Hey Everyone,
I recently have purhased my first Silver Mount Zion CD (Thanks Veronica; she gave it to me for Easter). They are a bit like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, which figures because the band sort of disbanded to focus on Silver Mount Zion. Their music features soundbites (from what I do not know) much like Godspeed You! and their music features a lot of violin, which is good because it helps make the music more mournful, which I like. My wife says that it is weird, depressing music, which it is but whenever I listen to this type of music (post-rock, instrumentals or whatever you call it) I get reflective, nostalgic (towards what I am not sure) and it relaxes me. I often enjoying listening to it when I am in bed (helps me sleep) or while I am reading it (it makes for good background sound; although sometimes it gets unexpectedly loud, then quiet and weird sound effects or soundbites oftten ensue; can be a little distracting at times).
Recently, I also bought the last two Explosions in the Sky albums that I did not own; not as good as the other two that I already own, but good. To my pleasant surprise, I have recently learned that friends of mine have heard of this band, by this I mean my cousin-in-law Denise and my friend Chris' girlfriend also named Denise (what are the odds?). I guess Explosions in the Sky are not as indy as I thought which is weird because Godspeed You! and Silver Mount Zion were/are pretty unknown.
I highly recommend these bands that I keep mentioning. So, if you want to listen to a sample let me know and you can come over and listen (obviously, I am refering to those close friends and family not to complete strangers; so, if I do not know you please disregard the preceeding).
Thanks for reading. Please let comments, suggestions, questions and I will be more than happy to reply back.
LISTEN at a reasonable volume or LOUD...whatever you prefer.
Fanboy Dave
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