Post rock/ MATH ROCK?

many mathrock bands have formed over the past five to ten years, it had become a big and viable category of its own

..as for its relation to Postrock, it is usually lumped in with Postrock in the music mainstream though the two categories are not very connected other than time period and nationality, thus the need for a balanced distinction...  I would prefer the two categories were separate altogether but at least the genre is recognized

Post rock is the more simple atmospheric music like GY!BE, or Sigur ros. Math Rock is like Russian circles, more of a complicated sound, with a spacey all together (at least, from the few math rock bands I've heard).

Word B. So russian circles is Math rock? hmmm. i have heard a very little math rock, only bands like the newly added Battles which i didnt quite like. I didnt notice a connection with post rock with them as well but im just not well versed enough to have an opinion on the genre yet. obviously i know about post rock i was just a little confused about when this addition happened. it seemed like i clicked the forum button one minute, went back to the homepage a minute later and all of a sudden the mathrock/postrock icon was there and i had heard nothing about this in discussion or announcement at all, it just kinda happened. 

much work behind the scenes, willhelm, all towards providing a way for members to find like-minded artists

keiser willhelm wrote: when did this new genre addition happen?

This only happened a couple of days ago. No more than 2 weeks.

keiser willhelm wrote: and where was math rock before?

There wasn't a math rock genre before although there were math rock bands throughout the different genres in progarchives (post-rock, heavy prog, avant-prog). The new genre was to consolidate these bands and to keep adding math rock bands to progarchives.

keiser willhelm wrote: have i missed something?

Yes, but that's classified.

keiser willhelm wrote: What are your thoughts on this?

I'm all for it. It took a lot of time and effort to do this so I'm very happy with the addition.

keiser willhelm wrote: personally im just a little confused, i just caught it. is this necessary?

Yes, it's necessary. Math Rock bands are Prog and they're as valid as any other bands and genres here in Progarchives.

keiser willhelm wrote: and how are math rock and post rock related?

The relation to Post-Rock can be pretty blurry, but I think listening to some bands will help you out on this:
65DAYSOFSTATIC
AUTO!AUTOMATIC!!
TOE.


There are still bands missing in the genre that are still in other genres in Progarchives, but we're working on it.

well, I'm listening to Oxes as we speak which are a very heavy, punk-influenced math band...  fantastic if you are in to that...  Sleeping People are  superb and just put out a new album Growing (their first s/t is great too).. and Sweep the Leg Johnny

Don Cab first two are excellent and 'American Don, and band Battles recommended






Edited by Atavachron - December 09 2007 at 22:47

 ^ perfect  

So.. what happens when a Godspeed/Sigur Ros/EITS fan looks for something similar and comes across Ahleuchatistas?! Confusion and anger, I can only presume.

i dont think math rock and math metal should get confused... at least the way i understand it. i listen to a lot of math metal, intronaut, dillinger escape plan, meshuggah, textures, behold . .  all the usual suspects, but from my scant view of math rock their tends to be not much of a similarity beyond the focus of technicality and precision. 

I've had to edit some posts in this thread to remove the quoting of a now invisible offensive one.