stephanie t:
"Is it okay to admit that I'm not quite sure what I found so great about post rock in the mid to late 90s? At there time, I listened to a lot of Tortoise, Gastr del Sol, and the Sea and Cake, and now, it soun..."
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stephanie t:
"Is it okay to admit that I'm not quite sure what I found so great about post rock in the mid to late 90s? At there time, I listened to a lot of Tortoise, Gastr del Sol, and the Sea and Cake, and now, it sounds so wussy! (Mogwai, June of 44, Cul de Sac, and Slint I still get.) And is it okay to admit that there are some parts of metal that I just can't take seriously? Like okay, your guitar parts are all slow and dark and then you do that ridiculous thing with the vocals (effects pedal or whatever) that makes you sound like an 8th grade dude channeling Satan that is like "I will kill you, I will make you die, life is darkness, I am going to die," etc. Well, thank god or Jesu. Jesu takes the melodies of post rock (repetetive but catchy), and slows them down, making them sudgy and dark, and adds vocals that sound appropriate, not like they are run through the "clche metal" effects box, and the result is great. Dark, sludgy, and slow, but pop-y! Recommended for fans of Mono, Explosions in the Sky, Boris's more post-rock-y stuff, Mogwai, Isis (obv.), 5ive, Grouper, Slint, and Nadja. Here is your obligatory Earth and Suno)) reference. But this so much poppier. In the best way. Recommended."
