the beauty of post rock music and the meaning of it

[Spiritofmosa]

I gave the genre a break for a few months and today I was listening to explosions to the sky's album "All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone" and i realised how much i missed the genre. Post rock has a spiritual meaning to me but too much of it makes me depressed. I wonder whats in the mind of post rock artists when they make the music they do.
discuss...

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[Meatplow]

i found that album incredibly boring, it turned me off wanting to investigate post-rock when I first broke into the genre. i should revisit it though, I suppose, i've grown to appreciate the genre a lot

[rid]

what a fruity thread.

hm, like a lot of bands more than them, and that album is meh, but whatever. genre's got some great artists.

[Spiritofmosa]

i felt that the album grew on me as time went by.

[Ventriloquist]

Explosions in the Sky sound always the same to me. Fav. album by them is probably The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place. Fav. post rock bands are Crippled Black Phoenix and Red Sparowes.

[Benzum]

Go and listen to Hammock. They make equally good post-rock to Explosions In The Sky. I only recently got into post-rock a year or so ago and it's fast become one of my favorite genres of music tbqh.

[Gnarmageddon]

red sparowes are so good

[DBlitz]

never got into explosions in the sky

godspeed you! black emperor is awesome though, and i've been listening to the latest mono recently.

[Ventriloquist]

I can't really but Godspeed under post-rock tbh. And yeah latest Mono is good. Also God is an Astronaut is a pretty decent post-rock band.

[Benzum]

Lights Out Asia is also as mellow as a relaxed banana that just randomly happens to be all yellow. The bad thing about these amazing bands is that many noob tube bands try and imitate the sound and there instantly becomes another excuse to make music in a minimal approach.

[Txus]

The last Mono album is the best post rock release in 2 or 3 years tbh. And EITS suck balls.

[rasputin]

need to get that mono album

i've recently been listening to an album called the unbelievable cinematic crash by Sweek, amazing post rock.

[Benzum]

EITS suck balls.


No.

[Txus]

They are one of the most boring, dull bands I've ever listen to.

But, hey! Nice album you're digging (Grouper)

[Dimmu Burger]

Mono are quite good. Sigur Ros of course are the shiznit.

[Benzum]

They are one of the most boring, dull bands I've ever listen to.

But, hey! Nice album you're digging (Grouper)

Thanks but you're very wrong about EITS. Dimmu Burger I still got your bands EP or w/e on here, listened to it earlier, sounds good. What is your website?

[Dimmu Burger]

We just use myspace. http://www.myspace.com/fua Thanks dude!

[Benzum]

Nice one. I was going to involuntarily delete it to save space but thought nah I'll just keep it. A fan has been gained.

[Dimmu Burger]

Oh good! I appreciate it dude! This is also a very funny thread to talk about us in, lol!

[Benzum]

Yeah let's talk about post-rock. Apologies, good sir. The Angelic Process are a group that I listen to regulary and I've even tried to get into stuff like You.May.Die.In.The.Desert but they have yet to seduce me.

[DBlitz]

The Angelic Process are good but I don't think they are post-rock.

[Benzum]

Yeah you're right but a lot of alternative groups delve into post-rock nowadays so if you like atmospheric instrumental music then it's hard to categorize all of the bands. It's like the new black metal, without the murdering.

[rid]

Explosions in the Sky sound always the same to me. Fav. album by them is probably The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place. Fav. post rock bands are Crippled Black Phoenix and Red Sparowes.

CBP is probably my fav band atm. :)

[Txus]

the two new CBP albums are ace.

[Benzum]

should I be checking CBP out? The name puts me off instantly.

[Txus]

yeah, much better band than EITS haha.

Make sure to start with their first album.

[Benzum]

That's probobally a load of garbage but whatever man I'll see what's in store. I'm lol'ing at you for finding fault with EITS, seriously that's hilarious.

[Txus]

there's just so much better bands in the genre, I don't see why you cream all over EITS.

[Benzum]

I'm not literally creaming over them but they are clearly amazingly gifted. Put the genre out of the question for a second, these guys made some incredible pieces of music.

[Txus]

Hmmm, putting the genre out of question, i find even more bands or people who make more incredible pieces of music, so that didn't help. The problem with EITS is that they just don't move me like other Post Rock bands do (Mono, Gregor Samsa, Yndi Halda, Red Sparowes, GY!BE, Pg. Lost, Grails just to name a few).

