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- Record Label: Constellation
- Release Date: Sep 22, 2017
- Summary: The sixth full-length release for the Canadian post-rock band was recorded and mixed by Greg Norman.
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- Record Label: Constellation
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock, Experimental Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 23
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Mixed: 5 out of 23
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Negative: 0 out of 23
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Sep 25, 2017It’s still a functionally and otherwise dazzling work, one that sits nicely among the band's compositions.
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Sep 22, 2017Vital, vibrant, and necessary, Luciferian Towers is a stunning addition to Godspeed's storied catalogue.
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Sep 21, 2017If you’re familiar with Godspeed’s work, this is far from a reinvention, but it’s also not a record of mourning, as much of the collective’s music has been described. Instead, it feels more like a call to action and creation, even if only to assemble an hour or so of music.
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MojoOct 24, 2017The sprawling Montreal ensemble [is] nback at their most spirited, their Weltschmerz poured into wordless music of soaring transcendence and, on occasion, fierce beauty. [Dec 2017, p.91]
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Sep 20, 2017An album full of ugly [moments]. Ugly isn’t bad on a Godspeed record--the “wrong notes” that permeate “Fam/Famine” resonate as our inability to articulate rage--but it does result in an album that’s more bombast than beauty, which, despite the album’s themes of revolution, can make for an especially dissonant listen.
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Sep 28, 2017Even though it doesn’t seem like this is the end of this road, the process has already borne fruit in the case of Luciferian Towers and presented a different facade. But it feels there is still ground to cover to reach the end goal, and that is very promising.
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Sep 22, 2017On the whole, these tracks feel partially-realized, like demos that didn’t get wholly fleshed out.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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