Inspired by the weekly reading thread by @Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml, I’ve decided to begin posting a weekly listening thread as a space to discuss things we’ve been listening to recently.
So, have at it! Popular or classical, western or non-western, communist or even anti-communist, feel free to mention any and all kinds of music here.
Cool idea, comrade! Lately I’ve been listening to F# A# ∞ , something about post-rock just helps me zone out. Also loving Deathconsciousness (CW: gore) for much the same reason, it’s oddly relaxing. I especially love the shift midway through the track hunter, which unfolds into a wall of sound with a calm voice in the background, anchoring the listener.
in hunter, that initial drum beat is so stark that when it finally changes at the song’s apex you really notice it. and the extreme echos on the vocals and other parts makes it sound so otherworldly.
if you had to describe post-rock in one sentence, how would you?
Yep, that’s what I love about that album!
For post-rock, I guess I’d describe it as “much longer, textured, atmospheric, experimental rock.” Deathconsciousness is more shoegaze (think “wall of sound” like the second half of Hunter) than post-rock, whereas F#A#∞ is more standard post-rock. The shortest song on the album is 16 minutes, and the longest is 29. It really draws you in, makes you feel like you’re somewhere else. Repitition, long textured winding paths, almost droning.
What I personally love is that it’s extremely relaxing when the mood is right for it. I also tend to like ambient, my favorite ambient album being Brian Eno’s Music for Airports. They have different moods, but both are capable of taking my mind off things for their duration, or letting me focus on work I need to get done!
that’s really interesting, thanks for the explanation! and yeah, the influence of brian eno and minimalism in general on tracks or genres like that makes a lot of sense to me. i’ve never been able to fully get into ambient stuff myself for both ideological and sensory reasons (that’s a long discussion lol), but i think about the correlation between it and popular music a lot. and, it makes a lot of sense to me as calm, inoffensive background music for work, meditation, or in this case walking around an airport hahaha.
Yep! Just relaxing to me. I’m unaware of ideological reasons to not be into ambient, but if you don’t want to open that can of worms that’s fine!
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I find post-rock is great for background music as well. I really like MONO as well, Hymn to the Immortal Wind is one of my all time fav albums.
Thanks, I’ll check it out!
oh and another band you might like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0zEpaYjQT8
Another one, thanks comrade!
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Deathconsciousness is so good but it has such a unique sad vibe I can’t listen to it often
That’s fair! I go through periods where it’s very relaxing and even uplifting for me, but I certainly couldn’t listen to it daily.