Any Post-Rock fans here?

[Maserschmidt]

@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.

[NAF1138]

@Tinker_Grey

That’s quite a bit different than what was posted earlier. I liked it more.

You might like this too?

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.
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[HMS_Irruncible]

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.

[msmith537]

@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

Vanilla sky - Soundtrack (Sigur ros - The nothing song)

Sigur Rós - Staralfur from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Sigur Rós - The Rains of Castamere from Game of Thrones

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

02. Explosions in the sky - Your Hand In Mine (w/Strings)

Explosions in the Sky - The Lone Survivor soundtrack

Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet, & Mogwai - The Fountain soundtrack

The Fountain — DEATH IS THE ROAD TO AWE by Clint Mansell // Kronos Quartet // Mogwai

[MrDibble]

@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.

[Tinker_Grey]

@NAF1138

You might like this too?

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.
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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.)

[Tinker_Grey]

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A lot of it is quite literally modern movie soundtrack.

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Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet, & Mogwai - The Fountain soundtrack

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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