Post Rock Thread Genre • Page 56

Had a little search for Exxasens but couldn't see them mentioned in this thread. Their new album is up there as one of my favourite post-rock releases of the year. The opener is magnificent.

 

New Hope The Flowers single:

No date yet, but the album's meant to be out this year.

 

Excited to check this album out today, but also excited for new Jakob on the way!

 

EF - We salute you, you, and you!

neo-classical, chamber rock-ish, with semi-regular vocals

 

So good to have them back after so long. They just got added to the Portals Festival lineup in London for next year too, so that has saved me from making a very expensive journey over to Germany to try and catch them touring this album!

I saw BRUIT ≤ last night in London, which was absolutely spectacular. They are completely deserving of the hype surrounding them.

Quite a few notable post-rock releases today, which I haven't got around to yet from:

- Overhead, The Albatross
- God is an Astronaut
- Indignu

 

Edit: Album out February 10th

 

It's post-rock season.

 

I love the description of the new EF album on their Bandcamp page:

This album is magic.

After five years of radio silence Sweden’s most accomplished cinematic post-rock ensemble EF return with a stunning comeback studio album which channels the band’s raw emotion and aptitude for melancholia, capturing their signature sound in unprecedented clarity and richness. We Salute You, You and You! is the picture capturing a thousand words, like the frst light of day falling on your face or the exuberant smile of a young lover... it is the dance of eternity in the single moment: a warm “welcome back!” for long-time fans and a resounding “nice to meet you!” for those who yet have to get to know the great four-piece from Gothenburg

For over 20 years EF have been bridging the divide between the sublime and the fragile with magistral compositions characterised by moments of emotional catharsis and marked human frailty. Combining the indie rock mannerisms of EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY with the hardcore attitude of MOGWAI and the orchestral approach of GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR, EF capture the magic of post-rock around the turn of the millennium, when the genre was still young and freshly exciting.

Their 2006 debut album Give Me Beauty... Or Give Me Death! is an underrated post-rock classic that marked the start of a storied career with many seminal studio albums ahead of them. However after 15 years that fabled career seemed to come to an end as: after one last performance at Pelagic Fest in Berlin in 2018, the members of EF became quiet and little was heard of them since.

Life struck the band. “Someone bought a house, someone was struck by illness and was hospitalised, someone started a successful business, and many of us started families,” explains drummer Niklas Åström. In the end it was the boredom of the pandemic that kickstarted the creativity of EF as the members reunited and started sharing their ideas which were full of potential. “When the band entered the Nacksving studio there was only scraps and pieces of tracks on various digital media”, continues Åström. “Someone had a shitty noisy rock recording in his phone, someone had written an ambient piano piece in Logic, and some stuf existed only in the minds of the members.” Over the course of one whole year the band came together with producer Kim Ruiz in a chaotic writing and recording process, piecing together seven stirring compositions from the turbulent heart of the band.

Mastered by Magnus Lindberg, We Salute You, You and You! is a veritable celebration of the grandeur of post rock. From the giant ringing piano intro of album opener Moments of Momentum to the massive syncopated bass lines of Wolves, Obey! all the way to the enchantingly beautiful lone horn break on Apricity and the intricate union of horn section, strings and band in the climactic build-up of Chambers. Sprinkled throughout the record are countless instances of these little grand moments and gestures. EF have opened their treasure trove to show what's still in it, and it is full of riches.

But We Salute you, you and you! is not just induging in past glory, it is also transcending the narrow realm of instrumental rock: almost all tracks on the album have vocals this time around, and even screamed vocals make a debut in EF's discography here. “We’ve previously had pretty heavy aggressive parts in songs, but we’ve never screamed,” explains Åstrom once more. “With this album we’ve tried to be more direct, more consistent. Maybe take it back a few notches to rhyme better with our youth as hardcore musicians. The screaming just came naturally.”

EF have tremendously broadened their sonic palette with this album, while at the same time staying true to their charismatic formula of sound which we love them for. With a host of immediately memorable melodies and truly sublime compositions, the four from Gothenburg have once more delivered an overwhelming experience of glorious wistfulness and melancholia – an album which is right up there with the classics that have inspired them.

 

I’m not sure if this was posted

 

this is like mathy emo, but instrumental, so maybe not what people come here for, but still

 

No new music from Overhead, The Albatross. Looks like they're just releasing their older EP 'Lads with Sticks' onto streaming services?

 

Ah OK! I'm only familiar with Learning to Growl, so it is just new to me! It's very good though.

 

released a new song in Sept, album two next year

 

Source on the new album? That's wonderful news! L'appel du Vide was such a great return for them. Looking forward to seeing what more they can bring.

 

They've confirmed it on their various socials. They also did the No Encore podcast about a month ago where they said they currently plan/hope to release it in the fall.

 

This is so so good.

 

Post Metal meets Blackgaze

 

Incredible 3rd album from Jean Jean that is in with a shout near the top of my top 10 this year. I love this style of dance-inspired electronic post-rock and it feels like a long time since someone has done it this well.

FFO: 65daysofstatic, Vessels, Tides From Nebula

I've been enjoying it so much I decided to make a playlist inspired by it this morning.

 

Great rec. This is awesome.

 

Return to Zion - If This Is The End, It's Beautiful

orchestral, experimental, art-rock-ish maybe idk

 

@White what’s your album of the year? Need some post to listen to today