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