if anybody is wondering about the cover: The front of the album contains Hebrew characters, in transliterated form, "Tohu va bohu" (formless and empty). This phrase is used in both Genesis 1:2 and Jeremiah 4:23, the former to describe the Earth before God separated light from dark and the latter to describe the Earth after the Lord's Day. The dots and dashes above the letters are called trope. They dictate the tune and intonation and are found in the Torah as well as the rest of the Hebrew Bible. On the inside cover, this text is put into greater context, with Jer 4:23-27 provided in both Hebrew and English (seemingly the Jewish Publication Society version): 23 I beheld the earth, And, lo, it was waste and void; And the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, And all the hills moved to and fro. 25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, And all the birds of the heavens were fled. 26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field was a wilderness, And all the cities thereof were broken down At the presence of the LORD, And before His fierce anger. 27 For thus saith the LORD: The whole land shall be desolate; Yet will I not make a full end.
I honestly wouldn't care who agrees with my shirt, unless I myself didn't agree with it.. Good choice to find out what it means before you wore it. I'm half Arab by the way, I don't think you should be so careful not to offend anyone unless it's a misrepresentation of yourself, respecting others shouldn't involve dishonoring yourself. You are what you believe, and you should hold your beliefs up high, no matter what the cost.
Just watched them at the Belasco last night. They barely played anything from the new album but they played this whole thing at the end. I guess the tone of this LP fits the times right now. GY!BE is a must-see in live. An out of body experience.
I just sww them live in Boston last night and they also closed w this whole EP + a drone w the amps at the end. You're right, an absolute must-see live, words really can't describe how amazing it is
Same here. Just watched them a couple days back in İstanbul. I think they played an intro and two songs from the recent albums and then they played this album. When I recognized that they were playing Moya I was about to cry out of happiness lol.
I can't remember who it was but there's definitely a band who made a 1 hour long EP. I think it was only labelled an EP because it was half songs they had made but didn't care about and half demos and lives but even then that's kinda weird
There was a video on here once of BBF3 played over absolutely gutwrenching black and white newsreels of dustbowl era deprivation, sadness, and starvation. At the climax, a maybe 3 year old boy is shaking crumbs out of a toaster and forlornly picking them up and putting them in his mouth while crying from hunger. That particular image and this song became inextricably linked in my mind. As I listen to it again right now, it’s certainly got me feeling “some type of way”
"You think you're God just because you have a robe and can send people up the goddamn river for 20 years, well you're wrong!" If you're ever been in the room with a judge before, I don't understand how you can't sympathize.
The album art essentially reads: [Became / Becoming] Formless and Empty. It is written in Hebrew, and appears twice in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) The first appearance is in Genesis, and describes the way the world was before god said "Let there be light." The second appearance is in Jeremiah, and is used to describe the end of the world.
The climaxes here are crushing, monolithic, and all encompassing. They have a way of forcing the listener to deal with them instead of suggesting like a lot of music does.
What is it about this album that is so mesmerizing? I have listened to this literally hundreds of times, and it sounds just as good every time. There is something magical about it.
Blake T, I love Orchid. That sounds like something I would do. What was I saying? I wasn’t talking badly about Orchid, that’s for sure. Probably just flexin on mofos in the comment section 💪
apartment353 Saw them in London a few months ago and to be honest I was a little worried they wouldn't carry over into a live set as well as their studio stuff... Boy was I wrong!! Epic live.... just wish they'd played this :)
I remember when this first came out. Late 1990s. We all knew something bad was coming. We didn't know what it was, but we could all feel it...and this record seemed to capture all that and preserve it. So prescient, what a masterpiece.
i've only listened to f#a# ,lift your skinny fists and this one. i think this is my favorite album, like ever, the only thing it may lack is length, but then again it's an EP. it is as dark as f#a# and has the instrumentation i loved of lift your skinny fists, it's just... amazing.
Michael Carpenter..... as a creature of mother nature... I recommend and trust everything that Earth generously offers us... and fortunately enough my brother you have lots of choices...Enjoy!!!
+Joshua Harris It's interesting to find out that people can get high with all these you mentioned ..... appart from the Canadians... I haven't try the others .... now this is a chalenge .....
+Joshua Harris I was replying to Michael Carpenter who was asking me to recommend him whether he goes sober or on something.... about my humor... uhhh... it's lost and probably you found it .....
or a veteran, paying his final respects to his deceased comrades as he tries his best to keep his tears in. I've been to Arlington to understand this feeling, its something you cannot easily move on from.
Never thought I would like any kind of rock music. Then I discovered Post-Rock bands like: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hammock, We Lost the Sea, Eleventh Vibration, Russian Circles, Distant Dream, Paint the Sky Red, God is an Astronaut. Now I am hooked.
