# Any Post-Rock fans here? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-post-rock-fans-here/846590 "2020-01-18T00:34:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-post-rock-fans-here/846590/21 "2020-01-20T00:23:22Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > Ooh, Swans. I dig Swans. More noise rock than post rock, but thats a fine distinction. This. Whatever you call it, I love this recent run of four or five albums. In fact, I think I’ll put on The Seer now. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-post-rock-fans-here/846590/22 "2020-01-20T03:17:51Z")
> [@Tinker\_Grey](#): > > That’s quite a bit different than what was posted earlier. I liked it more. [You might like this too?](https://youtu.be/sD2cPL5rDM8) Silver Mt. Zion (the name changed with every project but Silver Mt Zion was always part of the name) was one of my favorite music groups for a long while. Sort of a spinoff of Godspeed You Black Emperor with more folk music built in. . ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-post-rock-fans-here/846590/23 "2020-01-20T03:33:07Z")
I am ignorant as to scene boundaries. Huge fan of Mogwai. Also, Nine Inch Nails did some really interesting stuff after their angry teenager heyday. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-post-rock-fans-here/846590/24 "2020-01-20T03:50:50Z")
> [@Sterling\_Archer](#): > > I like it, but I’m not sure what makes it a separate genre. It feels like a modern movie soundtrack. A lot of it is quite literally modern movie soundtrack. John Murphay - Adagio in D Minor from the Sunshine soundtrack M83 - Starwaves from the Oblivion soundtrack (plus every other song on the sountrack) M83 - Outro from any number of movies, shows and commercials (the film Melancholia is used in the clip, but I don’t think the song is actually in that film) Sigur Rós - Njósnavélin (The Nothing Song) from the Vanilla Sky soundtrack [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-S_S3UzOzAY/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgUShFMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBO3gU4EaZZEF48sd2dnAd5IiMOWA "Vanilla sky - Soundtrack (Sigur ros - The nothing song)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S_S3UzOzAY) Sigur Rós - Staralfur from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Sigur Rós - The Rains of Castamere from Game of Thrones https://www.youtube.com/embed/w3QW8PVyyNM?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLLGk12CjUeW7KYn2SLQTbTEnD1b-T43dn Johann Johannsson - The Sun’s Gone Dim from the Battle: Los Angeles trailer Explosions in the Sky - Your Hand in Mine from Friday Night Lights [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ewcAQvJkbM4/maxresdefault.jpg "02. Explosions in the sky - Your Hand In Mine (w/Strings)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewcAQvJkbM4) Explosions in the Sky - The Lone Survivor soundtrack Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet, & Mogwai - The Fountain soundtrack [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZBEoRldSS5o/maxresdefault.jpg "The Fountain — DEATH IS THE ROAD TO AWE by Clint Mansell // Kronos Quartet // Mogwai") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBEoRldSS5o) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-post-rock-fans-here/846590/25 "2020-01-20T06:51:09Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Of course there’s the simple silent/loud formula **best exemplified by Nirvana** Oh, c’mon. You had to know them’s fighting words, Pilgrim. > [@](#): > > What I also like is the vast array of influences, you hear traces of noise, prog, kraut, punk rock and electronics (and sometimes even easy listening) transformed into something different. Thing is, other than prog, I like all those other genres just fine. It’s the combo I don’t like. And it’s not like I don’t like ambient - huge This Mortal Coil and Harold Budd fan here… Maybe it’s the clear prog influence in post rock that I hate. God, I _loathe_ prog rock. ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-post-rock-fans-here/846590/26 "2020-01-21T02:24:06Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > [You might like this too?](https://youtu.be/sD2cPL5rDM8) > > Silver Mt. Zion (the name changed with every project but Silver Mt Zion was always part of the name) was one of my favorite music groups for a long while. Sort of a spinoff of Godspeed You Black Emperor with more folk music built in. > . Yeah, that’s even better. I’d consider looking them up. (I’m a Tom Waits fan, and this has elements of that kind of inventiveness. TW did a bunch of work with Kronos Quartet who **msmith537** mentions. I haven’t yet clicked on that though. (Next.) ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-post-rock-fans-here/846590/27 "2020-01-21T02:29:24Z")
[quote=“msmith537, post:24, topic:846590”] A lot of it is quite literally modern movie soundtrack. _snip_ Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet, & Mogwai - The Fountain soundtrack [/QUOTE] This wasn’t bad. It felt like a fully fleshed out work. I guess some of the stuff that I didn’t care for never felt like it was going anywhere. As noted above, Kronos Quartet and Tom Waits did some work together. Here’s a collab of KQ and TW doing a TW standard [Way Down in the Hole](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxIBoGlMYOo) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-post-rock-fans-here/846590.md?page=1)