Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Discography

Genre: Post-Rock/Experimental/Genius
Website: Myspace
For Fans Of: Mono, Yndi Halda, Music

Godspeed You! Black Emperor were one of the greatest bands of all time. That's not even an opinion - it's 100% solid truth. They are generally pigeonholed into 'post-rock', just because it's easier to label them as such, but they really took influences from all manner of genres - progressive rock, classical music, post-punk and avant-garde to name a few. Their sound is epic and sprawling, mixing in vocal samples of insane preachers with their eerie string arrangements and simply breathtaking climaxes, oh and sometimes they use a glockenspiel. Yep, a glockenspiel. I fucking love glockenspiel. If you've never listened to the band before (haha, yeah right) I suggest you start with Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada, since it's essentially the perfect piece of music and is shorter and (in my opinion) more easy to digest than the rest of their discography. Best band ever or best band ever?

ALBUM: F#A# INFINITY (1997)http://www.mediafire.com/?mky0jzzne1z
EP: SLOW RIOT FOR NEW ZERO KANADA (1999)http://www.mediafire.com/?4iymdwioww2
ALBUM: LIFT YR. SKINNY FISTS LIKE ANTENNAS TO HEAVEN (2000)http://www.mediafire.com/?mh2z1mnendw
ALBUM: YANQUI U.X.O. (2002)http://www.mediafire.com/?qydztzwnvow

I'll also include a bootleg of the session they had with John Peel since it's insanely good.

BOOTLEG: JOHN PEEL SESSIONS (1999)http://www.mediafire.com/?yuzynygnnem