Quite possibly the best thing about the performance is that it reinforces the importance of Ben Green.

Justin hits each note with no obvious issue without sounding as though they were overly-rehearsed. Part of what makes Streetcleaner sound the way it does is the focus on more discordant, sparser playing balanced with occasional melody as a counterbalance, and a reduction on the importance of chords. With that being said, Justin Broadrick does do a good job of playing each song. It may have been better for Justin to replicate the sounds of the second guitar himself whilst Ben Green had more distortion on his bass, but this could have lead to a situation where the sound ended up being far less clear than intended. At times it sits a bit too far away from everything and sounds a bit out of place. Now that Godflesh are solely a duo, the second guitar has been replaced with synth and sampling which is unfortunately not completely up to the task of replicating the same atmosphere. Sitting on top of everything, it added a lot of menace to the sound. “Streetcleaner” had the most obvious benefit of this, with the guitar that played over the rhythm being much more sparse and being much more simple in execution. Due to the way the two guitars worked with each other, the bleak atmosphere was heavily reinforced. Some of the songs Streetcleaner were recorded with Paul Neville as a second guitarist. The atmosphere of the songs is still rather bleak, although in places it is a little less oppressive due to things being lost in translation. So… Streetcleaner: Live at Roadburn 2011 is the recorded performance of Streetcleaner performed at Roadburn in 2011. release may no longer be in consideration, but at least the digital version is now available. Once the vinyl was sold out, work on a C.D. Roughly two years after they performed Streetcleaner at Roadburn, a live document of the performance was released on vinyl.

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