Post-Rock

@Plebings I'd say the first two have elements of post-rock (The Antlers one is amazing, by the way) but definitely not the last. You're right on with Lower Your Eyelids to Die With the Sun as well. Glad to see someone else on here listens to M83. I seem to appreciate Too Late from Saturdays = Youth the most (looking at my plays), but I think Hurry Up, We're Dreaming is one of the best albums ever.

@wixard Even First Breath After Coma and So Long, Lonesome? :( Threads is pretty amazing, though I prefer The Mighty Rio Grande. But I haven't listened to This Will Destroy You all that much.

Not really sure what I've listened to in the genre apart from Sigur Ros. I became a fan of this while at University as our lecturer was a big fan and when it came to music video production he showed us a few - I've a few of their albums and some of their stuff is great to get you in a certain mood, some can be really beautiful, emotional and relaxing. I hear they are working on a new one.

I think with sigur ros it does show that music can be interpreted without really knowing the actual words and I do believe at least one of their songs was sang partly in a made up language yet it still is touching.

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Originally Posted by peteyt

Not really sure what I've listened to in the genre apart from Sigur Ros. I became a fan of this while at University as our lecturer was a big fan and when it came to music video production he showed us a few - I've a few of their albums and some of their stuff is great to get you in a certain mood, some can be really beautiful, emotional and relaxing. I hear they are working on a new one.

I think with sigur ros it does show that music can be interpreted without really knowing the actual words and I do believe at least one of their songs was sang partly in a made up language yet it still is touching.

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Yeah. The nonsense language they made up is called Vonlenska, and it was actually used first on their debut album, and a great deal since. Their third album is actually sung entirely in that language, because they wanted people to create their own meanings for the songs and to decide what the lyrics meant to them personally. The Sigur Rós song I posted on the first page is largely in Vonlenska, only the last part is actually in Icelandic. I can understand it seeming very pretentious and stupid to some, but I genuinely find their approch to music absolutely engrossing. Surprised Jonsi is even able to remember such unintelligible lyrics during their live shows.

Thought I'd share this wonderful ambient post-rock goodness. It makes me reflect so much. So many emotions. Ahh, music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqh1S87pwlQ