Godspeed You! Black Emperor's Efrim Menuck returns with Pissing Stars

Godspeed You! Black Emperor's Efrim Menuck returns with Pissing Stars

Without the press release, there’s nothing suggesting that Efrim Manuel Menuck would have taken interest in a celebrity romance. However, there is a dichotomy swirling around Pissing Stars that could also be found on American entertainment news. There’s ugliness and beauty at play simultaneously. One track here is called 'The Beauty of Children and the War Against the Poor'. As a father, he’s got to be positive despite rampant corruption, war, and poverty.

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Favorite Tracks of 2017

Favorite Tracks of 2017

Since I kicked my new release show in to high gear at KFAI this year, I ended up absorbing more songs than any since I've been music blogging. Follow me on Spotify to find each of the songs in a playlist aptly titled "2017." Cheers to a new year of new music.

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor once again prove to be greater than the sum of their succinct parts on Luciferian Towers

Godspeed You! Black Emperor once again prove to be greater than the sum of their succinct parts on Luciferian Towers

If you pay close enough attention, you can see the underserved masses finally defenestrating that which Godspeed have been sonically dueling for the past two decades. Even naming the band member by member doesn’t complete the puzzle of intention, since Godspeed You! Black Emperor are much more than the sum of their succinct parts. It’s almost a picture we can hang on the wall of our living room to help remind us of the beauty that can be found in humanity; and how much it’s at stake in the era the band operate in.

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