Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O REACTION/REVIEW

[@zxr9291]

some background about the album from wikipedia, because i feel like it's important for context: Yanqui is the Spanish word for "Yankee". The liner notes also refer to "Yanqui" as a "multinational corporate oligarchy", while "U.X.O." stands for "unexploded ordnance". The packaging of the album contains an arrow diagram purporting to represent the links between four major record labels (AOL Time-Warner, BMG, Sony, Vivendi Universal) and various arms manufacturers. This chart accompanied a photograph of falling bombs. The band later admitted that a particular extension of the chart (namely EMI appearing on the chart as a subsidiary of AOL Time-Warner) was incorrect. To me this album is purely about war and the military-industrial complex, hence the calling out record label's links to arms manufacturers and the falling bombs on the album cover. This gives a lot of context to the really devastating tone of a lot of the songs here, and although this isn't my favourite project from them it probably hits the hardest emotionally because of the meaning behind it

[@karson0000]

I strongly recommend listening to the Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada EP next

[@meatsuit6922]

Seconded, Maya is their best

[@KOOL_AID_KID]

Yup, the best EP I’ve ever heard

[@haikyo-w1b]

yeah this one is my personal fav godspeed release

[@quadkanix]

i agree, Filth

[@sprainposting]

yanqui is my favorite godspeed album it is beyond amazing also the lamb as effigy is needed soon you're just going through all my favorite albums at this point lollll

[@Alisonsinks]

Please listen to Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend by them. It's their heaviest record to date and probably the most powerful opener of their whole discography.

[@deckard5801]

It's hard (impossible) to find a weak album. The next Asunder Sweet and other Distress, for example, contains one of their most outstanding finale (Piss Crowns are Trebled).

[@rushguy1]

I never thought I could headbang to post-rock, but "Mladic" proved me wrong.

[@Alisonsinks]

@@rushguy1 I saw mladic live and it was straight up, the best song ever to experience in a live setting. It’s so heavy and powerful and I was headbanging to it as well

[@rushguy1]

@@Alisonsinks Wasn't lucky enough to hear Mladic when I saw Godspeed, but I was lucky enough to see them do Monheim and both sides of Slow Riot at the show I attended. Transcendent.

[@Alisonsinks]

@@rushguy1 oh shitttt I would love to hear monheim live as well. They’re incredible live no matter what they play honestly. I heard their 3 new songs live recently and it was some mind blowing material

[@maxmiller1950]

Steve Albini produced this album btw

[@grrggrrg4805]

20:05 6-year-old me after I just learned the word devastating

[@danmiller4601]

I’m a video game designer and I do my best work with Godspeed You Black Emperor in the background. There is something so epic about them that just brings out my creative side.

[@geodadi1969]

rocket falls is just transcendental, their greatest work

[@el_mal_de_ojo]

It really is, one of the great disappointments of my life is having seen the band live multiple times but Rockets Fall... is never on the setlist of those nights.

[@geodadi1969]

​@@el_mal_de_ojosame, saw them few months ago and I hoped they would play it... they didn't

[@el_mal_de_ojo]

@@geodadi1969 Some day! They are still touring and I believe creating new material so I'm hopeful that the band will be around for a long while still.

[@KOOL_AID_KID]

That’s my least favourite on this album 😅 I’m probably missing something, but I love motherfucker=redeemer a lot

[@ilyas_claymore]

There's always time for Godspeed You! Black Emperor 🍉🍉🍉🍉

[@UncleAnaesthesia]

Free Palestine from the river to the sea, forever.

[@stageblood9935]

bro starting off the weekend with peak fuck it im subscribing on patreon

[@RicezenH]

BACK TO BACK GOATED REVIEWS WE AINT STARVIN’

[@jasperl-b8353]

MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED!! i fucking love this album i fucking love smags

[@rainestick]

another great post-rock record to review is the dance of the moon and the sun by natural snow buildings, its much calmer and more folk-influenced than the other post-rock you've reviewed on this channel :D

[@maxmiller1950]

THE DAY HAS FINALLY COME YES ❤❤❤❤❤ Edit: plz do Silver Mt Zion or Do Make Say Think, same label and similar vibes

[@kvltslime2261]

3:22 this part here that tone or whatever it is theyre doing here. this sound is probably one of my favorite segments of any godspeed you song. it's definitely up there

[@ZyinTosuYT]

I recommend listening to the album that followed this, Allelujah! Don't Bend, Ascend. It is quite a lot heavier than most of their earlier work and there haven't been any full album reactions on youtube as far as I can see so I would like to see what you would think of it

[@Lebowski55]

I've seen Godspeed live 3 times, some of the best live shows I've ever seen. Mindbending stuff to see these musicians play.

