Episode 166: The Shape of Post-Rock to Come Pt. 1

nice.total.chillout

nice talking..i think is time for fussion up the genre and also keep up with the styles potentials wich in my opinion havent been explored yet. its all to poppy this days.

lovin all your shows big up

Just getting around to listening to this. I'm definitely all for this topic, because post-rock covers about 50% of what I listen to. I actually got into post-rock via Loss of a Child a few years ago. There are currently, to my knowledge, a few post-rock bands that have a sound all their own and are relevant and making music now that you should definitely look into such as: Miaou, Black Clouds, toe, and Nihiling. If someone's moving forward, I'd say they are. They don't sound like anything current that I know of.

at PostRockAByeBaby: Well, the majority of the bands you listed emerged in the mid-2000s. Like I mentioned, that's when different schools of post-rock developed their own sounds. However, I feel like those sounds have since gotten stale because the genre hasn't really moved forward. And although I'd agree with you that some of the bands you listed were unique at the time they emerged, they have since spawned multitudes of 'clones' that have perpetuated the genre's staleness. Now this wouldn't be an issue with most genres. But when it's called post-rock, you would hope for some more innovation.

this is cool sounds. Some rhythm in there. like it

I discovered post-rock a couple of years ago through If These Trees Could Talk (which I guess you would call the more modern post-rock) and to me, the older bands like Godspeed and Sigur Ros seem bland/boring. I feel there is a great difference in sound among the more modern stuff. Bands like If Trees Trees Could Talk, Explosions, TWDY, 65daysofstatic, ASIWYFA, Exxasens, Russian Circles, GIAA, Caspian, TotorRo, The Sleep Design, Pelican, etc.. all have very unique and distinct sounds from eachother.

fantastic podcast, really enjoyed listening to this and discovering new post-rock bands