Have you ever been to a place that plays a set of playlist, or someone just briefly suggested you a song and then once you heard them, and automatically caught your attention?
Post-rock is an experimental genre that focused on the texture and the timbre over the traditional riff or chord found in other genre. Well, I do not really understand what was the meaning of 'timbre' or riff because I am not a music expert or someone that knows how to play musical instrument. But, I would admit that I listen to music religiously. As for me, music is somehow my escapism, a perfect reason for an introvert to hide from the loud reality and this genre really suits the definition of me haha.
So, I am going to list down randomly 5 post-rock tracks to be shared with you.
1. Put Your Dream to Sleep by Deepset
This song was taken from their album The Lights We Shed Shall Burn Your Eyes that was released on 2018. The album also consisted of other tracks such as Every Instance in Time Is a Journey of Hope and Have You Ever Danced With the Devil Under the Pale Moonlight. I could just listen to this track all day long. The instrumental, and the sounds of riff building up towards the end of the songs, almost feels like euphoria! I really hope that I will able to see their live performance one day.
2. Kodokushi - Mim ft Gheff Abd Ghafar
This is the band that I have mentioned earlier. The other track that you might like, other than Demon, would be Kodokushi. The definition of the song title itself gave me the eerie feeling as it is defined - 'lonely death' that refers to Japanese phenomenon of people dying alone and would be discovered later after a long time. This 9 minutes track seeping in like a grudge from the past lives, especially the part of a woman crying. The album itself, Runut Dalam Jeda consists of heavy tracks and would leave you 'haunted'.
3. Last Hope - Moi Last Von ft Elwa
For this track, the spoken words/poetry recital was the one that caught my ears. Previously, I love to attend poetry events especially poetry in Bahasa. Somehow I still wish that I could enjoy them again, without any inconvenience feeling that I might bump into people that I wish to avoid. This track is beautiful as the sunset, as it gave out peaceful and yet melancholy tone.
4. 雨: 50 Words to Express Rain in Japanese - Zulhezan
If you're a pluviophile, this track would be the one for you. The ambience of the track give out the serenity of rainy days, however I wish the track could be longer. Zulhezan also previously writes music for Akta Angkasa and Dirgahayu. Recently Zulhezan released new records of Oleh Esei Asas (Sa-Buah) Rekod Kebangsaan with the collaboration of Svara, and yes, I immediately bought them :') My fav track from the album would be Galor + Das—Ras—Bas. The soft strutting guitar and almost high pitch singing voice from Zulhezan is like a journey onto heritage side, the portrayal of breathtaking art and nature all around us.
5. Pininyauw - Glass
This band was introduced by my friend, as initially I was asked to accompany her to see their launching event in 2018. However we did not manage to see them, due to circumstances and sadly GLASS announced their breakup last year. This track is the ultimate must-hear due to intense bass and emotional vibes that bring out to the ironically the fragility of a glass.
There were other post-rock band to be explored such as De Fusion, Explosions in the Sky, We Are Becoming Ghost, Marsa and much more. I am so thankful for the people that introduced me good music, as you know that I will always be reminded of you whenever I listen to your suggested songs. :)
Just to let you know, that there would be a post-rock gig this upcoming 6 Aug 2022 at Angkasa Space, if you would be interested to explore this genre. Disclaimer, all of the reviews and opinions are based on solely my own, and apologies if any wrong facts were provided.
Thank you for reading, and hope you will enjoy the tracks as much as I do :)
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