[@Alisonsinks]

Best live band I’ve ever seen. I’ve seen swans, Slowdive, king gizzard, tame impala, the smile, and yet none of those bands came anywhere close to gybe

[@DanielGregoireYT]

This up there for my fav album of all time

[@deckard5801]

If you (talking to everybody) think their latest albums are worse than these, you're wrong. Godspeed are too big to fail.

[@shittelevision2384]

Wwweeeeeelllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll... they kinda are after Allelujah, not terrible, but not on quite par with their run of material from 1997 - 2012, God's Pee was promising tho

[@Jonathan-jc4ef]

They're worse and most people think so.

[@deckard5801]

@@Jonathan-jc4ef I don't. Give me a weak album, the last one? So different, so Pink Floyd-like, they are always full of ideas, always so epic and mighty (Piss Crowns are Trebled, a few years ago, is outstanding). Come on.

[@KOOL_AID_KID]

I’m not big on Luciferian Towers, but I love most of their albums 😅

[@StefanoUnlimited]

Nah man they lack that certain magic they had in the 90s and the early 2000s. Godspeed are a band that is the result of 90s alternative scene imo. When they came post-rock wasnt that established. I see them as musically operating in the alternative rock scene but decided to make post-rock music out of that musical influence. Nowadays just like alternative music they lack this magic.

[@extraneous3408]

Yooooo this one was unexpected, but very much welcomed. This album feels mad underrated 😭

[@L_Russell]

I love the Sade and Slowdive vinyls in the background

[@Clooger-]

This is my second favorite Godspeed album. It just clicks with me

[@jeremiah2717]

9-15-00 is probably my most played GY!BE track. Either that or We drift like worried fire. Man, i love this album so much. Overlooked in their catalog and dare I say underrated

[@thirtytwelve6434]

LET'S GOOO you gotta check out Allelujah! Dont Bend! Ascend! next

[@dj_matty]

Day (insert double-digit number) of recommending: Third Eye Blind - Self-Titled Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway Parannoul - After the Magic clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned

[@TLtimelord]

I second the third eye blind album!

[@M4skedBoi]

hell yeah he needs to do an after the magic

[@mpy6273]

Please consider listening to "Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!" or "Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada". Both projects have some of the strongest material from gybe.

[@10desires]

hell yeah ive been waiting for this one! allelujah next!

[@newhillroad]

natural snow buildings - the dance of the sun and the moon. breathtakingly beautiful, chilling, spellbinding, harrowing, enchanting.

[@lemonfortyfive]

you did a yoshimi battles the pink robots reaction now you GOTTA do the soft bulletin by the flaming lips, it’s even better imo

[@M4skedBoi]

NOW TIME FOR THE ALLELUJAH! but seriously. this album goes into their top 3 easily.

[@scarpola9]

I may be young but I’m ready

[@smags1082]

Wow

[@slothmoron]

???😭

[@DolaBill]

Slow Riot is so good, be sure to check that out sometime soon

[@DallasSalladisHere]

Not post-rock but I want to recommend Failure - Fantastic Planet. Its a grunge-rock concept album about addiction with a spacy layered almost shoegaze sound. Its insanely catchy and at times very dark.

[@maths021]

Allelujah Don't Bend Ascend is a MUST

[@Leafygreens48]

YAAAAAANQUIIIIIIIIIIII YOU ARE THE GOAT

[@geodadi1969]

HELL YEAH pls react to 77' Live by Les Rallizes Dénudés this wont be an easy listen, but it will definitely be an experience

[@tomja6909]

I highly recommend He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms by Sliver Mt.Zion, same people behind that group.

