Help me on my post-rock journey

[br3ad_man]

These are albums I love:
Mono - Walking Cloud And Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered And The Sun Shined
Mogwai - Happy Songs For Happy People and/or Young Team
Explosions In The Sky - The Rescue
Mum - Finally We Are No One (if you haven't already)
Sigur Ros - all of their albums
Explosions In The Sky - all of their albums


These are albums I like:
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
Do Make Say Think - & Yet & Yet (specifically the song Chinatown)
A Silver Mount Zion - Born Into Trouble As Sparks Fly Upwards
The Books - Lost and Safe


Am I missing out anything major? I wish I had more post-rock that I really loved, but I find so much of it awfully boring.

[robot]

You could try a similiar genre, noise rock. Get some Black Dice.

[StaticSynth]

You definitely need to check out Tortoise if you haven't already.

[3rdplanet]

I'll throw these two names at you; Port Royal, 65daysofstatic.

[Tomahawk]

Slint - Spiderland
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (I'm not a big fan of this, but supposedly it's a post-rock "essential")

[br3ad_man]

Yeah I've got those two. I don't consider Slint post-rock and I don't really like the Talk Talk album.

[something vague]

Young Team is the best post-rock album. I don't really know what you're missing, because I'm too poor to buy anything.

[Wanker]

What's that Explosions in the Sky album you listed? I never heard of it.. :-/

If I were to name an album, I'd say Hex by Bark Psychosis. But you should check out the other Do Make Say Think albums and any M83... yet I vaguely recall you listening to/liking M83 before.

[robot]

I'm pretty sure The Rescue is the Travels in Constants album.

[Wanker]

I'm pretty sure The Rescue is the Travels in Constants album.

Ohhh... I just knew it as Travels In Constant. Thanks for clearing it up :)

[JonM]

I'd say Tortoise is the crucial gap you've got to fill here. They sort of define the sound for everybody else.

[Wanker]

I'd say Tortoise is the crucial gap you've got to fill here. They sort of define the sound for everybody else.

Tortoise is one gap, Slint is the other. I think Bark Psychosis is another small gap too, though.

edit: Talk Talk (Laughing Stock, more specifically) is probably more important than Tortoise though.

[JonM]

Too true.

[Clunge]

Amplifier - Amplifier
Oceansize - Effloresce, Music For Nurses

Go get now.

[biografiend]

Efterklang - Tripper
Jaga Jazzist - A Livingroom Hush and/or What We Must
Unwed Sailor - The Faithful Anchor

If you like M83 and Mum, you will enjoy Efterklang. It is electronic post-rock/IDM (i think?), with a male and female vocalist. They are realllly nice. Try the songs "Foetus", "Collecting Shields", "Prey and Predator"

Jaga Jazzist is sort of jazzy post-rock featuring a tenor sax, trumpet, and bass clarinet among other instruments. What We Must is a little more.....progressive than A Livingroom Hush, but they are both really good. Checkout the songs "All I Know is Tonight" and "Olso Skyline"

Unwed Sailor is similar to Explosions in the Sky. The bassist was once in Pedro the Lion or something. I saw them in concert over the summer and they were amazing. Check out the song "In The Presence of Thrones" or "Ruby's Wishes"

[Luxor]

Booerns... too many post-rock threads.

[Bukowski]

Gastr Del Sol is pretty good. I recommend the album Camoufleur.

[CarnageFairy]

Get Feel Good Lost by Broken Social Scene.

[Zmev]

Run Return - Metro North

[TalkingHead]

You need Rodan - Rusty, Mono - One More Step And You Die and Xinisupreme - Murder License.

[Happymeal]

You need Rodan - Rusty

I second that since you're a Slint fan, though it's a bit more aggressive. Also try Dreamend's As if by Ghosts. It's EitS style dramatic post rock with vocals, in easily digestable amounts(no 10 minute songs here)

[br3ad_man]

Tortoise is one gap, Slint is the other. I think Bark Psychosis is another small gap too, though.

edit: Talk Talk (Laughing Stock, more specifically) is probably more important than Tortoise though.