[Benzum]

GY!BE doesn't move me in the same way that EITS does, either. They both pluck my heart strings but EITS has more of an, indifferent approach. It's got a unique mellow delay swooning tone. Again I'm not creaming over them, just praising them. Until you say something bad about them we're cool.

[Txus]

Unique? I just don't get it when you say they're unique but I guess it's all a matter of personal taste.

[Benzum]

The melodies, the instrumentation, the song title, the production, everything. I get that you dislike them but as far as I'm concerned dude, there's nothing to dislike.

[Angmar]

lol EITS are not unique or good.

[Benzum]

Ha. That's hilarious.

[RiceMonster]

The only Explosions in the Sky i like is The World Is Not a Cold Dead Place, and I rarely listen to anything other than Your Hand in Mine off that. Also, yes the latest Mono is really, really good.

[Angmar]

Ha. That's hilarious.

They're the cookie cut-out band of post rock.

[Benzum]

They're the cookie cut-out band of post rock.

Well it's not as if I'm a total noob to the genre, care to rec some bands? Or in fact, give me one single reason why EITS are bad?

[Txus]

The melodies, the instrumentation, the song title, the production, everything. I get that you dislike them but as far as I'm concerned dude, there's nothing to dislike.

:lol: are you serious?

Bark Psychosis made the same music 10 years before EITS even thought of forming a band.

[Benzum]

I only have Hex and Codename Dustsucker but never listen to them that much. I'll occasionally spin them but they never leave a memorable melody. Fair enough the structures are solid but they just don't execute it in the same way.

[Angmar]

Well it's not as if I'm a total noob to the genre, care to rec some bands? Or in fact, give me one single reason why EITS are bad?

Everyone else has already said the good bands really, I just don't understand why you think they're so unique and revolutionary, bands like them were around way before they were.

[Benzum]

I just like them a lot, what can I say?

[Ventriloquist]

Read the thread again, we forgot about Mogwai, A Silver mt. Zion and 65daysofstatic which is probably the most ****ed up and different post-rock band.

[Niflheim II]

meaning = hipster faggotry

[RiceMonster]

Yeah post rock is so popular among hipsters

[McP3000]

you would know

[RiceMonster]

yeah ok

[elmntrs]

hey whats goin in

[sweboy]

hi eliminataz what's up

[Mr. Ron]

I like www.myspace.com/canyonsofstatic lately




also:

www.myspace.com/gathiens

[Shattered_Future]

I've been listening to the new Mono. So far I like You Are There more, but I'm still not done with the album yet.

[Moon Flavor]

The beauty of post rock lies in 3rd and 7th intervals pretty much

However if this is the new post rock thread...

EVERYBODY GET THE VIEW FROM HERE ep/mini-album BY THE BAND 3ND IT'S SO GOOD AND DESTROYS MOST POST ROCK.

[Skyler]

oh hey guys

http://www.bram.us/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/slint_spiderland.jpg

[Moon Flavor]

I've seriously never heard them what are they like do they have any energy?

Nothing worse than post-rock that lacks energy

[Txus]

hahaha

they are like the fathers of the genre, really good ****. How have you never heard Slint bro? thats pure faggotry

[Moon Flavor]

hahaha

they are like the fathers of the genre, really good ****. How have you never heard Slint bro? thats pure large bundle of sticksry

Yeah I hear that fathers of the genre thing a lot but I also hear Godspeed are semi-fathers of the genre and they're not that good so idk

Is it Tortoise or Torche that's the other post-rock band I forget? I'll get that too

[Benzum]

who said anything about fathers of post rock, what is that?

[Moon Flavor]

who said anything about fathers of post rock, what is that?

As in they pioneered the genre or in Godspeed's case they made it popular?

[Benzum]

oh I see what you mean. That took a while.

[Meatplow]

Does OM count as post-rock? Progressive, psychadelic influences there.

[Txus]

Maybe the term i used was stupid, but yeah, they are really good. (slint)

[rasputin]

Does OM count as post-rock? Progressive, psychadelic influences there.
I wouldn't say they were, they're more with the sludge/stoner/psychadelic sub-genre(s)

[jrowa001]

a few post-rock albums ive been listening to since i went through a period of time where i just wasnt in the mood for it (probably from late november until a week ago).
A. Armada - Anam Cara
Followed By Ghosts - Dear Monsters, Be Patient
Hellas Mounds - Last Ferry to Cydonia
Motek - s/t
Ocoai - Breatherman

[Txus]

that followed by ghosts album is so good

[YouGottaBeCrazy]

Tortoise is fantastic.