Post-Rock Thread

[Roemilca]

new If These Trees Could Talk album is still amazing.

[clutnuckle]

TWDY released a pretty boring EP a few months ago, but I just now read this little blurb for it: MAGIC BULLET RECORDS » This Will Destroy You “Moving on the Edges of Things” 12″

Basically, if you didn't read that little blurb, what it says is that the only reason why TWDY moved in this new direction is because they were upset with people pigeonholing them into the "Post-Rock" category. They said that their EP was "motivated entirely by hatred, disgust, and pure disdain for those that have claimed the band’s previous work to embarrassingly trendy musical genres and those who try to work it into religious ideologies". It wasn't motivated by an actually musical epiphane, or a true wish to try out the genre... They just got tired of having ridiculous fans whose musical back catalog is Explosions in the Sky, MONO, God is an Astronaut and This Will Destroy You. I have no clue where the religious nonsense is coming from, but whatever. Maybe they feel that somebody claiming music as a spiritual outlet is wrong.

If that doesn't sell it to you, they're also "shunning every trace of the “post-rock” tag and making a very clear musical statement that should effectively shun all Christians and other religious zealots from ever claiming the band as “theirs” again". Is it just me... Or does this just sound really... Ludicrous? Feel free to prove me wrong, but they basically just said that because of the way some people view the band, they want to 'break free' of the moniker. This sounds a lot like a kid who is very good at swimming, and everybody compares him to another good swimmer, so the kid decides 'Wow **** swimming you're all a bunch of tools' and decides to do cross country instead, which he falls on his face doing. Instead of evolving naturally, they're forcefully evolving out of immature hatred for their fanbase. I know that Explosions in the Sky comparisons to this band are laughable at a certain extent, and they do irritate me too... But I could always just prove them wrong rationally and not say "WELL HEY TWDY DOES AMBIENT DRONE NOW EITS DONT SO HA!".

I know that a lot of great things happen when bands get pissed off with what surrounds them, sure... A lot of great albums wouldn't have arrived at our doorstep if certain fans hadn't irritated a band enough. But on their latest EP, which I originally saw as just a fluke, they were motivated by disdain for religion and crescendos. I'm doubting the motivation for Tunnel Blanket will be much different, and therefore, I'm almost thinking that it's going to be equally as underwhelming. I really want to be proved wrong. I still have hope, but with laughable write-ups like the one I linked here, I don't know how long I'll stay hopeful.

[Laurent Quinn Proper]

I'll be checking out This Will Destroy You on the 17th. I'm hoping for a little bit from the Young Mountain EP. My life could use some There Are Some Remedies Worse Than The Disease right about now.

Anyway, I was honestly just bumping this thread. Hopefully some post-rock heads will come out from the shadows with some new recommendations!

[clementine]

Originally Posted by Laurent Quinn Proper

I want to expand my pos-rock collection... any suggestions? Some of the bands I already have:

God Is An Astronaut
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
The Evpatoria Report
We Made God
Gifts From Enola
Tides From Nebula
This Will Destroy You
Russian Circles
Codes In The Clouds
Crippled Black Phoenix
Do Make Say Think
Ef
Explosions In The Sky
Yndi Halda
Red Sparrowes
Maudlin Of The Well
If These Trees Could Talk
Laura
Jakob

Please and thank you!

Some of these maybe aren't "pure" post-rock.

and so I watch you from afar, amazing band and a great album.




the echelon effect is really good too



there is a post rock facebook page, they guy/s (not sure, though it's probably just one administrator) post songs every day, got to know many new bands thanks to him.

Post-rock | Facebook

[clutnuckle]

Originally Posted by clutnuckle

TWDY released a pretty boring EP a few months ago, but I just now read this little blurb for it: MAGIC BULLET RECORDS » This Will Destroy You “Moving on the Edges of Things” 12″

Basically, if you didn't read that little blurb, what it says is that the only reason why TWDY moved in this new direction is because they were upset with people pigeonholing them into the "Post-Rock" category. They said that their EP was "motivated entirely by hatred, disgust, and pure disdain for those that have claimed the band’s previous work to embarrassingly trendy musical genres and those who try to work it into religious ideologies". It wasn't motivated by an actually musical epiphane, or a true wish to try out the genre... They just got tired of having ridiculous fans whose musical back catalog is Explosions in the Sky, MONO, God is an Astronaut and This Will Destroy You. I have no clue where the religious nonsense is coming from, but whatever. Maybe they feel that somebody claiming music as a spiritual outlet is wrong.

If that doesn't sell it to you, they're also "shunning every trace of the “post-rock” tag and making a very clear musical statement that should effectively shun all Christians and other religious zealots from ever claiming the band as “theirs” again". Is it just me... Or does this just sound really... Ludicrous? Feel free to prove me wrong, but they basically just said that because of the way some people view the band, they want to 'break free' of the moniker. This sounds a lot like a kid who is very good at swimming, and everybody compares him to another good swimmer, so the kid decides 'Wow **** swimming you're all a bunch of tools' and decides to do cross country instead, which he falls on his face doing. Instead of evolving naturally, they're forcefully evolving out of immature hatred for their fanbase. I know that Explosions in the Sky comparisons to this band are laughable at a certain extent, and they do irritate me too... But I could always just prove them wrong rationally and not say "WELL HEY TWDY DOES AMBIENT DRONE NOW EITS DONT SO HA!".

I know that a lot of great things happen when bands get pissed off with what surrounds them, sure... A lot of great albums wouldn't have arrived at our doorstep if certain fans hadn't irritated a band enough. But on their latest EP, which I originally saw as just a fluke, they were motivated by disdain for religion and crescendos. I'm doubting the motivation for Tunnel Blanket will be much different, and therefore, I'm almost thinking that it's going to be equally as underwhelming. I really want to be proved wrong. I still have hope, but with laughable write-ups like the one I linked here, I don't know how long I'll stay hopeful.

This post is horrible and I'm excited as Hell for Tunnel Blanket now.

[TheFolkslave]

Originally Posted by clutnuckle

This post is horrible and I'm excited as Hell for Tunnel Blanket now.

Hahaa. I was also first a little dissapointed when I heard about them changing their style but now I'm so excited that I feel like I'm going to burst soon.

Also I'm seeing GY!BE soon (17th of January)

We have to keep this post-rock thread going. I'm going to post some recommendations soon so beware

[duga]

I'm glad this thread was bumped, it reminded me to ask if you guys can throw me some recs for something along the lines of Jakob's Solace. Faster/slower, I don't care...I just really like their general aesthetic. And I need more.

[James]

Slint, Envy and Talk Talk are my Post-Rock pics. I find a lot of the genre to be uinspired though, it's one of those genres where the popular artists(except from Sigur Ros) are popular for a reason.

[TheFolkslave]

Don't want to step on your toes but how do you explain Explosions in the Skys popularity? I think the whole band is horrid with only few decent songs. Oh yeah and I love Sigur Rós.

[James]

Originally Posted by TheFolkslave

Don't want to step on your toes but how do you explain Explosions in the Skys popularity? I think the whole band is horrid with only few decent songs. Oh yeah and I love Sigur Rós.

Never really checked them out tbh. Just my opinion on the genre. I hate Sigur Ros.