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Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress

Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress
A blurry, black and white image of animals grazing, with trees in the background.
Studio album by
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Released31 March 2015 (2015-03-31)
Recorded2013–14
Studio
Length40:23[1]
LabelConstellation
Godspeed You! Black Emperor chronology
'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
(2012) 		Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress
(2015) 		Luciferian Towers
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The A.V. ClubA−[4]
Drowned in Sound[5]
Exclaim!8/10[6]
The Guardian[7]
Paste9.3/10[8]
Pitchfork7.6/10[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.

  1. ^ a b "GY!BE - 'Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress' - Constellation Records". Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress". AllMusic. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Godspeed You! Black Emperor punctuates chaos with hope". The A.V. Club. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Album Review: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  6. ^ Perera, Nilan (31 March 2015). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress". Exclaim!. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  7. ^ Costa, Maddy (26 March 2015). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress review – a resolute, defiant return". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress Review". Paste Magazine. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Review: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Renew Their Orchestral Bombast on 'Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress'". Spin. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Sputnikmusic Review". Sputnikmusic. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  12. ^ "Godspeed You! Black Emperor – "Pleasantry Or 'Light! Inside of Light'" (Excerpt) & 'Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress' Details". 24 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  13. ^ Music, Guardian (25 February 2015). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor announce new album". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  14. ^ "Godspeed You! Black Emperor Announce New Album Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress". Pitchfork. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.

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