During the opening concert of their tour, Godspeed You! Black Emperor dedicated much of his set to the premiere of three new musical pieces.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor began his world tour last Saturday with a concert at the Knockdown Center from New York where he premiered three songs. The Montreal orchestral post rock group is recognized for its long musical pieces and its monumental composition work, characterized by exceptional handling of the tempo musical. The subtle notes become a sonic break mediated by a complex instrumentation that the ensemble executes to perfection. This logic of crescendo It also happens in the general aspect of their live act, where the tension builds up until it bursts into a beautiful auditory event.
He Show last Saturday was part of the winter edition of the Knockdown’s Outline Series, which offers several special musical acts to accompany the cold New York weather. This concert began a new international tour in which Godspeed You! Black Emperor will continue to delight their fans and will see them make a stop in Mexico. He setlist that they prepared for this tour is mainly made up of their new songs – unofficially named, “Flowers”, “Flames” and “Feathers”–, but they still spend some time on old compositions like “First of the Last Glaciers” and “Hope Drone”.
The latest musical project of Godspeed You! Black Emperor appeared in the middle of the pandemic during 2021, G_d’s Pee at State’s End!via Constellation Records. With his anticipated return to the stage and the surprise premiere of his three new musical pieces, the possibility of hearing this new material in the form of a new studio album seems closer than we expected.
You can listen to the recordings that have emerged on the internet of the three new songs from Godspeed You! Black Emperor. The group will perform this March 7 as part of the Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX, Originally their concert was scheduled to take place at the Indie Rocks Forum! but recently it was changed to Bucareli Pediment due to high demand for tickets.
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