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gy!be, while fantastic, still have (when you break it down) the same basic structure to their music. the addition of spoken word passages and sound effects to the music, as well as concepts really helps the music imo. there's also the fact that they were doing this way before everyone else so they're not just repeating the same post-rock formula.



Sigur Ros and Mono have the same basic structure to their music. this doesn't mean they have to sound like each other.

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Sigur Ros really doesn't rely on build-ups and climaxes like Mono does, especially on ( ) and Takk..., it's more of a soundscape/instrumental painting than Mono's approach of build and release.

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yeah that's why i said early sigur ros a few posts ago. i totally agree.

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Even earlier Sigur Ros, the focus more on soundscape. I don't see like any similarities between the two bands. Its like saying the Converge and Misery Signals sound the same. They are in the same genre, but they obviously aren't.

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Focusing on soundscape doesn't mean a completely different formula though. Sigur Ros' music is very much climax-based. it's pretty evident on Agaetis Byrjun on songs like Olsen Olsen and Staralfur etc.

( )'s individual songs don't follow that formula much (save for the last track) but if you look at the album as one song - which many do - the formula is the same. thats a pretty tenuous connection though haha.

The difference with Mono is that they use more silent passages and generally take things to more of an extreme than Sigur Ros did.

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Yah they both hone the same formula at times, but that doesn't mean they are carbon copies of eachother. Just because a song goes by verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus doesn't mean that it sounds like everyother song that uses that formula.

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i'm not saying they're carbon copies of each other, i'm just saying that all the talk about this being the best album of the traditional post-rock style, or indeed a revolutionary album is overblown. this is merely a good post-rock album

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HIGH GUIZ

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Agreed they aren't revolutionary, but nothing is these days.

But for me, this makes almost every other current post rock band irrelevant.

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DMST are revolutionary though. much more interesting than mono too.

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jesus

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God damn qwe I thought the debate was over!

Both amazing bands, I enjoy Mono's style of post rock more though.

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it has only just begun...

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I'm kinda scared..

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nah that's purely subjective so theres no point arguing over tastes like that. i realize why people like this. just not why it's worshipped.



im going out anyways :P saved a huuuge debate.

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whew

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For post rock 101 look above.



Ugh @ page change

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hahaha dont you hate that? sup mutatedfreek

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Yeah it sucks.



I'm cool man, just chillin' and listening to some Thrice, how is qwe today?

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i'm alright, relistened to this and You Are There to see if I missed something.