F♯ A♯ ∞ by
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
despite these guys being kinda doinks and the band's sound helping spawn the lamest brand of post-rock offshoots, this is still a superb album. don't listen to them as much as I used to (and haven't even heard their newest one from last year at all) but they still hold water whenever I do. didn't "get" this album when i first heard it, but its had a strong hand in where my music tastes have veered to. probably prefer
Lift Yr Skinny Fists... but fu
ck me up if the beginning of "Dead Flag Blues" isn't perfect