Your way in
Post-rock 1991
Rock instruments used for texture and crescendo rather than for choruses. The song climbs for ten minutes and detonates once.
- Heaviness
- 4
- Speed
- 3
- Melody
- 7
- Where from
- UK / Canada
- Tempo
- 60-140 bpm
- Song length
- 7-15 min
- Written about
- Mostly none - the great majority is instrumental, and the track titles carry whatever argument there is
- Vocals
- Instrumental
Why this one
| You said | Post-rock | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light How much weight do you want behind it? | 4 out of 10 | 80% | ×2 |
| This century Does it matter when it was made? | 1991 | 64% | ×1 |
| The inside of a head What should the words be about? | Mostly none - the great majority is instrumental, and the track titles carry whatever argument there is | 50% | ×1 |
| Long. Let it go somewhere. How long should a song be? | up to 15 min | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 75% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 4 answers you gave, weighted heaviness 2, era 1, about 1, length 1 out of 5. Post-rock leads the next by 1 point. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1Start one step outside
King Crimson, In the Court of the Crimson King 1969
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King. The first track tells you everything.
- 2The one to put on first
Mogwai, Young Team 1997
Mogwai - Young Team. The closing track runs sixteen minutes and earns every one.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Progressive rock, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Post-rock's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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Blackgaze / post-black 73%
Black metal tremolo over shoegaze harmony: the same density, but the result comes out luminous instead of frozen.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 6 steps from Post-rock.
The way into Blackgaze / post-black -
Post-punk revival 71%
The same basslines and the same chill, revived every ten years with contemporary production.
5 steps from Post-rock, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Post-punk revival
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- Light put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Death metal, Brutal death metal, Sludge metal. Worth 2 of 5.
- This century put 43 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 5.
- The inside of a head put 88 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Black metal. Worth 1 of 5.
- Long. Let it go somewhere. put 40 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Rock and roll. Worth 1 of 5.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.