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Notes in Despair, But This is Post-Rock Vol. 2

Perhaps it is time to surrender to greed and all the genres that no longer feel relevant to my ears. I feel I can finally breathe in peace when facing what I can reasonably tolerate. And so, I return once more to post-rock.

Here are 10 releases I left behind in these brief notes born of despair ...

The Abyss Inside Us - The Road That Leads to Another... (2020)

65%

Yes, I too moved on to another path without leaving a trace—as if there were nothing but a noise that blurred the line between the music and the hustle and bustle around me. No memories worth keeping.

Highlight: -

The American Dollar - Free Winter 2010 Compilation (2010)

75%

Nostalgia and exhaustion give life to these songs, serving as a soundtrack I haven't quite found anywhere else outside of ambient and new age.

Highlight: Signaling Through the Flames, Flood, DEA, War on Christmas

Anechois - A Shadow of a Sound (2012)

75%

This Singaporean group’s foray into the lands of post-rock feels neglected, foreign, and a bit tedious. However, the two bonus tracks they offer are an apology well worth appreciating.

Highlight: The Moon and the Sun, Out and About, Love and Serenity

Hand of the Ghost - For This Journey, I Am Unprepared (2026)

75%

Exactly. I was not prepared for the journey these two tracks take. I just keep walking with a hollow feeling, fueled by an anxiety that cannot simply be erased.

Highlight: Chaos & Clarity

Kichi - My Addiction (2024)

75%

Heh, how could I play this album while at a breaking point, struggling with a toxic addiction I haven't yet defeated? It is a fitting representation of the chaos in my head and heart, delivered with a burning energy.

Highlight: Colors of Universe, This is My Goodbye, Corpse Selling

The Mantra Discord - The Lost Widow (2024)

80%

Even a widow is fine if she is like this. I want to be in your arms. Caress me, comfort my lonely soul. Even if the world begins to crumble into ruin, stay with me. We can watch the fall of the world together...

Highlight: mostly all tracks

Metrognome - Hornbook (2011)

75%

Progressive and conceptual—a refreshing change of pace that becomes clearer when I truly focus on it. Surprisingly, it didn't completely veer off the main road this time.

Highlight: (Carrying Out The Wish Of) Unsettled Waters, In the Search for Knowledge, Elman, Patience in Battle, The Terrible One's Horse

Oh Hiroshima - In Silence We Yearn (2015)

75%

The eight-year-old memories attached to this album have faded, though I still managed to harvest a few fruits from it. My admiration for the cover art, however, remains as enduring as ever.
Thank you for introducing me to post-rock along with those other albums, Oh Hiroshima.

Highlight: Ellipse, Aria, Drones

Quiet Waters - Comfort (2012)

70%

It doesn't feel particularly atmospheric because the hymns to God take center stage; meanwhile, my God has no need for that, and I myself am merely an observer. It’s not Panic! at the Disco, but rather Comfort in Quiet Waters.

Highlight: -

Springfield - Tides (2015)

70%

Springfield's second album isn't as tainted by psychedelia, sounding instead like the ebbing of the tide before the water returns to strike a wounded body with brine in "The Maw." Can you feel the sting? Ah, the grief. Yes, grief—even without this music, even in this life.

Highlight: Alaska, Empress

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