We Made God

We Made God are the latest Icelandic band to step up to the mark and their debut album delivers soaring, epic, driving rock of the highest calibre.

The fourpiece are early 20-something’s Maggi (vocals, guitars), Arnór (guitars), Stuni (bass) and Biggi (drums). From the gentle introspection to brutal noise of album opener Gizmo to the pyschedlic riffing of the Deftones-esque “Bathwater” and the gentle floating guitars of “The Color”, “As We Sleep” was entirely produced by We Made God and shows a band at the height of their powers.
By turns epic and gentle, the band merge intelligently crafted rock songs with the unique and powerful vocal take of Maggi.

“A big noise in their native Iceland, We Made God deserve a wider audience for their self financed , self-released debut. Referencing the otherworldly ambient atmospherics of Sigur Rós and Deftones’ driving, muscular riffs, the quartet’s epic widescreen soundscapes and frontman Maggi’s keening vocals are by turns beautiful and harrowing” An audacious debut.” – Q Recommends 4/5

Album

As We Sleep (2008)

1. Gizmo
2. Bathwater
3. Sub Rosa
4. Deir Yassin
5. Theory Of Progress
6. The Color

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Souls Vibrating In The Universe

There are very few bands who create a sense of atmosphere and emotion purely through their music yet on their ambitious, epic debut it’s exactly what Chelmsford post-rock, trio Souls Vibrating In The Universe set out to do. ‘All These Worlds Are Yours’ is an aural journey through sweeping sonic soundscapes, delicately beautiful melodies and huge, brooding crescendos, creating spectacularly atmospheric walls of noise.

Forming in 2002 from the ashes of the fast-fading Essex scene, Souls Vibrating In The Universe came of age with their original demo ‘The Inevitable Sadness’. Off-kilter song structures and subtle, downbeat dynamics showed a band willing to experiment and the end result defined the band’s original, easily recognisable sound. ‘All These Worlds Are Yours’ takes the blueprint of their earlier work and expands it in every direction possible. Taking influence from art-rock titans Sigur Ros and Godspeed You! Black Emperor as well as nods towards Radiohead and even Snow Patrol, Souls Vibrating In The Universe are an experience not to be missed.

Album

All These Worlds Are Yours (2005)

1. Engines On
2. Drums Come In
3. ...duck
4. Stars Everywhere...
5. Zircon 5
6. Universal Will To Become
7. Reap Happiness

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pg.lost

pg.lost is a four-piece post-rock band from Norrköping, Sweden formed in year 2004. The band was initially called Before You Give In but after numerous changes in the lineup the band took on the current name.

Current lineup:

Mattias Bhatt - guitar
Gustav Almberg - guitar / key boards
Kristian Karlsson - bass guitar / vocal
Martin Hjertstedt - drums

An orchestra of the heart, a playground for the long lost sporadic thoughts of giving in or getting back. Pg.Lost is a swedish band of many directions, but most of all a band throbbing with great melancholy grinding against the precious high hopes of not just individual human thinking and feeling, but also contrasts within pushing the sonic boundries of endless instrumental experiments of prolonging. Pg.Lost recently recieved a lot of press attention because of an American individual attracting a record deal by falsely using their music as his own. But then again Pg.Lost does have a way of sounding like a deep emotion or unresolved issues, so no wonder a fraction of us get confused, and start mistaking their music for something private."

Pg.Lost feature members from Eskju Divine and Last Days Of April and has supported bands like MONO, Khoma and Efterklang. 20th of June 2007 Pg.Lost released the "Yes I Am EP" on the Swedish label Black Star Foundation. 29th of September 2008 Pg.Lost released their first full lenght album "It's Not Me, It's You!".

Albums

Yes I Am EP (2007)

1. Yes I Am
2. Kardusen
3. Fartyget
4. ...
5. The Kind Heart Of Lanigon

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It's Not Me, It's You (2008)

1. The Day Shift
2. Head High
3. Pascal's Law
4. Maquina
5. Jonathan
6. Siren
7. Yes I Am (Bonus)
8. Kardusen (Bonus)

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In Never Out (2009)

1. Prahanien
2. Jura
3. Heart Of Hearts
4. Still Alright
5. Crystalline
6. Gomez

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Kwoon

“…Perched on a cloud, Sandy put to the world a project. Reflection of its dreams more deep and gone out all right of his imagination, Bruise and dreams saw the light of day. Behind these three words hides themselves a melancholic universe, woven stories and of dreaminesses. Of this world was born Kwoon, a group of post-Rock, composed from seven musicians that divide the same love of the music and supernatural histories. Thus, the members of Kwoon entrainent the listener in a trip surprising, lulled poetry and of amounts in power.”

Kwoon is a small French post-rock band of seven members. Their name seems to derive from the Chinese word for a martial arts training hall, the equivalent of a Japanese dojo.

Album

Tales And Dreams

1. Intro
2. I Lived On The Moon
3. Blue Melody
4. The Beast
5. Eternal Jellyfish Ballet
6. Last Sundown
7. Tinkleh
8. Tinkleh Skofa
9. The Door
10. Kwoon

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Stafraenn Hakon - Gummi (2007)

Once described as “frequently mesmerizing, seamlessly interwoven combination of electronica and ambient guitar…” by the legendary Wire magazine. Stafrænn Hákon has indeed through the last 6 years been described as a mix of post-rock, lo-fi, ambient guitar & electronica. The Icelandic born Ólafur Josephsson has been recording music since 1999 under the name Stafrænn Hákon (sometimes stafraenn hakon, stafrann hakon) which has often confused the media, due to the confusing Icelandic origin. 

