SR VII: It's extreme male brooding!

Post rock is boring most of the time and hardly-prog at all.

There a few exceptions though.

Such as Bark Psychosis and God Is An Astronaut.

Godspeed though... ouch.

Godspeed! You Black Astronaut.


Edited by James - October 09 2009 at 14:00

James wrote: Post rock is boring most of the time and hardly-prog at all. There a few exceptions though. Such as Bark Psychosis and God Is An Astronaut. Godspeed though... ouch. Godspeed! You Black Astronaut.

Bark yes, but GisA. Seriously? First album's techno-pop, the others fall in the same "samey" category as we're talking about right now.

Tortoise and Gastr del Sol definitely seem to be of a different kind.

And Godspeed are gods. Since you don't believe in Gods, there you go.

Henry Plainview wrote: It's not just playing the same thing, it's elaboration on a theme! Well some of it is playing exactly the same thing, but so is some Krautrock and they're both boring.

I can usually pick up when a band is playing the same thing and just adding little bits here and there, and when they are elaborating on a theme.

Take The Mars Volta...they can play the same chord progression for three minutes straight, but holy crap- it's effective, it builds, and it works that chord progression inside and out.

But the same pedestrian riff of power chords that a 14-year-old who just got a guitar could play...over...and over...and over again?

Pass!

James wrote: Epignosis wrote: Not at all.  I love a lot of modern prog that stylistically has little to do with the 1970s. I guess I could phrase my question this way: How is playing the same riff over and over throughout the course of seven minutes and adding a little bit of keyboard here and there interesting, let alone progressive? How is the same keyboard riff repeated over and over not only classed as prog but considered interesting? I'm referring to Tangerine Snoozefest. But I do agree. It's just not all post-rock is like that.

Of course not.  It's just, the more I explore the genre, the more acts I'm finding do exactly that.

What Explosions in the Sky I have heard I think is remarkable.

KoS wrote: Post-rock is excellent study music.

I can see that.

Except I don't study. 

Jaga Jazzist

Epignosis wrote: Time to post a review that may or may not piss somebody off.

*waits*

Epignosis wrote: James wrote: Epignosis wrote: Not at all.  I love a lot of modern prog that stylistically has little to do with the 1970s. I guess I could phrase my question this way: How is playing the same riff over and over throughout the course of seven minutes and adding a little bit of keyboard here and there interesting, let alone progressive? How is the same keyboard riff repeated over and over not only classed as prog but considered interesting? I'm referring to Tangerine Snoozefest. But I do agree. It's just not all post-rock is like that. Of course not.  It's just, the more I explore the genre, the more acts I'm finding do exactly that.

Which is why I'm not that keen on the genre myself.