Post-rock titans Godspeed You! Black Emperor have unveiled plans for their eighth full-length studio album. Titled NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD, the new record is set for release on the 4th October. The album, recorded with producer Jace Lasek at Montreal’s Hotel2Tango during the winter of 2024, follows their 2021 release G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!.

The title reflects the devastating death toll of Palestinians in Gaza as of February 13th, 2024, adding a poignant layer to the band’s already weighty instrumental compositions. In support of the album, the revered Canadian collective will hit the road for an extensive tour, covering the UK, Europe, and North America, kicking off in late September and running through to May.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor:

09-27 Dublin, Ireland – National Stadium
09-29 London, England – Troxy
09-30 Glasgow, Scotland – Barrowlands
10-01 Manchester, England – Ritz
10-02 Bristol, England – Marble Factory
10-03 Coventry, England – The Empire

THE PLAIN TRUTH

we drifted through it, arguing.
every day a new war crime, every day a flower bloom.
we sat down together and wrote it in one room,
and then sat down in a different room, recording.
NO TITLE= what gestures make sense while tiny bodies fall? what context? what broken melody?
and then a tally and a date to mark a point on the line, the negative process, the growing pile.
the sun setting above beds of ash
while we sat together, arguing.
the old world order barely pretended to care.
this new century will be crueler still.
war is coming.
don’t give up.
pick a side.
hang on.
love.
GY!BE