Instrumental Post-rock

Instrumental post-rock is a genre characterized by its cinematic soundscapes, dynamic shifts in tempo and volume, and emphasis on texture and atmosphere over traditional song structures. Emerging in the 1990s, it evolved from post-punk and alternative rock, incorporating elements of ambient, electronic, and classical music. During its peak in the early 2000s, instrumental post-rock gained popularity as a soundtrack for introspective and emotive experiences. This genre often features intricate guitar work, haunting piano melodies, and pulsing rhythms, creating a sense of tension and release. Notably, instrumental post-rock eschews vocals, instead relying on instrumentation to convey narrative and emotional depth. Its relationship to other genres, such as ambient and shoegaze, is evident in its use of distortion and reverb, while its classical influences are reflected in its complex, layered arrangements. Instrumental post-rock has become a staple of contemporary music, celebrated for its evocative and immersive qualities.

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65daysofstatic
A Swarm Of The Sun
Across The Moment
All Shall Be Well (and All Shall Be Well and All Manner of Things Shall Be Well)
April Rain
Astodan
Astralia
Audiolepsia
BESIDES
Bear the Mammoth
Black Hill
Blak
Break My Fucking Sky
Caspian
Celestial Wolves
Colaris
Dawn Chorus Ignites
Distant Dream
Dorena
Dumbsaint
El Ten Eleven
Endless Dive
Eversham
Fourteen Nights At Sea
God Is An Astronaut
Gordon's Tsunami Week
Hammock
Helios
I Am Waiting for You Last Summer
If These Trees Could Talk
Iiah
Kokomo
LIGHTS OUT ASIA
Laura
Leech
Long Distance Calling
Lowercase Noises
MONO
Meniscus
Molecules to Minds
Mooncake
Moonlit Sailor
New Century Classics
Noorvik
Our Last Hope Lost Hope
Pelican
Pictures from Nadira
Red Sparowes
Russian Circles
Saxon Shore
Seas of Years
Shadow Universe
Ships Fly Up
Show Me A Dinosaur
Silent Island
Sleep Dealer
Solkyri
Spoiwo
Stories from the Lost
The Album Leaf
The American Dollar
The Chasing Monster
The Echelon Effect
The Evpatoria Report
The Last Sighs of the Wind
The Seven Mile Journey
The Shaking Sensations
There's A Light
This Will Destroy You
This is Your Captain Speaking
This is a Process of a Still Life
Those Who Ride With Giants
Tides From Nebula
Transmission Zero
YENISEI
hubris.
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sleepmakeswaves
toe
we.own.the.sky
toe
Hammock
God Is An Astronaut
Russian Circles
The Album Leaf
Helios
This Will Destroy You
Black Hill
Tides From Nebula
Silent Island
The American Dollar
If These Trees Could Talk
65daysofstatic
Those Who Ride With Giants
sleepmakeswaves
Caspian
Mooncake
Lowercase Noises
The Echelon Effect
A Swarm Of The Sun
El Ten Eleven
MONO
April Rain
Long Distance Calling
hubris.
Saxon Shore
Pelican
Sleep Dealer
Red Sparowes
pg.lost
Distant Dream
I Am Waiting for You Last Summer
Meniscus
Endless Dive
Break My Fucking Sky
Leech
Moonlit Sailor
The Evpatoria Report
Seas of Years
Show Me A Dinosaur
LIGHTS OUT ASIA
The Last Sighs of the Wind
There's A Light
we.own.the.sky
The Seven Mile Journey
Solkyri
Astralia
BESIDES
Spoiwo
Kokomo
Our Last Hope Lost Hope
Audiolepsia
YENISEI
Across The Moment
Laura
Astodan
Noorvik
The Chasing Monster
Shadow Universe
Dorena
Colaris
Transmission Zero
Iiah
417.3
All Shall Be Well (and All Shall Be Well and All Manner of Things Shall Be Well)
This is Your Captain Speaking
Ships Fly Up
Bear the Mammoth
Fourteen Nights At Sea
Pictures from Nadira
Celestial Wolves
Blak
Molecules to Minds
The Shaking Sensations
Dawn Chorus Ignites
New Century Classics
Dumbsaint
Stories from the Lost
This is a Process of a Still Life
Eversham
Gordon's Tsunami Week