Canadian post-rock icons GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR have announced their upcoming album titled ‘NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD’, set for release on October 4th via Constellation Records.
This highly anticipated follow-up to their 2021 release ‘G_d’s Pee at State’s End!’ arrives with a strong statement and an intense sonic experience, continuing the band’s legacy of politically charged and atmospheric compositions.
The title of the album references the reported death toll of Palestinians in Gaza as of February 13, 2024, highlighting the band’s ongoing engagement with global issues. This album, available for pre-order in digital formats, CD, and 2LP vinyl, features six tracks, with the closing piece, ‘Grey Rubble – Green Shoots’, already streaming online.
In their characteristically enigmatic style, GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR accompanied the album announcement with a cryptic and poetic statement:
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
The band has also announced an extensive tour to support the album, beginning in the UK and Europe in September and October, followed by North American dates in November 2024 and April/May 2025. Notably, the UK shows include stops at London’s Troxy and Glasgow’s Barrowlands, with many dates already sold out.
UK & EU / SEPT/OCT 2024
27 Sep 2024 • Dublin IE • National Stadium (with Tashi Dorji) SOLD OUT
29 Sep 2024 • London UK • Troxy (with Tashi Dorji) SOLD OUT
30 Sep 2024 • Glasgow UK • Barrowlands (with Tashi Dorji)
01 Oct 2024 • Manchester UK • Ritz (with Tashi Dorji)
02 Oct 2024 • Bristol UK • Marble Factory (with Tashi Dorji) SOLD OUT
03 Oct 2024 • Coventry UK • The Empire (with Tashi Dorji)
04 Oct 2024 • Tourcoing FR • Le Grand Mix (with Tashi Dorji) SOLD OUT
05 Oct 2024 • Esch-Alzette LU • Kufa (with Tashi Dorji)
06 Oct 2024 • Paris FR • Le Trianon (with Tashi Dorji) SOLD OUT
08 Oct 2024 • Nantes FR • Stereolux (with Mat Ball)
09 Oct 2024 • Nancy FR • L’Autre Canal (Jazz Pulsation Festival)
10 Oct 2024 • Zürich CH • Volkshaus (with Mat Ball)
11 Oct 2024 • Lausanne CH • Les Docks (with Mat Ball)
12 Oct 2024 • Frankfurt DE • Zoom (with Mat Ball)
14 Oct 2024 • Berlin DE • Huxleys (with Mat Ball)
15 Oct 2024 • Amsterdam NE • Paradiso (with Mat Ball)
16 Oct 2024 • Brussels BE • AB (with Mat Ball) SOLD OUT
18 Oct 2024 • Athens GR • Floyd
NORTH AMERICA / NOV 2024
04 Nov 2024 • Hamilton ON • Bridgeworks (with Kee Avil)
05 Nov 2024 • Toronto ON • HISTORY (with Kee Avil)
06 Nov 2024 • London ON • London Music Hall (with Kee Avil)
07 Nov 2024 • Grand Rapids MI • Elevation (with Kee Avil)
08 Nov 2024 • Chicago IL • The Salt Shed (with Alan Sparhawk)
09 Nov 2024 • St Paul MN • Palace Theater (with Alan Sparhawk)
11 Nov 2024 • Lawrence KS • Liberty Hall (with Alan Sparhawk)
12 Nov 2024 • Fayetteville AR • George’s Majestic Lounge (with Alan Sparhawk)
13 Nov 2024 • Nashville TN • The Basement East (with Alan Sparhawk)
14 Nov 2024 • Knoxville TN • Bijou Theater (with Alan Sparhawk)
15 Nov 2024 • Atlanta GA • The Masquerade (with Alan Sparhawk)
16 Nov 2024 • Charleston SC • The Music Farm (with Alan Sparhawk)
17 Nov 2024 • Saxapahaw NC • Haw River Ballroom (with Alan Sparhawk)
19 Nov 2024 • Washington DC • 9:30 Club (with Alan Sparhawk)
21 Nov 2024 • Brooklyn NY • Pioneerworks
22 Nov 2024 • Norwalk CT • District Music Hall (with Alan Sparhawk)
23 Nov 2024 • Boston MA • Roadrunner (with Alan Sparhawk)
24 Nov 2024 • Philadelphia PA • Union Transfer (with Alan Sparhawk)
25 Nov 2024 • Montréal QC • MTELUS (support TBA)
NORTH AMERICA / APR/MAY 2025
25 Apr 2025 • Austin, TX • TBA
26 Apr 2025 • Dallas, TX • Granada Theater
28 Apr 2025 • Denver, CO • Ogden Theater
30 Apr 2025 • Los Angeles, CA • The Bellweather
01 May 2025 • Santa Ana, CA • The Observatory OC
02 May 2025 • Tijuana, MX • Cine Bujazán
03 May 2025 • Ventura, CA • Ventura Music Hall
04 May 2025 • Oakland, CA • Fox Theater
06 May 2025 • Portland, OR • Wonder Ballroom
07 May 2025 • Portland, OR • Wonder Ballroom
08 May 2025 • Seattle, WA • The Neptune
09 May 2025 • Seattle, WA • The Neptune
10 May 2025 • Vancouver, BC • Vogue Theatre
12 May 2025 • Kelowna, BC • Revelry
13 May 2025 • Calgary, AB • Palace Theatre
14 May 2025 • Edmonton, AB • Midway
