Weekend Wind-Down No. 5: Post-Rocking

–Words and list by Kevin Madert

We’re pushing the chill envelope (chillvelope?) this week with a collection of instrument-centric tracks the genre gods term “post-rock.” Snatching elements of ambient, rock, jam, and even a hint of classical, these ten tracks are just as much about the journey as each individual moment. When the final arpeggiating guitar cadence of “Your Hand In Mine” comes to a close it feels as though you’ve accomplished something. Tension and release is huge, and can be found in piano builds – “Settler” – violin fills – “Home” – or even drawn out over the course of eight glacial minutes in Sigur Rós’ “Untitled 1.”

Tracklist:

Balmorhea – Settler
65daysofstatic – Taipei
Lights & Motion – Home
Mogwai – White Noise
God Is An Astronaut – Dark Solstice
Explosions In The Sky – Your Hand In Mine
Moving Mountains – Eastern Leaves
Message To Bears – The Tourist
The Album Leaf – The Light
Sigur Rós – Sigur 1 (Untitled)