Artiste: If These Trees Could Talk
Nationality: American
Album: Above the Earth, Below the Sky
Year: 2009
Label: Metal Blade
Genre: Post rock
Tracks:
From roots to needles
What's in the ground belongs to you
Terra incognita
Above the Earth
Below the sky
The sun is in the north
Thirty-six silos
The flames of Herostratus
Rebuilding the temple of Artemis
Deus ex machina
Chronological position: Debut album
Familiarity: Zero
Comments: What can you say about post-rock? I understand how Ki finds it hard to express why certain post-rock albums appeal to him. This is good, strong guitar-driven post rock, but then, isn't most of this genre? Is there anything different about it? Does it stand out from its fellows? No. Does that make it any less good an album? No, but it makes it hard to pin down exactly why I like this. But I do.
Intention: Meh, post-rock is as post-rock does, ya know? I'd probably not avoid their next album, but I wouldn't go actively seeking it out either.
