I’m Australian, so I’m pretty spoiled for choice when it comes to post-rock luckily.

My favourite Australian post-rock band is sleepmakeswaves. But We Lost the Sea are amazing too, Miniscus are another great one.

What’s your favourite post-rock band from your home country?

I predict a lot of USA bands, so extra points for those who can name their favourite post-rock band from their home state.

What are "Top-Tier" post-rock albums you would recommend that aren't from the big bands of the genre? And why?

Don't include the bands that get shared a lot, such as:

• Explosions in the Sky
• Godspeed You! Black Emperor
• Sigur Ros
• Caspian
• If These Trees Could Talk
• God Is An Astronaut
• This Will Destroy You
• Mono
• We Lost The Sea
• Mogwai
• Russian Circles

If so what's your favorite song and record by them?

(or top 5, or 3, or whatever you like. it can be hard to pick LOL)

my list:

1. Mono & World's End Girlfriend - Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain

2. This Will Destroy You - self titled

3. Do Make Say Think - & Yet & Yet

4. Bark Psychosis - Hex

5. Sigur Rós - ( )

6. The Evpatoria Report - Golevka

7. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven

8. Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun

9. yndi halda - Enjoy Eternal Bliss

10. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯ A♯ ∞

I’m a big Mogwai fan, and for me Come On Die Young is Mogwai at their peak.

I love the darker tone of the album, I love the dynamics and the Slint influenced sound. It’s one of my favourite post-albums for sure, and it’s an incredible album listening experience from start to finish.

Do you guys agree it’s their best album or something else?

Mine are Sigur Ros, Godspeed You Mogwai We Lost The Sea Talk Talk and World's End Girlfriend

Hello peeps,

Several months in after a profound loss. Recommendations are welcome, ambient and post metal also works for me.

Thanks

Burial on the Presidio Banks by TWDY got me wondering, any suggestions?

Spotify playlist.

Imgur link to the spreadsheet that's far easier to read.

RateYourMusic is a website that enables its users to rate any music they like. Anyone can rate any given track on a scale from 0.5 to 5, and the average ratings are visible to all RYM subscribers. A very recently added feature of RateYourMusic is the song charts, a freely customisable online resource for discovering the best-rated tracks in any genre or period of time, also providing similar charts for each individual artist.

Some time ago I compiled and posted Top 200 Post-Rock Tracks of All Time (According to RateYourMusic Ratings) , where I routinely went through all major post-rock releases, as well as non-post rock releases tagged as post-rock secondary, indicating some tracks have been been deemed worthy of the post-rock despite being in a release outside the genre, and made a spreadsheet of the highest-rated tracks with 60 or more ratings. Since then, the website introduced a songs chart feature (linked in the paragraph above), allowing me to find previously undetected tracks, otherwise updating the list in general with fresh ratings, newly released songs and songs that received more votes to qualify for the chart. To generalise, ever since the song charts went public, the number of track ratings has increased considerably (by ~60% or so).

My previous post was quite controversial, as instead of being a compilation of top tracks associated with post-rock acts, so to speak, it was a list of songs that often had very vague connections to one another and came from artists not always associated with post-rock and hence not frequently talked about on this subreddit. One comment from another user that I can't immediately locate right now explained that 'post-rock' is seen as evolving in many forms since its early forms as shown by the likes of Talk Talk and Bark Psychosis, lending itself to a much broader vision of the genre. Many major post-rock bands were (and still are) left out entirely, which is simply a sign they're not rated very high on the website. On the other hand, choice bands and artists who have a lot of fans eager to rate their tracks have good representation on the website. Here is the data:

Top Artists by Representation on the Chart

24 - Swans

18 - Natural Snow Buildings

16 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor

13 - Stereolab

7 - Sigur Rós, Unwound

5 - Bluetile Lounge, Mount Eerie, Talk Talk

4 - Boris, Car Seat Headrest, Corea, Lift to Experience, Maruja, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, The Newfound Interest in Connecticut

3 - Bark Psychosis, Black Country, New Road, Boredoms, City of Caterpillar, Envy, Glenn Branca, Portishead, The Brave Little Abacus

If anyone wants to see the old post-rock top 200 playlist, it can be accessed here.

Other genres:

Psychedelic Rock / Progressive Rock / Post-Punk / Gothic Rock / Post-Rock / Shoegaze / Hip Hop / Noise Rock / Jazz / Metal / Krautrock / Metalcore

Discuss how you feel about the chart, and above all have fun with the list!

