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Before the multifaceted Brighton outfit stops in at The Basement East on the tour for their second LP ‘O Monolith,’ contributor Charlie Zaillian catches up with guitarist Anton Pearson.
0Shares The goal of Godspeed You! Black Emperor has always been the same: they’re not here for your happiness, they’re here for your enlightenment. Since their ominous and apocalyptic debut, F# A# ∞ (1997), the band has spent the last twenty-five years prophesying demonic futures—and in many ways, presents—of over-industrialized wastelands and establishment-led destruction. “Pessimistic” would be an apt descriptor of the band’s expectations for today’s world, but then again, that’s kind of the point. The Canadian ensemble gets to live these scenarios so we recognize our e...