, to give yourself over to this kind of soaring music, allowing yourself to be carried away, implies a certain amount of trust
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7.5
74471
7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
Asunder is polemical in its trudge, drawing out notes the way a politician pauses between words to emphasize their meaning. As with 2012’s Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!, Godspeed pulls it off
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7.0
74598
7.0 |
All Music
At just over 40 minutes, this is the band's first single album release since their 1998 debut F# A# (Infinity). It is also their first ever without the use of sampled or field-recorded voices
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6.0
74951
6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress’ is good enough, by post-rock standards. But it really falls short of the bar that GY!BE set themselves before they took a break from the game
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6.0
74956
6.0 |
State
This is the unadorned sound of GY!BE. Just the musicians and the noise they make. At once simple and absorbing, subtle and loud
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6.0
74768
6.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
As the music bangs on, as it must, Assunder’s biggest demand is maybe its most predictable and most important: Hope
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