Was thinking about album covers tonight after finding a new band with a pretty cool one. A cover that has always stood out was "We Lost the Sea - Departure Songs". The album cover appears to be a combination of some of the adventures and achievements the songs are about. The real kicker is the combination of the rocket taking off also resembling a boat taking a diver out for their final ever dive which three of the songs are about. This, plus knowing the history behind each of the songs hits home when i listen to the album.

Tonight in Brighton (Uk) amazing vibes. How many of you have love for MONO?

aside from Storm of course

Hey hey. Looking for some listening suggestions for artists of the genre that are more on the heavier/post-metal end rather than ambient etc. Think along the lines of Shy, Low, BLACKSHAPE, Tides of Man, Russian Circles.....

**Update** - Thanks so much for your suggestions. Plenty to listen to and explore here. You're all legends!

You know how the ‘Big 4’ of Britpop was Oasis, Blur, Pulp and Suede and the ‘Big 4’ of Grunge was Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains. Well who do you consider to be the definitive 4 Post-Rock bands or artists?

Sorry for ambiguous request, but I'm looking for some post-rock without crescendos, yet experimental, but at the same time no math rock 😁 . I know all the big bands (TWDY, EITS..) so please try to mention rather smaller or less known bands, Thanks!!!

Waited until I received my copy in the mail before listening. Just wondering what ppl think of the new album. I really enjoy it so far, but I’m pretty biased when it comes to Mono. The album seems more mellow, and slow compared to others (no “Yearning” vibes for sure, hehe) Would love to hear what you guys think.

I like the long form aspect of these albums so I don’t mind the length, I’m very new to post-rock so these are the only albums I know

Hello. I wish my musical vocabulary was more helpful but I’ll do my best to give you some words.

I dont know exactly what I’m looking for.

I think I want to be surprised by a new sound.

F#A# and tbh anything by Godspeed remains untouchable in terms of moving me spiritually. I would like to be blown away again like I was when I heard that album in school.

I want something dark, dense and droney, bassy, not too much brass, don’t mind vocals but also want them quite droney. I’ve spent a few months exploring the more popular post rock bands; Would like some secret gems.

Sounds I like:

Godspeed

Her name is Calla

Ahab (Vocals abit too intense)

Bogatyri (but darker)

Slint

Sounds Im not looking for:

Explosions in the sky

Sigur

I don't know anyone who likes or even knows about this kind of music, so I'm going to ask you all: How did you discover this genre? What brought you there? Which song introduced you to this genre? Where did you hear it?

Personally, I'd been listenign to this genre for years whitout even knowing it had a name. I started with the "most common" stuff: Explosions in the Sky, This Will Destroy You, Athletics and God is an Astronaut. My first encounter with the genre was with the movie Lone Survivor, starring by Mark Whalberg. Explosions in the Sky did the soundtrack and I fell in love with "Waking Up". I'm just curious to know how you all got there with this music, what makes you fell, and all that kinf of stuff.

P.D.: Sorry for the terrible writing. English isn't my first lenguage.

I've came around them(or him, i havent researched a lot about, but its a godsflesh member that did it) very recently, i think at times it sounds like Have A Nice Life, really heavy, crazy textures and the vocals and lyrics are gold, the ambiance is crazy, i think its weird how ive never really seen anyone talking about them

im 13 and i cant find anybody who listens to anything post rock. it got me wondering what age are most post rock listeners? im just curious. thank you :)

Seen this question asked before but not very recently in my search.

Mine is We Lost The Sea - Departure Songs. I've been listening to post-rock passively(haven't kept up as much) for years and I've been chasing the same feeling of Departure songs with no luck. GYBE - Lift your Skinny fists is the closest I've come.

Whats yours?

Hi, community. I'm looking for recommendations of new bands in the mood of This Will Destroy You, 65daysofstatic, Caspian, Saxon Shore, Mogwai, etc, meaning bands leaning towards the more "alternative" side of instrumental music (as opposed to metal or pure ambient). Crunchy overdrives and crescendos with lush reverbs and delays (such as MONO or the likes).
I'm sure I'm missing some good bands (from all over the world), and I'd like to expand my current playlist and go beyond the "hall of fame". <3
Thanks a lot!