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)
And So I Watch You from Afar
April Rain
Arbor Lights
Astodan
Astralia
Audiolepsia
Austin TV
BESIDES
Bear the Mammoth
Black Hill
Blak
Break My Fucking Sky
Caspian
Catacombe
Celestial Wolves
Codes In The Clouds
Colaris
Collapse Under The Empire
Darkfield
Daturah
Dawn Chorus Ignites
Degree of Arc
Diary of My Misanthropy
Distant Dream
El Ten Eleven
Endless Dive
Explosions In The Sky
Exxasens
Flies Are Spies From Hell
Fourteen Nights At Sea
Glasgow Coma Scale
God Is An Astronaut
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Hammock
Helios
I Am No Hero
I Am Waiting for You Last Summer
If These Trees Could Talk
Iiah
Kokomo
Leech
Long Distance Calling
Lost in Kiev
Lowercase Noises
MONO
Maybeshewill
Mogwai
Molecules to Minds
Mooncake
Noorvik
Oh Hiroshima
Our Last Hope Lost Hope
PILLARS
Pelican
Pictures from Nadira
Ranges
Release The Long Ships
Russian Circles
Seas of Years
Shadow Universe
Ships Fly Up
Show Me A Dinosaur
Silent Island
Silent Whale Becomes a Dream
Sky Flying By
Sleep Dealer
Solkyri
Spoiwo
Stories from the Lost
The Album Leaf
The American Dollar
The Chasing Monster
The Echelon Effect
The End Of The Ocean
The Last Sighs of the Wind
The Shaking Sensations
There's A Light
This Will Destroy You
Those Who Ride With Giants
Tides From Nebula
Toundra
Transmission Zero
Wang Wen
We Lost The Sea
When Waves Collide
Where Mermaids Drown
YENISEI
Yndi Halda
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hubris.
pg.lost
sleepmakeswaves
the abyss inside us
toe
we.own.the.sky
Explosions In The Sky
Mogwai
toe
Hammock
God Is An Astronaut
Russian Circles
The Album Leaf
Helios
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
This Will Destroy You
Tides From Nebula
Black Hill
Silent Island
If These Trees Could Talk
The American Dollar
sleepmakeswaves
Those Who Ride With Giants
Oh Hiroshima
Austin TV
65daysofstatic
A Swarm Of The Sun
The Echelon Effect
Maybeshewill
Caspian
Mooncake
We Lost The Sea
Lowercase Noises
El Ten Eleven
MONO
Long Distance Calling
April Rain
hubris.
And So I Watch You from Afar
Pelican
Sleep Dealer
The End Of The Ocean
Saxon Shore
Collapse Under The Empire
Red Sparowes
Do Make Say Think
Glasgow Coma Scale
pg.lost
Exxasens
I Am Waiting for You Last Summer
Distant Dream
Toundra
Meniscus
Endless Dive
Wang Wen
Break My Fucking Sky
Lost in Kiev
Codes In The Clouds
Leech
Release The Long Ships
Moonlit Sailor
Seas of Years
Show Me A Dinosaur
ef
The Evpatoria Report
the abyss inside us
LIGHTS OUT ASIA
Ranges
Daturah
we.own.the.sky
There's A Light
The Last Sighs of the Wind
Darkfield
Yndi Halda
The Seven Mile Journey
Silent Whale Becomes a Dream
Astralia
Solkyri
Flies Are Spies From Hell
PILLARS
BESIDES
I Am No Hero
Kokomo
Spoiwo
Our Last Hope Lost Hope
Audiolepsia
Across The Moment
Astodan
YENISEI
Laura
When Waves Collide
The Chasing Monster
Noorvik
Shadow Universe
Degree of Arc
Iiah
Dorena
Colaris
Transmission Zero
This is Your Captain Speaking
Where Mermaids Drown
417.3
All Shall Be Well (and All Shall Be Well and All Manner of Things Shall Be Well)
Catacombe
Bear the Mammoth
Ships Fly Up