Help me on my post-rock journey
 

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


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


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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 [i]Hex[/i] 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.

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

[QUOTE=robot]I'm pretty sure The Rescue is the Travels in Constants album.[/QUOTE]

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

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

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

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

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

Too true.

Amplifier - Amplifier
Oceansize - Effloresce, Music For Nurses

Go get now.

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"

Booerns... too many post-rock threads.

Gastr Del Sol is pretty good. I recommend the album [i]Camoufleur[/i].

Get [I]Feel Good Lost[/I] by Broken Social Scene.

Run Return - Metro North

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

[QUOTE=TalkingHead]You need [I]Rodan - Rusty[/I][/QUOTE]

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

[QUOTE=Wanker]Tortoise is one gap, Slint is the other. I think Bark Psychosis is another small gap too, though.

edit: Talk Talk ([i]Laughing Stock[/i], more specifically) is probably more important than Tortoise though.[/QUOTE]

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.

[QUOTE=biografiend]Efterklang - Tripper
Jaga Jazzist - A Livingroom Hush and/or What We Must
Unwed Sailor - The Faithful Anchor

[B]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"[/B]

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"[/QUOTE]

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

is post-rock the same as prog-rock?

[QUOTE=bleep_bloop]is post-rock the same as prog-rock?[/QUOTE]

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

[QUOTE=bleep_bloop]is post-rock the same as prog-rock?[/QUOTE]

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.

[QUOTE=biografiend]Efterklang - Tripper[/QUOTE]

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.

Did you listen to Run Return yet?

[QUOTE=xizoesira]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.[/QUOTE]

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.

[QUOTE=Zmev]Did you listen to Run Return yet?[/QUOTE]

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