The best album of their career, they never again came close to matching its raw, unfiltered emotion and passion.
Godspeed! You Black Emperor are probably the only band who (in my opinion) made two perfect albums (the other being Lift Yr. Skinny Fists). This album has the most unmistakable and unmatched atmosphere of any I've ever heard. It's sad, bleak, pummeling, and strangely uplifting. In about an hour with no sung lyrics, Godspeed manage to conjure more emotion than most lyric-bands do in their entire career.