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This album is phenomenal. Really took me by surprise, especially since I was lukewarm on The Art of Mothering. Hopefully this'll get pressed sooner rather than later.

I loved Aeris's EP and then they somehow managed to top even that with the LP (both in the same year, too!). Definitely a great band and one to keep an eye on. Shipwrecks also extremely good and one that I only recently started listening to - gonna be tough to go without that vinyl but I can't justify the costs from A1KA. I think C.J.'s doing a phenomenal job over there but $20 per LP and $30+ for doubles is brutal, especially since most of the time I'd be buying multiple records (yes, I know import fees are being taken into account but I'd rather go the long way through IFB and Dingleberry and save $5+ per record, even if it's more of a hassle). Godspeed I went into with pretty low expectations, since I thought Asunder was pretty awful, if I'm being honest. I think Luciferan Towers is much better, but it still sounds so uniform and empty without the samples and the orchestral bits are just all over the place, and not in the good way that characterized their earlier work. I'm sure I'm just being stubborn, but that's at least part of my rationale. I'll be revisiting the Silent Whale album over the next few days. If there's one band I think you should check out, Gumbo, it's Gullwing. Completely blew me away. Just so solid all around. I'm sure you'd find a lot to love about it.

Post-rock wise...(outfitted with bandcamp links) FAVORITES: Astralia - Solstice | Æris - Astra | Gullwing - S/T | Hubris - Apocryphal Gravity RUNNERS-UP: Heron - You Are Here Now | Shipwrecks - S/T | I/O - Anyone, Anywhere | L'Effondras - Les Flavescences SLEEPERS: November Might be Fine - South | Da Voile - Heitt Hjortu | Enoch - Bog | GlerAkur - The Mountains are Beautiful Now JUST FLAT-OUT GOOD: Balmorhea - Clear Language | Ranges - The Ascensionist | Sannhet - So Numb | Glacier - Though Your Sins... WORTH A LISTEN: The Last Sighs of the Wind - We Are Trees | Driftless - Still | Ghost Island - Assimilation DISAPPOINTING: Oiseaux-Tempête - Al-'An!... | GY!BE - Luciferan Towers | To Destroy A City - Go Mirage ONLY HEARD ONCE/NEED TO REVISIT: Silent Whale Becomes a Dream - Requiem | Hammock - Mysterium | Icor - S/T | BLAK - Between Darkness and Light (There are quite a bit more in that last category, too, but for brevity's sake I'll cap it there)

Listened in full on YouTube through the wherepostrockdwells station. I enjoyed it. Very much a 'play-it-safe' record, but the production was good and there was enough there that I would listen again. Probably not worth $30 for the vinyl, though.

Sounds like you listened to their whole catalog then. As If Everything was their last release. This guy knows what's up. While we're all throwing out hypotheticals I'll jump on the Oceana and Decoder bandwagons and throw on MSWHITE - Squares and Burdenofaday - Blessed Be Our Ever After for good measure.

I've waited so long. Never have I ordered anything with less hesitation. So stoked!

Got to the website at about 1:00:45 and somehow managed to get an Owel, thankfully.

Update: Physical copies available for $5ppd, hand-numbered, hand-made #/20. Absolutely no reason not to get this. https://goldenhymns.bandcamp.com/merch

Happy to report that I was able to get the ManDancing 12" also today. Thus far it's been the only standout for me but I'm sure Dan probably backloaded all the bigger bands toward the last few days anyway.

Totally missed the drop today, but I took a listen to the album and I actually really like it. Will probably try to snag a copy.

ALERT: This guy on Discogs is selling both Daturah 2xLP's at $14.99 apiece. I don't know how or why this is the case but one of you need to jump on this before I buy myself doubles because you will never again see these for that price: https://www.discogs.com/seller/obscure./profile

It was the same in 2015 - 12 days starting on 12/1. VERY excited that this is back. Looking forward to seeing what gets the lathe treatment. I thought his setup in 2015 was perfect - pressing numbers and all. I don't think he needs to change a thing.

Wanna edit your top 15? http://boards.vinylcollective.com/topic/94703-post-vc-official-post-rockpost-metal-discussion/?page=61

Well this is awesome. And the whole album comes out in 5 days! Best surprise ever.

I'll take the under

I completely echo your statement about a tendency to want to listen to Godspeed without listening to Godspeed, per se. A lot of times my go-to is something by Set Fire to Flames or an early Silver Mt. Zion release, but in a lot of ways that's almost cheating, given how many members each of those share. Come to think of it, GY!BE might be the only band that I actively seek copycats of, simply because their early stuff was so groundbreaking for me that I like to hear what others come up with. This is definitely the most similar-sounding album I've ever found, especially since most other copycats seem to either overdo the drones or are just too weird and psychedelic for my tastes. This falls right in that sweet middle ground, even if that middle ground is so narrow that there's scarcely room for any non-GY!BE band to carve out a unique sound without resorting to something close to a direct rip-off. Very happy you liked it, though. It's only been out a couple days but I think it's one of my favorite finds of the year.

New one for anyone with some spare time: I don't know that I've ever listened to an album that sounds so much like a mash-up of post-rock/noise bands at polar opposite ends of the spectrum. Tracks 1 and 2 sound like vintage Godspeed, circa Skinny Fists and Yanqui. All of a sudden track 3 comes on and the first five minutes feel like I just pulled a B-side from Saxon Shore's latest, until it collapses in chaos, ushering in "Roads:" a swirling, apocalyptic concoction of distortion and percussion not unlike Year of No Light or familiar "Piss Crowns" from Godspeed's Asunder. The last two songs bring the album full-circle; "Gathering Clouds" brings back the old-school Godspeed goodness with hints of Mono shining through, while "Parting Hymns" is a largely upbeat finale with chimes and guitar loops that reminder me of Do Make Say Think, although that may perhaps be more my initial reaction than from any actual likeness. Highly recommended.

Yeah I fixed the problem haha

I listened to this all the way through yesterday when it dropped. I had just about written this band off after Connector, which for me was a huge letdown, but this new one is really impressive. It'll probably take a few more listens to fully digest, but even after one run-through the catchiness factor is off the charts with a lot of these tracks.

Bump

Wow! Never thought I'd see the day. This was my white whale for almost two years before I finally found an OP. It's a must-have album, for sure.

Haha am I missing something? It's not the most technical song but it keeps building and building, kinda like the ones you were describing. Another one that just now came to mind is Saxon Shore - "Isolated By the Secrets..."

Post-rock-wise, probably Set and Setting - Spiraling Uncertainties

Good idea here, Gumbo!

Hey friends. I had this in my possession a while back but I sold it and now I'm trying to get it back. Looking for anything 6th press (beige) or earlier. Please don't reply to this with an Amazon link or other such webpages because I've been there and I'd rather help out somebody on here.