It's been seven years since The Wilderness came out, but this instrumental post rock band has not lost any of their quality on this 7-song, 45-minute new album called End. While they have grown musically, a lot of their principal sound is still intact and feels like returning home after a long vacation. Sprawling sonic landscapes with great use of dynamics to evoke emotional…
On this week's Is This Song Good? podcast, we have a black/post-metal band called Deafheaven with their song Dream House. The song is from the album Sunbather (2013) and the trio discusses the ins and outs of whether the song would make for good background music while coloring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81ITd6ByRLE
For those who don't know, Godspeed! You Black Emperor is a Canadian post rock band that gained notoriety back in the late 1990s/early 2000s. In a lot of ways, it is less a band and more an orchestra as there are about 10 people in the group with a wide variety of instruments. I like to describe the music as 'art rock for the…
