Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress
Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress is the fifth studio album by Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, released on 31 March 2015 by Constellation Records. The album was recorded with Electrical Audio engineer Greg Norman in North Carolina and Montreal, and was the first to feature completely new material since the band's reformation in 2010. It is also, with the exception of the vinyl version of F♯ A♯ ∞ (ignoring the locked groove), the group's shortest album to date, timing in at just forty minutes.
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| Released | 31 March 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2013–14 | |||
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| Length | 40:23 | |||
| Label | Constellation | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 84/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The A.V. Club | A− |
| Drowned in Sound | |
| Exclaim! | 8/10 |
| The Guardian | |
| Paste | 9.3/10 |
| Pitchfork | 7.6/10 |
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| Sputnikmusic | |
The album was announced on 24 February 2015; the group also shared an excerpt of "Peasantry or 'Light! Inside of Light!'" on SoundCloud. On 24 March 2015, Constellation streamed the album on their SoundCloud.
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