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Sharks Eat Bear posted:I consider myself a huge fan of post-rock that doesn't really know anything about the genre. What do most post-rock fans think of Do Make Say Think. I've realized that they're my favorite post-rock band, even beating out EITS. Their new album, You, You're A History In Rust is absolutely awesome and I think Executioner Blues is one of my favorite songs of the year. I've got & Yet & Yet, Goodbye Enemy Airship The Landlord Is Dead and Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn and I love them all. I guess I might as well round off my collection and pick up their other albums. Any recommendations of bands similar to DMST? Do Make Say Think starts to get into the jazzier side of postrock, moving away from the slow, swelling atmospherics of guys like Godspeed and EITS. Personally, I feel that this is where the genre is moving. The "sounds like EITS" accusation gets leveled all the time, but a lot of the time it's true; there's a lot of bands out there that really do sound very similar to them, and I don't really know how much more there is to do with this sound. The exciting bands of postrock, to me, are groups like Maserati or Samuel Jackson Five; tighter jazz-influenced instrumental rock with a driving beat. Mind you, I still love Godspeed and EITS are good, but I just think that sound needs to take a break for a while. So I guess my point is that if you are liking what DMST has to offer, check out this branch of postrock. The two bands I mentioned are good to check out, as are Tortoise, early innovators of the style. Mercury Program is another good one that comes to mind.
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Hey here's another post: Most of the people in here probably already know about this site, but for anyone that doesn't, be sure to check out The Silent Ballet. It's a great site for finding new postrock of all stripes, and their compilations are fantastic.
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Jaladar posted:The Ascent of Everest and Maybeshewill are fantastic but have already been mentioned so i won't reiterate too much. Yeah these guys are right up there with Samuel Jackson Five in my mind. Since everyone is posting nice big cover art - Magyar Posse - Random Avenger  These guys are really good. That's about all to say, check out this album. Energetic, driving post-rock. Their older album, Kings of Time, is extremely different, and is more of a traditional postrock slow burn, stretching a standard postrock cycle of swell and climax to the length of a whole disc. I like Random Avenger more, but Kings of Time is worth checking out. Samuel Jackson Five - Easily Misunderstood  If you like postrock, or rock, or music, you need to get this. At the risk of gushing GBS-style hyperbole, this is an incredible album, and I think these guys are some of the biggest up-and-comers in postrock. It's been around since 2005, but a lot of people seemed to have missed this one. Just get it.
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Nov 2, 2007 17:18
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Kerpal posted:This album is loving awesome. I don't necessarily know why it's always labeled post rock, though. A lot of it just sounds like straight out rock/jazz to me but what do I know. Another good band that isn't necessarily the same but also loving rocks is the Mercury Program and specifically their album All the Suits Began to Fall Off. Awesome stuff! Listen to Marianas, great song. This is the kind of stuff I was talking about in my earlier post. It is still considered post-rock, I think, just of a different flavor. If there was going to be a postrock sub-subgenre, this would be it.
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Nov 3, 2007 08:01
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 So do we consider Menomena to be postrock? I'm undecided. On the one hand, they fit the textbook definition of "Traditional rock instrumentation used to create non-traditional rock music". On the other hand, they don't really sound like anything else out there. If they aren't postrock, I don't know what to call them, other than awesome. I am the fun blame monster! is actually their best disc, but I put up the picture for Friend and Foe because the art is so great.
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Nov 4, 2007 17:09
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windwaker posted:I like Menomena but I wouldn't really say they show qualities of post-rock. They just use really weird instrumentation. They really don't, though. The core of the band is drums, guitar, vocals, piano, and sax, which I think still falls under standard rock instruments. Or are we no longer using the Postrock definition of "traditional rock instrumentation making non-traditional rock music"? I'll admit it might be too broad, but I'd be a little saddened to see Postrock get refined into "music that sounds like EITS". Oh well, it's always been a nebulous genre either way.
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Nov 4, 2007 19:44
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Hydrac7 posted:After listening to the upcoming This Will Destroy You album, I can safely say it's pretty boring. Not surprising, they've always been on the cutting edge of making postrock boring and derivative.  I just got this in the mail, Qua's Painting Monsters on Clouds. While the track you can hear on Silent Ballet's first comp, Devil Eyes, is the showpiece of the album, the whole thing is worth looking into if you enjoy the sound of guys like The Books, but without all the sampling that that band is known for. Glitchy, twangy, atmospheric, ethereal.
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Nov 6, 2007 02:05
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windwaker posted:Maybe I'm mistaking something for something else, but don't they also use a bunch of weird synth effects and stuff? Most of their stuff is just instruments, and postrock is no stranger to effects anyway. That said, Menomena really does fit more in with just fairly novel indie rock. We still need a good definition of postrock, though.
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Nov 6, 2007 02:51
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maws posted:Thanks to everyone who recommended Red Sparowes, I'm absolutely loving At The Soundless Dawn. Going to check out Russian Circles too. Just got my copies of Fall of Math and One Time for All Time in the mail.  I finally got sick of trying to find it in an actual store. I wish there was a vinyl version of Fall, though.
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Nov 8, 2007 05:29
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typhus posted:By some stroke of luck, I discovered Aloha via their amazingly jazzy prog-and-post-esque debut ep, The Great Communicators, The Interpreters, The Nonbelievers EP. One particular track, "Gary's Narrator", weighs in at only two minutes, but I've been listening to it on repeat for the better part of four hours. They serve as an incredible break from my usual diet of Mogwai and other standbys -- fluid, evolving tunes that reach different peaks and aim for different styles on virtually every song. Double post but listening to this you'd probably like Minus the Bear, although this is getting less post-rock and more whatever the hell Minus the Bear is.
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Nov 8, 2007 07:54
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Yeah, this. Also Cult Of Luna and Jesu. Maserati can be pretty heavy, too. I was just going to recommend Maserati's new(ish) Inventions for the New Season. It's pretty driving and exciting throughout, and I like it a lot more than their other work.
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Nov 8, 2007 16:23
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Hey guys! The Pax Cecilia is a pretty decent postrock metal-ish band. Why am I posting this? Because if you go to their website, they are giving away their album for free - as in, you give them your mailing address and they will send it to you, free. While it's not the greatest thing I've ever heard, it's pretty good and has a fairly unique sound, and the price is right.
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Nov 14, 2007 09:50
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Emmitt Nervend posted:There are multiple bands named Mono, right? I mean, I remember this song: http://youtube.com/watch?v=V2aa1tEh82I from back in the day, and I can't imagine that being done by the same band that people describe as some of the hardest postrock they've ever heard. There's two major ones and at least one other that I know of. The other big one is a British trip-hop act which I believe had a member of Massive Attack in it. There's also an Australian singer using the name, I believe.
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Nov 14, 2007 23:58
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windwaker posted:I'll give Yanbqui U.X.O. a try, at least. They are all worth checking out. Silver Mt. Zion is probably the most "GSYBE-y" of the side projects. I really like 1-speed bike, as well, but as I said, they are all quality music and anyone with an ear for postrock will probably not regret checking them out.
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