johnzornssax Posted January 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 would anyone like to form a spiderland discussion group? Pretty sure I could apply for a Scottish Arts Council grant to pay for a room once a month at Tom's and a box of red wine. Nae Rose, naebody buys Rose on purpose... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnzornssax Posted January 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 For me, Explosions in the Sky sum-up all the problems that are symptomatic of the post-rock genre as a whole. Boring, drawn-out, pedestrian-paced songs that spend an ice-age building towards another yawn-worthy crescendo. There are some bands in the genre doing genuinely interesting things (and Mogwai's first album is probably one of my all-time favourites) but I've spent money on two EITS albums and they just bore the shit outta me. Rush are another band that a lot of people seem to love. I don't care how well Neil Peart can drum or how complex their arrangements are - they're songs are rubbish, especially "The Trees". Who writes songs about trees anyway? Pretentious fucks.Pond, a brilliant drone pop band from years ago on sub pop wrote a song called tree, and it's pretty good. Think it's on spotify. Rest of the LP is worth having also, great vocal harmonies and bludgeoning semi eastern tuning rock guitar.see ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 I love Pond! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huw Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Conversely, Braid's "Frames and Canvas" could have come out yesterday and not sounded dated. It's unreal. Good thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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