After listening, I think that this is the real thing, rather than an elaborate hoax. It's better and more interesting than I was expecting, at least as an artefact of the pre-history of the group. The mythology and mystery of it being totally lost for so long was great, but I'm happy to finally have the chance to hear it.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 5 February 2022 12:34 (two years ago) link
It's got some great atmosphere and a couple great moments, but yeah - it's a bit of a slog to get through.
Now can we have Carnival of Light and all those early Boards of Canada pressings (Acid Memories, Play By Numbers, etc) leak too?
― octobeard, Monday, 7 February 2022 19:17 (two years ago) link
I know this reflects poorly on me, but I can remember this being "leaked" on 4chan's /mu/ board literally 10 years ago. It's just doing the rounds again.
No opinion on its legitimacy, but weird that this is being claimed as a "new leak" when it's not. Actually I do have an opinion! That fact makes it pretty shady to me
― hrep (H.P), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 03:20 (two years ago) link
a convincing rip of the whole thing hasn't turned up before, it's new. two tracks were uploaded in 2013 and this new upload that claims to be the entire album includes what appears to be a new rip of those two previously uploaded tracks. this doesn't confirm that any of it is legit though.
― ufo, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 03:26 (two years ago) link
i'm not on music torrent sites anymore, but someone can just check whatever the equivalent of what.cd is now. in the old days there was an ENORMOUS bounty for the godspeed thing, and the previous leaks didn't cut it. i heard that the new leak is the real thing, but who knows
― Barfl Suckown (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 03:43 (two years ago) link
i'm not on any of the private trackers these days but i've heard they're waiting for proof of legitimacy before they allow it
― ufo, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 04:11 (two years ago) link
True ufo, did not realise that.
the new what.cd is Redacted. Had an account but think it's been disabled due to lack of use (whoops)
― hrep (H.P), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 07:00 (two years ago) link
yeah redacted has accepted it as real. bounty was 3TB at the end.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 07:06 (two years ago) link
GY!BE have released All Lights Fucked officially.
https://godspeedyoublackemperor.bandcamp.com/album/all-lights-fucked-on-the-hairy-amp-drooling
― yeah but how, Monday, 14 February 2022 05:29 (two years ago) link
amazing.
― brain (krakow), Monday, 14 February 2022 08:43 (two years ago) link
I never thought I’d ever hear this, and yet am listening to it now. Wild.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 14 February 2022 10:21 (two years ago) link
Nice way for them to respond to it finally appearing too.
― brain (krakow), Monday, 14 February 2022 11:15 (two years ago) link
seeing them for the first time todaypretty stoked
― nxd, Saturday, 17 September 2022 10:08 (one year ago) link
Enjoy! I'm heading to the Glasgow gig tomorrow.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 17 September 2022 10:21 (one year ago) link
awesome. I bought a new vinyl copy of f#a#infinity recently and was quite amused to find that constellation still included all that ephemera inside, crushed penny and all
― brimstead, Saturday, 17 September 2022 15:56 (one year ago) link
Heard BBF3 for the first time in ~20 years and it held up...
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 27 April 2023 01:20 (eleven months ago) link