Sure, I was hoping earlier for
Godflesh to be announced for next year's
Roadburn festival, but then kind of forgot all about it. So this really took be my by surprise;
Godflesh will perform their debut album, "Streetcleaner" in its entirety at the 2011 fest!
The
Roadburn crew has also announced that tickets will go on sale November 27, at the cost of 155 Euro.
The following text is from
Roadburn.com
Roadburn is elated to announce that Birmingham’s seminal post-punk / industrial behemoths,
Godflesh, will perform their seminal debut full-length album, 1989’s Streetcleaner, in its entirety at the 2011
Roadburn Festival, Thursday, April 14th at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland. Not only will founding members
Justin Broadrick and
Benny Green play Streetcleaner in full and in track order, they will be playing the Tiny Tears EP, which was conceived as part of the overall Street Cleaner vision, in full as well.
Roadburn Festival regards
Godflesh as one of the biggest influences on the burgeoning doom, sludge and drone scenes, alongside their Birmingham forebears
Black Sabbath and New York’s unyielding instigators of aural punishment,
Swans. The artistic resonance of
Godflesh‘ Streetcleaner can be heard and felt throughout the entire festival and in many of the bands invited to perform. Its ability to create an all-encompassing yet devastatingly claustrophobic vision from minimalist means, it treated guitar textures that would later be siphoned off into Justin and Benny’s respective drone projects,
Final and
Vitriol, and its willingness to meet the abyss head-on are all elements whose fumes have pervaded
Roadburn over many years.
It is a massive understatement to say that we’re beyond thrilled about having
Godflesh headlining the Thursday
Roadburn date with such a highly anticipated performance. We are still pinching ourselves that the fever dream of having such a coup for
Roadburn has become a reality – it’s an absolute honour for us, and a testament to a band whose impact influence has spread so far, wide and deep.
