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Key · 10-14-2016, 12:53 PM

45. God Is An Astronaut: Helios / Erebus

I was originally planning to place their Age of The Fifth Sun album in this spot, but then I realized that I hadn't even paid any tribute to an album that I didn't know existed. Apparently, God Is An Astronaut released an album in 2015, and how it escaped my radar is beyond me, but it's fair to say from what I've heard so far, it's damn good.

A popular critique with God Is An Astronaut is their instruments aren't legitimate, and suddenly that makes them less of a post-rock band than other bands. I like to consider that both a bold statement and a false claim. So what if some of the instruments are fake / computerized, as long as the music is good it shouldn't matter right? Anyway, back when Origins was released, I wasn't too sold on the idea of them adding in the dubstep/electronica aspect into their music, but they made it work, and the album is what it is. However, with Helios / Erebus it seems as though they've gone back to what they are good at, and released an album that is on par with Age of the Fifth Sun, which is my favorite album of theirs.

I talked about this somewhere on the forum earlier and mentioned that post-rock has a way of expressing emotion through sound, and it gets a lot of unnecessary flack for no reason. People will often express that they think the music is boring, but I don't like to consider music boring as it's such a blanket term that it doesn't make sense. God Is An Astronaut is up there with I Hear Sirens in terms of making music that makes you feel, and not just music that is sound. Definitely do give this album a listen, I'm impressed with it.

10-14-2016, 12:53 PM	#15 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	45. God Is An Astronaut: Helios / Erebus I was originally planning to place their Age of The Fifth Sun album in this spot, but then I realized that I hadn't even paid any tribute to an album that I didn't know existed. Apparently, God Is An Astronaut released an album in 2015, and how it escaped my radar is beyond me, but it's fair to say from what I've heard so far, it's damn good. A popular critique with God Is An Astronaut is their instruments aren't legitimate, and suddenly that makes them less of a post-rock band than other bands. I like to consider that both a bold statement and a false claim. So what if some of the instruments are fake / computerized, as long as the music is good it shouldn't matter right? Anyway, back when Origins was released, I wasn't too sold on the idea of them adding in the dubstep/electronica aspect into their music, but they made it work, and the album is what it is. However, with Helios / Erebus it seems as though they've gone back to what they are good at, and released an album that is on par with Age of the Fifth Sun, which is my favorite album of theirs. I talked about this somewhere on the forum earlier and mentioned that post-rock has a way of expressing emotion through sound, and it gets a lot of unnecessary flack for no reason. People will often express that they think the music is boring, but I don't like to consider music boring as it's such a blanket term that it doesn't make sense. God Is An Astronaut is up there with I Hear Sirens in terms of making music that makes you feel, and not just music that is sound. Definitely do give this album a listen, I'm impressed with it.