Late in 2005 and Stafrænn Hákon is hard at work on his 5th album entitled “Gummi”. Ólafur drives up to the countryside in Iceland to meet up with his friend Lárus Sigurðsson in a church to record harps into the opening song of “Gummi”. Still there is no sign of any elf or a ghost there, the reason is simple, and there is no such thing. The delicate and subtle sound of Lárus harps spread over crunchy ambient guitars in opening tones of “Járn” and make the song one of the most complete songs Ólafur has ever written. The more acoustic alive sound on the album can be clearly heard when Birgir Hilmarsson of Blindfold and Ampop plays the last notes on the harmonium as he stands up and exits the studio in the closing track “Veggur”. The climax of the song comes with Birgir singing harmony vocals over the enormous guitar layers and crunchy drums from Daniel Lovegrove (aka Dialect). Samúel White a long time collaborator and vital part of the Stafrænn Hákon project is delivering one of his most elaborative works with his beautiful picked guitar parts. In the intense melody of “Hausi” Samúel´s guitar is sounding huge with vocals contributed from Minco Eggersman. “P-rofi” collaboration with the Danish based Efterklang ties the album together with the advanced sonic structure and subtle use of instruments. When Ólafur enters Daniel´s studio to complete the album with additional production, he knows this album is going to be the most complete and solid record he has ever done. With Daniel´s drums and production, the sound stretches to new dimension in Stafrænn Hákon´s soundworld.

Album

Gummi (2007)

1. Jarn
2. Svefn
3. P-rofi
4. Rjupa
5. Hausi
6. Kvef
7. Purr Purr
8. Glussi
9. Veggur

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Sleepmakeswaves

Sleepmakeswaves are an instrumental rock band from Sydney, Australia. Drawing influences mainly from but not limited to post-rock, the young quartet mix driving metallic bombast with textured electronics to create a sonic space where delicate melodies and thunderous climaxes peacefully co-exist.
Since their formation in late 2006, sleepmakeswaves have rapidly established themselves as a promising and unique voice in their field. Within the space of a year the band has enjoyed considerable word-of-mouth support and have landed auspicious opening slots with post-rock luminaries such as Pelican, Laura and Meniscus on the back of their powerful live show and acclaimed demo recording.

Albums

Demo (2007)

1. One Day You Will Teach Me To Let Go Of My Fears
2. By Moving The Stars I Have Found Where You Are Hiding

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In Today Already Walks Tomorrow (2008)

1. I Will Write Peace On Your Wings And You Will Fly Over The World
2. Exits To Nowhere
3. One Day You Will Teach Me To Let Go Of My Fears
4. So That The Children Will Always Shout Her Name
5. It's Dark, It's Cold, It's Winter
6. What We Cannot Speak Of, Must Be Passed Over In Silence

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All Angels Gone

All Angels Gone is a French post-rock band from Paris formed in 2001.

Line-up : Vincent (Sing / Guitar / Piano), Pauline (Sing / Glockenspiel), Franck (Guitar), Julien (Guitar / Bass), Olivier (Bass / Cello), Aurelien (Cello ), Nicolas (Drums).

Influences : A Silver Mount Zion, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Radiohead and a lot more…

They released a first EP in April 2004, “Quietly” (5 titles) produced by One Hot Record.

After some changes on the line-up, All angels gone worked a lot for live performances (work on the sounds, psychedelic end atmospheric atmospheres, etc.). 
They played in a lot of places in france like “La maroquinerie” (Paris) with Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins) or Below the Sea, “le Grand Mix” (Tourcoing), the “Elysee Montmartre (Paris) in the french final of Emergenza Festival, a post-rock festival in Belgium and many more places.

The integration of video projections during gigs became an essential element of the live performances including originals videos mixed in live with music.

The band is now working on the next album and is actively searching for a producer.

My Humble Opinion

There's something gothic about this band. I mean those female vocals - something Nightwish-like. Well, for me. And it's beautiful. I love them for the (Stephen H) - a heart-breaking piano+strings track, i could listen to it endlessly. Besides, they have a cool web site :)

Album

Quietly (2005)

1. Unrelated
2. Wave
3. Empty Cars On The Road
4. Others As A Mirror
5. (Stephen H)

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Day For Airstrikes - Widows (2006)

Day for Airstrikes is a post-rock band from Manchester, United Kingdom. The band was formed in 2002, and since them has undergone a couple a of line-up changes. For the upcoming record the line-up consists of: 

- Ian Breen - guitar, bass, acoustic guitar, mini drumkit, vibraphone, hammond organ, glockenspiel, synthesizer, tenori-on
- Danny Jones - drums, percussion

- Wes Roskell - guitar, bass, e-bow, piano, vocals

- John Simpson - guitar, acoustic guitar, glockenspiel, mini drumkit

- Adam Skerritt - guitar, piano, glockenspiel, e-bow, synthesizer, vocals

So far they have released two records: Secret Whale (2005) and Widows (2006).

Album

Widows (2006)

1. It's Your Funeral And It's Fantastic
2. Ask Ted Danson
3. The Craftiest Plan Known To Man
4. Epilogue The Traitor
5. Less Worrier, More Warrior

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