Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! – review

(Constellation)One of rock's most emotive collective consciences return, nearly a decade after an indefinite hiatus, with an album that effectively says: we told you so. Allelujah! picks up where Montreal's premier apocalyptic instrumental outfit left off, setting the collapse of the first world to wordless music – by turns stark, or raging with guitars and strings, yet driven by compassion and hope. War criminals (the 20-minute Mladic) and the Quebec student protests (Strung Like Lights at Th...

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