[@trevorhewitt9477]

Hell yeah! I love this album. It doesn't seem to get talked about as much as some of their others but its definitely one of my favorites. When you said "this is my favorite part of the album right here" I totally agree. MF=R has got to be my favorite song by gybe. Also, not to be that guy because I'm not huge into vinyl per-se, the vinyl version is the definitive version of this album. There's an extended drone at the beginning of MF=R part 2 that bridges the two halves, and it ends with a really unsettling cut-up sample of G.W. Bush. Also, all their albums are worth reacting to.

[@maxeez6750]

One of my favorites, also check-out The Winter Ray by Natural Snow Buildings, incredible record

[@Clooger-]

I'm glad someone else brought that album up. It's such a perfect atmosphere. Makes feel dead and cold

[@maxeez6750]

@@Clooger- absolutely ! One of NSB’s best, deffo second to Daughter of Darkness

[@sprainposting]

yessssss

[@igsb1999]

Love this album! Review To Bring You My Love by PJ Harvey next!

[@syntheticsilkwood2206]

Yessss

[@RogerRhodes19]

One of the best albums of the 90s, for sure!

[@ElliotSmithy]

Yes, that album hits hard!

[@xstacy27]

peak music. gybe is arguably the best post-rock band

[@ElVodkat]

This is my favourite album from them, it feels like a nuclear disaster

[@MetallicOpeth]

this album is criminally underrated. nice man

[@munoz_nitrous_rs]

Fantastic review. You really need to check out Mogwai dude. They're the quintessential Post Rock band that started the movement. Happy Songs for Happy People, Mr Beast, The Hawk is Howling and Young Team are all incredible albums

[@giacomoferro9123]

It's time for Allelujah! Don't bend! Ascend! and The EP Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada by them 😍

[@mida5989]

smags u should get into pond next either man it feels like space again or the weather both great options

[@loganvf8718]

Gotta hit you with the recs 🙏, Kyuss - …And the Circus Leaves Town Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas The Arcs - Yours, Dreamily, Todd Rundgren - Something Anything? And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead - Source Tags and Codes

[@ZenixRulez]

LOVE YOUR VIDEOS MY GUY a few recommendations: Process - Sampha (experimental r&b, great production) Nurture - Porter Robinson (light summer electric with fun production) Koi No Yokan - Deftones (very heavy, sexier and heavier radiohead imo) Hypochondriac - Brakence (very experimental emo rap, glitch pop) Reading Writing And Arithmetic - The Sundays (the smiths ish, with beautiful female vocals)

[@Clooger-]

Deftones are eternal man.. something about them

[@rein-s5g]

love this album, check out age of adz! it's one of the most unique albums I've ever heard.

[@dirtyralphspeaks]

mf=r is peak music fosho allelujah dont bend ascend and slow riot next!

[@Lebowski55]

Godspeed baby

[@cwoveryy]

if you like post rock, you’d probably really like the lamb as effigy by sprain ! a completely unforgettable experience and my favorite album of all time. love your reactions :)

[@sprainposting]

omg you're here too

[@rein-s5g]

yo smags can we get a cd collection tour

[@TheImpishSquire]

Allelujah! Don't Bend Ascend is simply brilliant. Please put it on the backlog.

[@trevor1550]

My favorite album of theirs

[@chucklenutter5371]

you should listen to "Frances the Mute" by The Mars Volta

[@Wilppu.]

Fugazi - Repeater when? 🙂

[@atalantafugiens0426]

All time favorite album

[@WilburBullara]

LETS GO

[@el_mal_de_ojo]

A band so good that their 'weakest' release would be a highlight in any other band's discography. They have 3 legitimate masterpiece albums IMO, and this one is the best one for me.

[@liteflightify]

We need another Fiona Apple reaction. I suggest Fetch The Bolt Cutters, which is probably the most acclaimed album of the 2020’s so far.

[@Lalupin464]

Motherfucker=Redeemer was a favorite for a long time. My post-rock recommendation is Enjoy Eternal Bliss by Yndi Halda.

