Godspeed You! Black Emperor: 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! version on vinyl LP/SP in 45 RPM edition. This particular edition was published in USA and Canada in publishing company Constellation on 23. October 2020.

The single contains two drones, which are integrated into the context of the album on the CD, but separated on the vinyl to achieve a good print quality. The two songs "Mladic" and "We Drift Like Worried Fire" are the final versions of the two songs "Albanian" and "Gamelan", which the band already knows from concerts. The two tracks were recorded by Howard Bilerman at the legendary Hotel2Tango studio, while the drones were recorded and mixed by the band themselves. All tracks were mastered by Harris Newman/ Greymarket. Musically, "'Allelujah! Don't bend over! Ascend!" follows up the last Yanqui U. X.O. album, released almost exactly a decade ago, and takes on its sonic aesthetic and context. A lot has happened in the last ten years, and there's neither the time nor the capacity for mythology, but one thing is clear: we'd be lying if we didn't admit that GY!BE's 2010 return was a caesura, a point of hindsight. Like few bands in recent years, the Canadians have accompanied us without being particularly musically visible. Their history is closely tied to the Constellation label, and the whole attitude, the context in which Constellation and therefore GY!BE operate, has had an influence on independent music culture around the world that should not be underestimated. And so the new GY!BE album invites a retrospective, an exploration of what independent culture and self-concept still means today, and where the socio-cultural components of our society have and will continue to evolve. In this way, "'Hallelujah! Don't bend! "Ascend!" is loaded with meaning that could hardly be heavier - and on which neither the band nor the album has any direct influence - an artistic expression that takes on meaning by its very existence - we have it, the myth, without wanting it. And we have no choice but to accept it - that this beautiful piece of music (and it is, this album - a musical masterpiece) has already become a guide to our self-understanding, a moment to stop, reflect and thus witness our own transformation, an attempt to rewrite a chapter of our own biography in this book of mostly terrible, messed up, complicated and nihilistic stories and somehow turn it into hope. Once again, GY!BE has managed to create a soundtrack for this interplay of analysis, defiance and liberation. Review , "The style-defining force of post-rock has made a seamless return after a ten-year hiatus." (musikexpress, December 2012) ,,... Godspeed You! Black Emperor use the archaic power of rock'n'roll and the freedom of improvised music to confront a present with which musicians absolutely disagree." (Rolling Stone, December 2012)

Album spans genres Post Rock, Drone and Noise Rock. 180g LP + 7" Vinyl.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor: 'Allelujah! Don't Bend Ascend version on CD in Standard edition. This particular edition was published in Canada in publishing company Constellation on 23. October 2020.

Two songs "Mladic" and "We Drift Like Worried Fire" are the final versions of two songs "Albanian" and "Gamelan", which the band already knows from concerts. The two tracks were recorded by Howard Bilerman at the legendary Hotel2Tango studio, while the drones were recorded and mixed by the band themselves. All tracks were mastered by Harris Newman/ Greymarket. Musically, "'Allelujah! Don't bend over! Ascend!" follows up the last Yanqui U. X.O. album, released almost exactly ten years ago, and takes on its sonic aesthetic and context. A lot has happened in the last ten years, and there's neither the time nor the capacity for mythology, but one thing is clear: we'd be lying if we didn't admit that GY!BE's 2010 return was a caesura, a point of hindsight. Like few bands in recent years, the Canadians have accompanied us without being particularly musically visible. Their history is closely tied to the Constellation label, and the whole attitude, the context in which Constellation and therefore GY!BE operate, has had an influence on independent music culture around the world that should not be underestimated. And so the new GY!BE album invites a retrospective, an exploration of what independent culture and self-concept still means today, and where the socio-cultural components of our society have and will continue to evolve. In this way, "'Hallelujah! Don't bend! "Ascend!" is loaded with meaning that could hardly be heavier - and on which neither the band nor the album has any direct influence - an artistic expression that takes on meaning by its very existence - we have it, the myth, without wanting it. And we have no choice but to accept it - that this beautiful piece of music (and it is, this record - a musical masterpiece) has already become a guide to our self-understanding, a moment of pause, reflection, and thus a witness to our own transformation, in which we try to rewrite the chapter of our own biography in this book of mostly terrible, messed-up, complicated and nihilistic stories, and somehow turn it into hope. Once again, GY!BE has managed to create a soundtrack for this interplay of analysis, defiance and liberation. Product Information Since the release of Yanqui U. X.O.", the latest album Godspeed You! Black Emperor. The band, never heeding the wisdom of the industry, released "Yanqui" shortly before Christmas 2002 without much publicity, press availability, marketing plans, cross-promotion or brand synergy, adorned with the now infamous cover art that depicts the connection between major record labels and the military-industrial complex. Like all of GYBE's albums, this album has found its audience: a passionate and devoted fan base that is excited by the band's sonic vision and its commitment to unmediated, unadulterated musical communication. That these simple principles and goals are harder to maintain and enforce a decade later is an understatement. For all the content and discontent - for all the "content" - of our current cultural moment, the idea of bypassing the glare of exposure or avoiding careful planning of media cycles and identity management seems deeply unwise, if not unnecessary. But Godspeed You! Black Emperor attempts to do the same. The band wants people to encounter and care about the new album without being told. They're trying to preserve the excitement of anonymous and unpremeditated transmission, knowing full well that in this day and age, anti-strategy is in danger of being labeled as strategy, non-marketing as its opposite, and deeply held principles they consider essential to health are likely to be interpreted as another form of hiding. Since 2010, the band has once again forged its own path, regrouping as the same self-managed collective it has been since the beginning, performing at several music festivals and otherwise touring only on its own. It was a disorienting period of re-emerging, but it felt overwhelmingly right, honest and good. We think Godspeed You! Black Emperor have made a new record that maintains, if not surpasses, the standards of their previous work - which, many will agree, is a high bar. GYBE have picked up where they left off, and after nearly two years of practicing, playing and touring, have released "'Hallelujah! Don't bend over! Ascend!" delivers two massive musical pages (complete with two new drones) that the band had been working on before their 2003 hiatus, and which they have now transformed into something definitively stunning, haunting, and utterly true to their legacy. The future looks dark indeed, but on the strength of this new record, Godspeed You! Black Emperor seem utterly committed to seeing it through, to channeling it and fighting for a few rays of sound (and flashes of light) that are righteous, unwavering, hopeful and pure. Review , "A style-defining post-rock force makes a seamless return after a decade-long hiatus." (musikexpress, December 2012) ,,... Godspeed You! Black Emperor use the archaic power of rock'n'roll and the freedom of improvised music to confront a present with which musicians absolutely disagree." (Rolling Stone, December 2012)

Album spans genres Post Rock, Drone and Noise Rock.