Tag: best instrumental post rock bands

A significant stop during a long journey: “You Are Here Now” by Heron

Heron is a post-rock instrumental collective hailing from northwestern Pennsylvania. Their transcendent sound blends resonant, melodic elements with darker and more ambient tones. The group members are as follows: Ben Blick and Boyd Lewis (guitars), Eric Morelli (bass), and Nate Blick (drums and percussion). The band has its creative roots in Ben and Nate’s literal […]

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A post-rock work of art: Daughters by Arms Of Tripoli

Based out of Los Angeles, CA and formed in July of 2011, Arms of Tripoli continues to be an ever-evolving and uniquely independent instrumental band. After parting ways with longtime friends Robert Bauwens and Vic Lazar in late 2014, the remaining core, consisting of Mike Bouvet, Jaime Galvez, and George Tseng welcomed the arrival of […]

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Delicate and powerful post-rock: Deer Park Ranger

Deer Park Ranger is the solo project of Trevor Humphrey. He formed the project in Oakland California in mid 2016 and found his sound as he began pairing Rhodes Piano with delayed guitars, and electronics. Inspired by post-rock influences Explosions in the Sky and Mogwai, he layers simple and beautiful melodies that build into powerful […]

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Breathy and effortless: Sleeping Horses

Sleeping Horses is the newest monicker of ambient wizard James Randolph Fouty (Spirit of Spain,) Having played shows in Iceland and having a number of tracks featured in documentary films and TV Broadcast spots, James was never one to just sit and wait for something to happen. The passion started at a young age with […]

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Close your eyes and dream away: Smile by We Deserve This

We Deserve This is a one man project formed in the year 2010 by Jan-Dirk Platek. The music can find itself a place in the post-rock, post-metal area in the genres palette. He was born in 1976 in Germany and he is a multi-instrumentalist who plays all the instruments on the record. Smile by We […]

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Subject of existence: Encounters by Katre

Katre is a Turkish band which explores the areas of post-rock / post-metal synthesized with classic eastern tunes and experiments on the sustain of the sound. However, the distinguishing aspect of their musical approach lies in the subtle integration of the eastern tunes in Post-Metal, without being overly an “oriental” band. Katre travels among the […]

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Pandora’s box opens: Miscellany by Sky Flying By

Sky Flying Bird is a post-rock project by David Palmer, who is based in Boston, US. He, as Sky Flying By, builds worlds out of music. His music career began with a cardboard box drum set, and he hasn’t lost any of the creativity or imagination along the way. His musical worlds are deep and […]

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Moments of Inner Peace with This Makes Us Human

This Makes Us Human are a band from Rome, Italy. They recorded their first self titled studio album in the summer of 2015. It was made up of six songs, which were written between 2013 and 2015. After some members changes, they reached the actual formation only in 2015. Human beings have always been in […]

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Don’t give up just yet, says Okada’s new album Division Of Self.

Okada is a project by Greg Pappas from Alabama, US. Initially known to the music world as ZXYZXY, Greg used it as a vehicle for experimentation and refinement of his writing technique while dabbling in electro-acoustic, ambient, post-rock and even wonky genres. It wasn’t until the Summer of 2014 that he felt his music clicked […]

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Frankfurt’s Glasgow Coma Scale releases Enter Oblivion

Glasgow Coma Scale was formed in February 2011 by Piotr and Marek Kowalski. The two brothers and trained classical musicians lived their lives between Krakow/Poland, where they were born and Barcelona/Spain, finally settling in Frankfurt / Germany. However, they never got the chance to play together in the same band. Along with the drummer Helmes […]

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