[@ricardobernardofardo7397]

*Recommendation:* Millions Now Living Will Never Die, by Tortoise (1996) - Post Rock, Ambient Pop & Neo-Psychedelia

[@Sahil99413]

mount eerie when

[@atalantafugiens0426]

do you want to kill him

[@HudsonB-pd3ud]

Awesome Video Man, Highly recommend Ram by Paul McCartney and HiLo by Jack Stauber!! Two of my favorite albums of all time!!!

[@mizemax]

broooo I love post-rock, you love post-rock. I love xuvetyn, you’ll love xuvetyn (noisey, blissful, nocturnal, celestial, depressing, druggy)

[@mizemax]

the second track reminds me a little of xuvetyn, that droney shit and the high pitched stuff that make u wanna chop ur own head off

[@admilz]

Yo Smags you gotta listen to Heaven or Las Vegas one of these days

[@Clooger-]

I think he did and didn't react to it

[@admilz]

@@Clooger- aw fiddlesticks

[@ernesto.2837]

Smags please listen to crack clouds over arts kitchen i highly recommend it to you!!

[@cursedsk1y]

Hey, I have a recommendation for an album to react to. It's called Please Mr. Lostman by japanese band The Pillows, or for the matter of fact, basically any late 90s album from them because they are all great. They are more of an alt rock band with some grunge, punk, and soft rock thrown in, I think you'll like them.

[@manhattenman6075]

You need to hit Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die another Post Rock Classic and a great album.

[@shimme3526]

please listen to dont bend ascend by them, its my favorite Godspeed project

[@Clooger-]

You need to react to Cloudead one day. The grandfather's of cloud rap

[@pigonthewind7908]

Their 2012 album is nice, but I don’t think anything has topped their first two albums

[@josh0s]

I think it time you check out he has left us alone by silver mt zion

[@ernesto.2837]

REALLY GREAT ALBUM CHOICE SMAGS!:3

[@octopoos8443]

I always think this album isn’t as good as other godspeed records, but every time I listen to it I love it I dunno man

[@noaj1234]

you should react to bridge over troubled water by simon and garfunkel

[@sofusstuff]

You should do "The Unfinished Album" by Daniel Johnston

[@austynrogers6932]

Day 1 of asking for nurture by porter Robinson

[@idontknowlikemum2225]

Please try The Lamb as Effigy by Sprain.

[@Talala654]

Bury me at makeout creek - mitski Puberty 2 - mitski Puhlease

[@athoms_08]

Yo smags you should listen to the album Geogadi by Boards of Canada (don’t mean to spam)

[@meatgrinder9506]

This ones produced by Steve Albini if i remember correctly so could you listen to Atomizer by Big Black plz smaggy

[@asde2604]

you should check out allelujah dont bend ascend by them. mladic is honestly one of their best songs

[@meatsuit6922]

If that riff on the original mf reedemer got you that much you should really really really check out the band Kayo Dot Specifically their first couple of releases (choirs of the eye [the best album ever made]/copper tongue/library loft/downward/coyote/gamma knife) A good intro track to their early sound is their track Don't Touch Dead Animals off a split release they did

[@thed00merguy]

GOATED

[@Alisonsinks]

Ooh this is a massive one.

[@popsodaman1911]

Day 1 of asking for a reaction of Uchu Nippon Setagaya by Fishmans

[@CharCharBinks80]

Could u listen to the album called &yet&yet

[@jamesfoster5073]

Day 1 of asking for Uchu Nippon Setagaya by Fishmans

[@hotPINKxoxo]

I had a terrible Friday please listen to Only Theatre of Pain by Christian death so I can start recommending the next album I want you to review

[@ab201b]

You have to react to government plates by death grips

[@jaro0247]

Slow riot for new zero Kanada is my favourite work from them

[@moist_hero699]

Yo you should listen to contemporary movement by duster or they want my soul by spoon🙏🙏

[@necromantic2955]

MF ,Its my favorite song

[@ismellcrack6108]

rip steve albini

[@lemmmakestunes8312]

I personally prefer this to lift your skinny fists!

[@divaexperimental]

plssss react to kick i by arca

[@Ech0H0use11]

BROTHER PLEASE DO ANY FRANK ZAPPA ALBUM

[@late_g9754]

You have to listen to after the magic by Parannoul, It's maybe evn better than To See the Next Part of the Dream.