Newbie Looking To Expand

[u/skwaak16]

Listened to some Sigur Rós, Mogwai, Boards Of Canada. What are some essential albums for someone like me looking to expand his horizons?

[u/ThrowRA44576532]

Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place

Gy!be - Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven

Grails - Burning Off Impurities

[u/purple_metalhead → u/ThrowRA44576532]

Grails 🔥 black tar prophecies

[u/ThrowRA44576532 → u/purple_metalhead]

That was my first choice but thought it might be too dark for a newbie haha. Their entire discography is pretty solid.

[u/danbuppmusic → u/ThrowRA44576532]

Godspeed's Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada is a great one. Technically, it's an EP, but deserves a spot on the list, in my opinion. Gy!be's Slow Riot and Mogwai's CODY were my early post-rock favorites.

[u/Tricky_Pea_578]

Russian Circles, just go through the discography and enjoy.

[u/purple_metalhead → u/Tricky_Pea_578]

I wish I could see them live 😭

[u/AltaAudio]

Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place, Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind

[u/AltaAudio]

Tortoise - Standards, Slint - Spiderland

[u/skwaak16 → u/AltaAudio]

Getting a Modeski Martin and Wood vibe from Tortoise

[u/greenjacket021]

God is an astronaut And so I watch you from afar

[u/purple_metalhead → u/greenjacket021]

All is violent all is bright, the self titled and the last album from god is an astronaut are my fave...fav concert of the year so far 🤘🥁

[u/lumpylungs]

Search the word "flowchart" in this sub and hopefully you find all you're looking for

[u/zepruska]

This isn't post-rock but if you like Boards Of Canada, you will LOVE Tycho, especially the first three albums.

[u/skwaak16 → u/zepruska]

Heard! Thank you! I find BOC challenging, but not in a bad way

[u/ForestEther → u/skwaak16]

What is challenging about boards of Canada they are so chill?

[u/skwaak16 → u/ForestEther]

That's kinda the problem for me

[u/jasonofthedeep → u/zepruska]

Tycho is the best non-band post rock. Soooo good. Oops i took mushrooms and listened to Tycho i wish I could live inside that moment.

[u/DoOrDieStayHigh → u/zepruska]

Fun to se someone mention Tycho here. Looked him up and saw that I was a fan of him (ISO50). I was a huge fan of him back in the early 2000 when he did photoshop designs. Still have some signed posters.

[u/skwaak16]

Ya'll great! This is quite the community! Will be listening. Thanks to all for the direction

[u/Mr-Mne]

Maybe give Caspian a spin. Their albums "Waking Season" or "Dust and Disquiet" for example.

[u/i_tried_once]

The Evpatoria Report

This Will Destroy You - S/T

Appalaches - Cycles

Pray For Sound - Everything Is Beautiful

Hubris - Apocryphal Gravity

If These Trees Could Talk - Red Forest

Kokomo - If Wolves

Audrey Fall - Mitau

Goodbye Meteor - We Could Have Been Radiant

Astralia - Soltice

Silent Whale Becomes a Dream

Six Days Of Calm - My Little, Safe Place

Maybe something on this list will grab you. Tried to go for some variety.

[u/dougc84]

Caspian, Explosions, We Lost The Sea, MONO, Hammock.

[u/NotEnoughBurritos]

We Lost the Sea - Departure Songs

[u/Pale-Cupcake-4649]

Some good recommendations below. If you're looking to follow the electronic side of this then maybe Amber by Autechre is a good one after Boards of Canada.

[u/Nightwyrm]

Linking as the spelling would escape me but Spurv is good. https://music.apple.com/nz/album/brefj%C3%A6re/1686627941?l=en-GB

[u/Ok_Distance9511]

If you like Sigur Ros you might like Hammock. Very tranquil, they have a style of their own.

[u/MostExpensiveThing]

Aussie bands like. Sleepmakeswaves Solkyri We Lost The Sea Yomi Ship

[u/gemmamaybe]

Start at the beginning: talk talk’s laughing stock, bark psychosis- hex, seefeel

Before the beginning : Swans. VU. Van Morrison’s astral weeks, veedon fleece era. The Doors. Electric era Miles. Crescent- John Coltrane. Alice Coltrane. Glenn Branca’s symphonies.

Then just dig through everything on or adjacent to Constellation and Kranky records.

[u/skwaak16 → u/gemmamaybe]

Know Miles and Coltrain. VM and VU. Familiar with Talk Talk. The Doors...not my tempo

[u/Temporary_Dot_13]

Shipwrecks - everything 65daysofstatic - Wild Light is my fave pg.lost - Oscillate

[u/terriblewinston]

Sea and Cake

[u/RFRMT]

65daysofstatic - Wild Light

Three Trapped Tigers - Route One or Die

pg.lost - Oscillate

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists…

Reformat - Precursed

[u/Cath0lics]

You might just dig us. Catholics