I heard a Tortoise song once, "Glass Museum". I didn't find it very interesting so I didn't bother with them further. I guess I will now.

[3rdplanet]

Efterklang - Tripper
Jaga Jazzist - A Livingroom Hush and/or What We Must
Unwed Sailor - The Faithful Anchor

If you like M83 and Mum, you will enjoy Efterklang. It is electronic post-rock/IDM (i think?), with a male and female vocalist. They are realllly nice. Try the songs "Foetus", "Collecting Shields", "Prey and Predator"

Jaga Jazzist is sort of jazzy post-rock featuring a tenor sax, trumpet, and bass clarinet among other instruments. What We Must is a little more.....progressive than A Livingroom Hush, but they are both really good. Checkout the songs "All I Know is Tonight" and "Olso Skyline"

Unwed Sailor is similar to Explosions in the Sky. The bassist was once in Pedro the Lion or something. I saw them in concert over the summer and they were amazing. Check out the song "In The Presence of Thrones" or "Ruby's Wishes"

I would have said Efterklang had something very Sigur Ros about them, good recommendation however.

[bleep_bloop]

is post-rock the same as prog-rock?

[Wanker]

is post-rock the same as prog-rock?

Somewhat, but at the same time, not at all.

[xizoesira]

is post-rock the same as prog-rock?

Much different.

I don't know if Rachel's counts as post rock, but if they do I thumbs up to them.

I guess they'd be more neo classical though.

Esmerine is another one.

[Interstate]

Efterklang - Tripper

I've seen that on ebay but the only copy available is £10 ($18) (Buy-it-now including posting and packaging). Is it worth getting it if I haven't heard any of the songs, because my internet is crap at the moment and it would take me ages just to download a song (if I could find one). I love the stuff you mentioned so I was wondering if it was worth spending that much money.

[Zmev]

Did you listen to Run Return yet?

[Wanker]

I don't know if Rachel's counts as post rock, but if they do I thumbs up to them.

I guess they'd be more neo classical though.

I find Rachel's to almost be an expressionist kind of music with classical elements. Mostly because one of their albums is almost all about Egon Schiele, the famous expressionist painter.

[br3ad_man]

Did you listen to Run Return yet?

Yeah, it was ok. It sounded really processed and was all around a bit boring, but not bad.

[andy is dead]

I love Hurtmold (brazilian post-rock band). It sounds like Tortoise and there are some vocals in portuguese.

[Tangy zizzle]

Dirty Three man, Dirty Three.

Also, try Jakob. They're not "post-rock" perse, but they don't have vocals and they're predominately guitar-based and pretty epic.

[Iai]

Amplifier are another great post-rock-but-not-quite-post-rock group. Well, they have their moments.

You need more EitS.

[Iai]

Did you listen to Run Return yet?
They're on my MySpace friends list.

[Tomahawk]

Dirty Three man, Dirty Three.
Ah jeez, forgot about them. Definitely seconded.

[br3ad_man]

Yeah I have a couple of their songs. "Hope" is freaking brilliant. I'll get some more of them for sure.


Iai, there's no more EITS for me to get :p

[Tangy zizzle]

Ah jeez, forgot about them. Definitely seconded.

i havn't heard their new one yet, but i hear it's kinda bland. Eh well...

[biografiend]

I've seen that on ebay but the only copy available is £10 ($18) (Buy-it-now including posting and packaging). Is it worth getting it if I haven't heard any of the songs, because my internet is crap at the moment and it would take me ages just to download a song (if I could find one). I love the stuff you mentioned so I was wondering if it was worth spending that much money.
Hmm.... it is a good, nice solid CD, but I dunno if it would be worth $18, especially if you havent heard any songs. If you like the aformentioned bands, I am pretty certain that you will enjoy them. This is coming from a stingy, jobless bum who gets most of her music via soulseek through a dialup connection, though.