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matt00dak · **Posted:** Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:52 am

Since RM loves its lists, I guess this is how I'd rank GYBE:

F#A#
Lift...
Yanqui
Slow Riot

Dev · **Posted:** Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:07 am

ok so i was gonna try out yanqui tomorrow, its really trash? all I've heard is that 10 minute one off it with the war vid, i think its the second song on the disc
i liked it and matt says it IS good hmm hmm

matt00dak · **Posted:** Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:19 am

Yanqui doesn't have as much in the way of atmosphere as the rest-- no field recordings, found-sound collages or any of that stuff. I still find it quite compelling, though, and I can listen to it when I'm not really in the mood for the others.

McParadigm · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:07 pm **Posts:** 12393

That last record is really a lot more unsettling. Not as "pretty," if that word ever applied. They do a lot of toying with dissonance and the like, and it can feel like a rough roller coaster ride. These days I like it more than anything save lift.

Winter's Love · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:08 am

I forgot how good Fists is. The first movement on Storm makes life worth living.

theplatypus · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:20 am

Godspeed are great.

I wanna write one of these Guides!!

Dev · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:42 am

I love yanqui
i should get lift then?

Winter's Love · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:15 am

YES.

Also, Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada might be my favorite. It's incredible.

SmilinSkullRing · **Posted:** Mon Feb 01, 2010 3:09 am

I'm digging this band.

Mickey · **Posted:** Mon Feb 01, 2010 3:42 am

Yeah Lift Yr Skinny Fists is pretty much untouchable, especially from halfway through Sleep until the end of the record. Just heartbreaking.

Buffalohed · **Posted:** Mon Feb 01, 2010 4:14 am

Sleep is probably the best post-rock song ever, closely followed by DJed. Lift... is definitely the best post-rock album.

deep · **Posted:** Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:43 pm

Figured i'd ressurect this thread in honor of the return!!

I didn't think the reunion would ever happen

edit: i see the other thread but this one is better

matt00dak · **Posted:** Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:23 pm

deep wrote:

edit: i see the other thread but this one is better

I concur.

I'm so glad they're "back" (whatever that ends up meaning). Silver Mt. Zion was doing a fair job of filling the void up through Horses In the Sky, but their last 2 albums aren't very good.

McParadigm · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:07 pm **Posts:** 12393

Self Polluted · **Joined:** Tue May 09, 2006 2:42 pm **Posts:** 8393

That was pretty great. I never thought to "youtube" them.

Self Polluted · **Joined:** Tue May 09, 2006 2:42 pm **Posts:** 8393

Just to clarify, there's lots of things I haven't thought of.

Self Polluted · **Joined:** Tue May 09, 2006 2:42 pm **Posts:** 8393

Snow tires and washer fluid come to mind, as I listen.

Self Polluted · **Joined:** Tue May 09, 2006 2:42 pm **Posts:** 8393

As does sobriety...

McParadigm · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:07 pm **Posts:** 12393

Ha. I just threw up and then came back check this thread, which lead to posting this.

Bring it.

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