A critic said to me after I professed a love for Hermann Hesse that his writings are so dark and I said I never looked at it that way he always seemed to be leading me towards the light. I rate this band as Hesses' musical and mystical equivalent
yeah, this is best EP ive ever listened to, a couple of weeks ago i had an important exam, and the day before I decided to listen to this before going to sleep, and i cried rly. Like in the middle of BBF3. I had like some fuckin emotional breakdown i dont know. This is my favorite EP ever. Impossible to describe how important this record is for me. Always brings some new, amazing feelings
@@MrBandini27 I'm in a much better place now emotionally, so it's a different experience. I found love and it solved everything for me. Thanks for checking up on me ;) hope you're good too
This release is the best GYBE have ever offered IMO. It just doesn't get any better than BBF3, the "found" street interviews and random sound clips are what make GYBE songs so special, besides the amazing instrumental arrangements of course.
This type of music can only be made by people that live life fully. What I mean by this is that there is a very pure 'humanity' to all the work this group has ever released, from the VERY beginning. They don't shy away from the horrors of life, in fact they understand that the bad side of life is as crucial (perhaps, even more crucial) than the good side of life. You can only understand how truly great life can be when you compare it to how awful and hellish it can really get. I can't fully explain how, but this band's music transmits this to me in a way that words couldn't - only feelings. They perfectly capture life's brutal beauty, or its beautiful brutality - you can see it either way, it's the same in the end. Because of this, this is one of the bands I consider to be 'greater' than its musical output, it's not just music they create - it's almost a philosophy, an ideology, a lens through which life can be viewed. Brutal, overwhelming, of course - but, always, with a lining of hope threading through.
There's a little saying, dates back from generations ago: "Be prepared for anything at anytime from anybody and don't take no shit always stand your ground." Pretty sure that's not a saying from generations ago
Actually it's an old Shakespearen phrase: "Beest did prepare f'r aught at anytime from anybody and taketh not nay the horror at each moment standeth thy did grind."
Don't ever, for any reason, do anything, to anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you've been, ever, for any reason whatsoever.
It's like if Beethoven lived life on the streets homeless, came back and got on his feet, and then recorded all of his experiences of sadness, hopelessness, despair, and the eventual return to a ''happy place'' right after.
" Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves.... Here’s Tom with the weather. ''...Bill Hicks
A debt of eternal gratitude to the dude working at the heavy metal record store in Fullerton 22 years ago who was listening to this album when I came in to get something else entirely and my life was never the same. I saw the light at the end of the tunnel and it was darkness. I saw the sun fall into the ocean like blood. I saw the stars sliding across a void. I saw a train smoking down the tracks. I saw angels of glory destitute and crosses on fire and yeah it's a goddamn third-world country in the sense of being totally scorched and wrung dry by capitalism yet without the concessions to public well-being that socialists or communists would demand.
They actually took the sample from a Vox Pop voicemail that a local journal used to run here in Mtl. It was mostly, as in this case, ramblings of drunken people
i am still obsessed 12 years later. Go and see them live...and make sure you're leaning against the stage to be as close as possible. I'll be remembering that moment until i die !!
I have been trying to make my own music, and my dream is that one day my music can be in my own way as great as the music of this band. I just adore them.
Every time I hear the begging of this album I get chills through my body. It is as unsettling yet familiar as my first listening. It's like the melody resonates with something within my core asking to be awoken.
'Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada' transitions sweetly building the crescendo to our first climax. Then, SRfNZK swiftly lapṡ into the spoken poetry that kicks in the front door. SRfNZK never releases the underlying tones that connect us throughout our journey. Before we realize SRfNZK transitions seamless into our next climax. Softly lying there, I expect the end. Alternatively, SRfNZK builds our anticipation for the next release. This crescendo transitions into our speakers poem. Who's voice contrast roughly with the music. Once again the end seems near. Here, SRfNZK draws us into our final crescendo. With a longing touch; it stays with us to enjoy the afterglow of these emotions. SRfNZK moves tenderly to silence. Full of feels and breathless. SRfNZK leaves us; to go on with our lives.
All in your mind, all in your head try to relate it..all in your mind all in your head try to escape it...just beautiful. I heard this n the shower for the first time stepped out and started to tear up because it was just soo godly beautiful..
In part II, titled BBF3, "his" poem he starts at 20:45, for the parts I can get, is actually made with parts of the lyrics of Iron Maiden's song Virus.
Ok, found out where Spec Ops ripped off their song for the ending. Gotta say, not only is the game great but they have a hell of a good taste in music.
Moya might be my favorite song, it might be, its just so earnest and beautiful. I never thought id be able to pick a song to be my favorite, but it has an impact every time i listen to it
I like this. I have it tattooed on my arm. the music sounds like the end of the world too. It did when i first heard it 12 years ago and nothing has surpassed it since..or ever will
"Chaos - the infinity of space or formless matter supposed to have preceded the creation of the universe." Pretty spot on definition in relation to your translation.
When shadows come to claim our souls Some must rise the light of old Names in stone Spirits of legends Deeds unknown, yet never forgotten These are the duranin, of honour within and of fear without Remember them When in hope you doubt
