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Kiiii's List of 50 Post-Rock Albums You Need To Hear Right Now
I wouldn't say I'm a genius, I also wouldn't say I'm beyond all possible knowledge when it comes to post-rock, but I know of a lot of albums that often times get disregarded or forgotten in the genre, some I listen to on a daily basis. Now, you're probably wondering why I'm going to bother making this thread, well it's simple. Sometimes even I forget about post-rock albums that I've come to know and love, and I want to compile a list of those on top of the albums I absolutely love.
I made a thread like this once: http://www.musicbanter.com/rock-meta...post-rock.html but it's long since been forgotten and had no structure or format. I'm also going to go ahead and get the comments that I know will be coming into this thread out of the way so that you don't have to waste your time saying them:
So, strap yourselves in. I don't expect anybody to read this, but I'm going to do it anyway. |
Know any post rock that ISN'T built around crescendos?
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50. I Hear Sirens: Beyond The Sea, Beneath The Sky
http://i.imgur.com/22QRWNf.png If you took a look at my last.fm page, you'd see why this album will be the first entry in this thread. If you don't feel like looking, I'll provide an image: http://i.imgur.com/GJY6Pmy.png Not only is Beyond The Sea, Beneath The Sky becoming one of my top 5 / go to post-rock albums, it's also becoming a daily listen, and sometimes even more so. Whenever I wake up in the morning now, I get a cup of coffee, and I put this album on. For one reason or another, it seems to get me started on the right foot, and allows me to put all my concentration on the work that I'd like to get done in that day. Every track is wonderfully orchestrated creating an entire album that is truly a post-rock masterpiece. Keep in mind, I use masterpiece as a light term as I know it's not a legitimate masterpiece, but it fills the void whenever I have no idea what to listen to at any given time. It's spans across more than post-rock and easily allows for a full listen each time. Point being, I've never listened to this album not in its entirety. I Hear Sirens don't have a lot of albums to their name, but the albums they do have are concrete evidence that they know exactly what they're doing, and they know exactly what they hope to accomplish through their music. |
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Don't know if that fits your needs necessarily. |
49. Sigur Ros: Agaetis Byrjun
http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/albums/703...e.e17d9e74.jpg Very recently, I discovered my love for this album as when I first got into Sigur Ros, I started out with Takk.. and never really too the time to dive into their other work. This album is pretty phenomenal for what it is and for the time it was released, and to compliment the band, they've never seemed to have an album that wasn't amazing. While I don't necessarily have a strong love for Kveikur, it's still quite good. Agaetis Byrjun takes everything I've come to know and love about Sigur Ros and throws it into one album, and it's funny to say that since this album was released prior to Takk.. which again compliments them for their consistency and ability to stick to what they know and do it well. I find myself listening to this album over Valtari and Takk.. some days but it's tough to put one above the other since those three albums are three of my favorites out of their entire discog. |
Great album!
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48. The Evpatoria Report: Golevka
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...rt.golevka.jpg If you're in the mood for some post-rock but aren't entirely set on listening to some heavier distortion on top of the instrumentals, The Evpatoria Report is the place to go. Ever since I started listening to them years back, I've always found their music to be along the lines of "mellow post-rock" and rightfully so. They seldom use heavy riffs to fill the space, but instead use a bit of silence and quiet high pitch guitar sounds to create a wonderfully relaxed atmosphere. Golevka is the epitome of relaxation when it comes to that, and each track does it well. There are some that use the traditional build up that is well known in post-rock, however it's very easy to look past it once you allow the music to let you fall into a deep sense of relaxation. It's a nice experience of an album, and certainly one my favorites. I always forget about this album but I have listened to it countless times ever since I heard about these guys, and there other albums are also worth checking out. |
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47. Sigur Ros: Takk...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0a/Takk.jpg Sometimes you come across an album in your musical travels that you can't help but deem it as perfect. Sigur Ros' Takk...is that album for me. Evident by the amount of plays collectively this album has on my last.fm, you can imagine how far i'm willing to go to prove how perfect this album actually is: http://i.imgur.com/nLVgDEl.png I know I've recently talked about Sigur Ros, and I talk about them basically all the time, but it's hard not to when the music is so good. Takk... is the creme de la creme when it comes to both their discography, and post-rock in general. The minimalistic instrumentals mixed with the high pitched Jonsi vocals makes for such an experience it's almost out of this world. Bare in mind this does make it into my top 3 post-rock albums, so I'm speaking entirely out of bias, however I feel with the nature of this thread, that's perfectly fine. Every track on this album is better than the last, and the album starts strong, and ends strong with some golden tracks like Hoppipola, Saeglopur, and Andvari. It's tough to choose a favorite more because the entire album deserves to be heard as a whole, and not as a selected few tracks. If you're a fan of Sigur Ros, and haven't heard this album, you've got some homework to do. |
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46. Ef: Delusions of Grandeur
http://pelagic-records.com/wp-conten...er-250x250.jpg A few times down the line, you find a band that is unbelievably fantastic but for one reason or another, they don't get nearly as much recognition as you'd think they would. A couple times in plug, I've played albums by Ef, more specifically the Delusions of Grandeur album, and while people are not necessarily blown away by the music itself, I know a few people I've shown it to have loved it. The album in question features 3 tracks, with the Delusions of Grandeur track starting it off with a 9 minute banger. Of course, I know there are people out there wondering how I could sit through almost 10 minutes of post-rock, but don't worry, there's a nearly 12 minute track to close the album up. It may seem like a lot of work to get through this album, but I assure you it isn't. It's done well enough that you hardly feel like you're spending nearly a half hour listening to 3 tracks. The album features the post-rock vibes mixed with some vocals that really suit the entire atmosphere very well. It's one of the few times where vocals in a post-rock formula work really well. They've got a number of albums in their catalog, so if you're interested, certainly check them out. From experience, you'll find something you love in their music if you don't necessarily get blown away by Delusions of Grandeur. |
45. God Is An Astronaut: Helios / Erebus
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...%282015%29.jpg 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. |
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Hey Ki, you should try this album out if you haven't already. It's screamo meets post-rock, I would assume Tristan has heard this as well and vouch for it, if not, well, he's a poseur emo wannabe.
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I'll listen to it today.
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