No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead
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| Released | 4 October 2024 | |||
| Recorded | 2024 | |||
| Studio | Hotel2Tango | |||
| Genre | Post-rock | |||
| Length | 54:09 | |||
| Label | Constellation | |||
| Producer | Jace Lasek | |||
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No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead (stylized in all caps) is the eighth studio album by Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, released on 4 October 2024 by Constellation Records.
Background
[edit]The title refers to the reported number of Palestinian deaths by Israeli strikes between 7 October 2023 and 13 February 2024 during the Israel–Hamas war, according to the health ministry of Gaza.[1] In a statement of the album announcement around which the rest of this was spun, the band proclaimed: "No Title= what gestures make sense while tiny bodies fall? what context? what broken melody? and then a tally and a date to mark a point on the line, the negative process, the growing pile".[2]
In February 2024, the band premiered three new songs at the Knockdown Center in New York City.[3]
On 27 August 2024, while embarking on a North American tour, the band announced the album, releasing the single "Grey Rubble – Green Shoots",[4] which was engineered and mixed by Jace Lasek and mastered by Harris Newman,[5] along with additional 2025 tour dates in North America and Europe.[6]
Reception
[edit]| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100[7] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Far Out |   [8] |
| Slant Magazine |  [9] |
| The Guardian | [10] |
| AllMusic | [11] |
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, the album has a weighted average score of 75 out of 100 from 5 critic scores.[7]
Far Out named the album their album of the week, calling it "a politically charged masterpiece".[8] Slant Magazine gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and said "Godspeed’s adherence to formula undercuts the visceral punch that, for decades, has been central to their appeal".[9] The Guardian called the release "powerfully brilliant" and said the band "have made an urgent soundtrack for an uncertain and dangerous world".[10] BrooklynVegan said the album "has the raw urgency of an album that came together quickly and intuitively, as both a response and a soundtrack to ongoing mass tragedy, and it’s as overpowering as any of Godspeed’s best records".[12]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sun is a Hole Sun is Vapors" | 5:32 |
| 2. | "Babys in a Thundercloud" | 13:37 |
| 3. | "Raindrops Cast in Lead" | 13:18 |
| 4. | "Broken Spires at Dead Kapital" | 3:35 |
| 5. | "Pale Spectator Takes Photographs" | 11:18 |
| 6. | "Grey Rubble – Green Shoots" | 6:53 |
| Total length: | 54:09 | |
Vinyl edition-exclusive bonus track
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Untitled" (Ambient reprise of "Grey Rubble") | 13:05 |
| Total length: | 67:14 | |
Notes
- All tracks stylized in all caps
Personnel
[edit]Adapted from the liner notes on Bandcamp[13]
- Thierry Amar – electric bass, upright bass
- David Bryant – electric guitar, tape loops
- Timothy Herzog – drums, glockenspiel
- Aidan Girt – drums
- Efrim Menuck – electric guitar, tape loops
- Michael Moya – electric guitar
- Mauro Pezzente – electric bass
- Sophie Trudeau – violin
- Karl Lemieux – 16mm projections
- Philippe Leonard – 16mm projections
- Michele Fiedler Fuentes – vocals on "Raindrops Cast in Lead"
References
[edit]- ^ Zemler, Emily (28 August 2024). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor Announce New Album, Share Track 'Grey Rubble - Green Shoots'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ Strauss, Matthew (August 28, 2024). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor Announce New Album No Title As of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead, Share Song". Pitchfork.
- ^ Pearis, Bill (26 February 2024). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor debuted 3 new songs at tour kickoff at Knockdown Center (listen ++ pics, 2024 dates)". Brooklyn Vegan. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ Gallato, Fabio (28 August 2024). "GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR: a ottobre il nuovo album "NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD"". Impatto Sonoro (in Italian). Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ Chelosky, Danielle (27 August 2024). "Godspeed You! Black Emperor Announce New Album 'NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,320 DEAD'". Stereogum. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Godspeed You! Black Emperor". Constellation Records. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ a b "No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead by Godspeed You! Black Emperor Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 'No Title' album review". faroutmagazine.co.uk. 2024-10-03. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
- ^ a b Attard, Paul (2024-10-03). "Review: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, 'No Title as of 13 February 2024: 28,340 Dead'". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
- ^ a b Mongredien, Phil (2024-10-04). "Godspeeed You! Black Emperor: No Title As of 13 February 2024, 28,340 Dead review – powerfully brilliant". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
- ^ Simpson, Paul. "No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead by Godspeed You! Black Emperor". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Sacher, Andrew (October 4, 2024). "Album Reviews: The Smile, GY!BE, Blood Incantation & more". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
- ^ ""NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD", by Godspeed You! Black Emperor". Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Retrieved 2024-08-31.