Sad Heart Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I kind of keep to myself on here but linger a bunch because I respect y'all and like to find new stuff. Will post my 15 albums for the hell of it. I think I come from a bit heavier background. Pelican was my gateway band over 10 years ago. Damn time flies. Not going to try to keep the list to one album per band. Tried to pick some older records and some newer ones. Pelican - Australiasia Pelican - Forever Becoming Russian Circles - Enter Russian Circles - Empros Toundra - I Glaciers - And the Sea Won the Battle Year of No Light - Ausserwelt Shy, Low - Hiraeth ITTCT - Above the Earth, Below the Sky Caspian - Dust and Disquiet Audrey Fall - Mitau Cloudkicker - Fade Jakob - Sines Red Sparowes - Every Red Heart Shines Towards the Red Sun *Shels - Plains of the Purple Buffalo We have at least 5 in common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadDonut Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Here are mine in no particular order and just what I can think of off the top of my head. A lot of newer stuff surprisingly. Beware of Safety - Leaves/Scars Catacombe - Quidam Caspian - Tertia Giants - Old Stories Gifts from Enola - S/T ITTCT - Above the Earth, Below the Sky Jakob - Sines Of Sinking Ships - The Amaranthine Sea Pg. Lost - Key Sleepmakeswaves - Love of Cartography Tides of Man - Young and Courageous Vasudeva - Life In Cycles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omik11303 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I'd say we're probably at about the halfway mark in terms of submissions, maybe a little past it. Here's where we sit: Albums 1. If These Trees Could Talk - Above the Earth Below the Sky (5) 2. Jakob - Sines (4) Caspian - Tertia (4) 4. This Will Destroy You - S/T (3) Caspian - You Are the Conductor (3) Jakob - Solace (3) Moving Mountains - Foreword (3) Pg.Lost - Key (3) Beware of Safety - Dogs (3) Shy, Low - Hiraeth (3) Daturah - Reverie (3) Giants - Old Stories (3) Artists 1. Caspian (11) 2. Jakob (8) 3. This Will Destroy You (6) If These Trees Could Talk (6) 5. Pg.Lost (5) 6. Explosions in the Sky (4) Russian Circles (4) Beware of Safety (4) Godspeed You! Black Emperor (4) Giants (4) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumbo72203 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 i have MONO on mine. dont you worry Nice, glad to see someone else feels as strongly about I/O and that album as I do! On another note, I got an email from Fluttery Records about this new artist, Edo Ghost. It's this Japanese-British solo dude project, and the EP track "Yurei" that was just released. This thing is pretty fucking great, and spans a wide gamut of post-rock characteristics. You can listen to it for free here, I highly suggest doing so. Very fresh and creative. Its kind of like apocalyptic post-rock, sort of? http://www.flutteryrecords.com/flttry094 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I don't really get the point of a top 10-15 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 the point of this one is for scientific purposes for 'the guide'. the post rock bible...coming soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Well now I have to download PS on my Mac so I can keep up with Charlie's coolness. I welcome you please, have a seat. I added a cover to my IG of a potential guide look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrewest Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 I don't really get the point of a top 10-15 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Because this thread is better than every other thread and what we say, we just do. *rides off into the sunset on high horse* omik11303 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 new band. still trying to get the banner dealt with. im not liking a lot...still tweaking so pay no attention to that. off to the right is a rating system...out of a possible 5 rings, the red are favorable. this one is a 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgedestroys Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I welcome you please, have a seat. I added a cover to my IG of a potential guide look. Super into it. You're nailing this really specific aesthetic of monochrome with a little bit of coral/salmon and abstract geometric shapes combined with organic ones that's really doing it for me haha, I love all of that stuff a ton. Also if you don't mind a bit of critique on the banner, we have a lot of real estate in posts to utilize and I feel like at the current size it's wasting a ton of it. It doesn't necessarily have to fill the whole space, maybe something more like the blue box I doodled here. If a band is worth mentioning here, the banner doing it deserves to be a little bit bigger in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Are we trying to not have repeat artists on this list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omik11303 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Are we trying to not have repeat artists on this list? I think that was the implicit understanding, even though there have been a few violations. Not a big deal if you can't narrow it down. I'd rather have two albums by the same artist you love than an album on the list you honestly could do without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgedestroys Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Also an unrefined idea I had for the rating system if you're into it Charlie. You can take it or leave it, I'm just doodling around in photoshop lol. I had the idea of having the rating system be a turntable and having the rings go inward instead of outward. Makes sense to me, the more you like an album the further into playing it you'd get. Also I wanted to fill the unused space in the left corners of the chevron, the space looked unbalanced and it was irking me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 yeah, i had shrunk the banner so it wasnt to big but i agree..it needs to be bigger. also, i ditched the arrow element, it was too much, youre suggestion is pretty rad. im sure we can do something with that. really love the progression as the ratings get higher. cool idea man. i ended up just making the end the rating system. youll see in the next band. is everyone cool with us making edits in this thread or are you annoyed? let us know we can start a small PM train to avoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 My copy of Express Rising's Fixed Rope showed today. If you haven't checked it out yet you are fucking up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 My copy of Express Rising's Fixed Rope showed today. If you haven't checked it out yet you are fucking up. I will check them out. also: http://arcticdrones.com/staff-picks/50-best-albums-2015-post-rock/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgedestroys Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 i ended up just making the end the rating system. youll see in the next band. is everyone cool with us making edits in this thread or are you annoyed? let us know we can start a small PM train to avoid. I'm into the minimal look for this too, either way. Also yeah, if we're cluttering the thread too much I'm cool with taking the conversation elsewhere, no need for this to become an amalgam of post rock and the design thread haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 My copy of Express Rising's Fixed Rope showed today. If you haven't checked it out yet you are fucking up. It's on my list. Definitely been looking forward to hearing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I think that was the implicit understanding, even though there have been a few violations. Not a big deal if you can't narrow it down. I'd rather have two albums by the same artist you love than an album on the list you honestly could do without. I hear ya. I'm going to try to make my list tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 It's on my list. Definitely been looking forward to hearing that. Check it out - but I'm not sure if it's up your alley. It's way more on my side of instrumental/ambient than post-rock stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrewest Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 I enjoy the design discussion here. Keep it going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sad Heart Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Check it out - but I'm not sure if it's up your alley. It's way more on my side of instrumental/ambient than post-rock stuff. I'm all about ambient. Just more of a specific mood listen for me. I'll let you know what I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgedestroys Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Getting there! I know it's a nitpicky detail but is there a reason the drop shadow looks like it's falling on a curved surface? Seems super odd to me but maybe I'm just being pedantic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omik11303 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 On another note, Armageddon Shop on Discogs just threw up some great deals on some classic post-rock LP's. I was able to pick up Deadhorse - We Can Create Our Own World (an album I've been casually hunting for a while) and Do Make Say Think - You, You're A History in Rust for $9.99 apiece. They've got & Yet & Yet up for $5.99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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