After 7 years without a sound Godspeed You! Black Emperor stepped out of the shadows and started entering scenes again. This time Mike Moya, one of the two band founders and a member during 1994-1998, had joined the lineup again. They were chosen as curators of the London-based non-corporate event All Tomorrow’s Parties in December 2010 which marked their return after their hiatus.
So many have been compared to GY!BE. So rarely have the Canadians been compared to others. Why? They invented the wheel, so to speak. Their mixture of crescendo post-rock, dystopian field recordings and darkly atmospheric ambient was, and still is, truly unique.
