''No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead'' (stylized in

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) is the eighth studio album by Canadian

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band

Godspeed You! Black Emperor Godspeed You! Black Emperor (sometimes abbreviated to GY!BE or Godspeed) is a Canadian post-rock collective that originated in Montreal, Quebec in 1994. The group releases recordings through Constellation Records (Canada), Constellation, an in ...

, released on 4 October 2024 by Constellation Records. It follows their 2021 release ''

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'', and was preceded by a single, as "Grey Rubble – Green Shoots" was released alongside the album's announcement on 27 August 2024.

Background

The title refers to the reported number of

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deaths by Israeli strikes between 7 October 2023 and 13 February 2024 during the

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, according to the

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. In a statement of the album announcement, the band proclaimed: "''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". In February 2024, the band premiered three new songs at the

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. On 27 August 2024, while embarking on a North American tour, the band announced the album, releasing the single "Grey Rubble – Green Shoots", which was engineered and mixed by

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and mastered by

Harris Newman Harris Newman is a mastering engineer working out of Grey Market Mastering in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His studio shares a building with the Hotel2Tango recording studio, as well as Constellation Records. Newman has mastered hundreds of album ...

, along with additional 2025 tour dates in North America and Europe.

Reception

''No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead'' has received acclaim from critics. At the review aggregator

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rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a rating of 79 based on eleven critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Similarly, on AnyDecentMusic?, it received a rating of 7.2 out of 10, based on eight reviews. ''

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'' gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and said "Godspeed's adherence to formula undercuts the visceral punch that, for decades, has been central to their appeal". ''

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'' called the release "powerfully brilliant" and said the band "have made an urgent soundtrack for an uncertain and dangerous world".

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said the album "has the raw urgency of an album that came together quickly and intuitively, as both a response and a soundtrack to ongoing mass tragedy, and it's as overpowering as any of Godspeed's best records". '' The Skinny'' described the album as "the embodiment of music as art", noting its warped, noisy instrumentation. The review highlighted the band's departure from corporate influence, traditional song structures, and algorithmically driven track lengths, allowing Godspeed You! Black Emperor to deliver an uncompromised message.

Track listing

Vinyl edition-exclusive bonus track Notes * All tracks stylized in all caps

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes on Bandcamp *

Thierry Amar Thierry Amar is a Canadian musician, engineer and producer. He is a member of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, Earthquake Architecture, Molasses, The Craig Pedersen Quartet and Black Ox Orkes ...

– electric bass, upright bass * David Bryant – electric guitar, tape loops *Timothy Herzog – drums, glockenspiel *

Aidan Girt Aidan Girt is a Canadian drummer for the Montreal-based post-rock collectives Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and Exhaust. He is also a solo electronic artist under the names ''OSB'', ''1-Speed Bike'', and ''Bottleskup Flenkenkenmike'' and continues ...

– drums *

Efrim Menuck Efrim Manuel Menuck (; born November 4, 1970) is a Canadian musician involved with a number of Montreal-based bands, most notably Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra. Menuck is also a frequent record producer ...

– electric guitar, tape loops * Michael Moya – electric guitar *

Mauro Pezzente Mauro Pezzente is a Canadian musician. He is best known as being co-founder of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Pezzente, along with Efrim Menuck and Mike Moya, founded Godspeed You! Black Emperor in 1994. Along with Thierry Amar, Pezzente plays t ...

– electric bass * Sophie Trudeau – violin *

Karl Lemieux Karl Lemieux is a Canadian film director best known for his collaborations with Montreal-based post rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor and his 2016 film ''Shambles''. Biography Karl Lemieux joined Godspeed You! Black Emperor in 2010 – when ...

– 16mm projections *Philippe Leonard – 16mm projections *Michele Fiedler Fuentes – voice on "Raindrops Cast in Lead"

Charts

References

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