{"id":16006,"date":"2012-10-12T01:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T05:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=16006"},"modified":"2012-10-12T11:29:59","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T15:29:59","slug":"gathering-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/gathering-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Gathering Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I might take it on the chin for this one, if my spouse\u2019s reaction to Godspeed You! Black Emperor<\/strong> is anything to judge by. Ms. Jade is very vocal in her dislike of this Montreal collective. You know how some people turn green and can\u2019t even be in the same room as tequila after having gotten sick on it? It\u2019s that kind of reaction. And that makes me scratch my head.<\/p>\n

Rockets Fall On Rocket Falls<\/a><\/p>\n

Moya<\/a><\/p>\n

So, I don\u2019t know where RTH-ers are gonna stand on 20-minute long instrumentals of epic guitar glory, seasick violins, hypnotic bagpipe drones, stately drumming, insurrectionist soundbites and the loose-tight-loose woven compositions from the enigmatic and inscrutable GYBE. The time is right, however, since they\u2019ve just released new material.<\/p>\n

Mladic<\/a><\/p>\n

The Dead Flag Blues<\/a><\/p>\n

I say they\u2019re sublime<\/em>. Taking that odd name from a 70\u2019s Japanese biker documentary, and subsisting on a word-of-mouth congregation, they play live with all the aplomb of a professional chamber group, while grimy and arcane film clips collage the stage. Talk about a zoned-out audience!<\/p>\n

Motherfucker=Redeemer (Part One)<\/a><\/p>\n

Providence<\/a><\/p>\n

The sound is demanding, and also ambient. Difficult to unwrap, hard to find lucidity. Godspeed excels in symphonic movements that gather clouds and bloom, inviting periods of private focus and daze, are best for beatitude and elation.<\/p>\n

Where do you<\/em> stand? Rapturous or Overwrought?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I might take it on the chin for this one, if my spouse\u2019s reaction to Godspeed You! Black Emperor is anything to judge by. Ms. Jade is very vocal in her dislike of this Montreal collective. You know how some people turn green and can\u2019t even be in the same room as tequila after having […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2340,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[730,644],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16006"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2340"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}