Author Archives: postrockcafe
Ólafur Arnalds ~ Another Happy Day OST
Ólafur Arnalds‘ score to Another Happy Day features the welcome return of an element missing since the ending of Eulogy for Evolution: grit. It’s there at the end of the opener, resurfaces two tracks later, and permeates the closer, “Everything Must Change”. Sure, one
Ólafur Arnalds ~ Another Happy Day OST
Ólafur Arnalds‘ score to Another Happy Day features the welcome return of an element missing since the ending of Eulogy for Evolution: grit. It’s there at the end of the opener, resurfaces two tracks later, and permeates the closer, “Everything Must Change”. Sure, one
Last Harbour ~ Your heart, it carries the sound
Two albums released as one, or one album released as two? Last Harbour‘s bold experiment is a fascinating exercise in double vision. The songs on the primary disc (Your heart, it carries the sound) are reconstructed by a host of
Last Harbour ~ Your heart, it carries the sound
Two albums released as one, or one album released as two? Last Harbour‘s bold experiment is a fascinating exercise in double vision. The songs on the primary disc (Your heart, it carries the sound) are reconstructed by a host of
Fescal ~ Alchemical Wanderings
Alchemical Wanderings arrives in a mysteriously shaded bag and is accompanied by a tube of miscellaneous metals, befitting its title. Gold flecks have been mixed in, perhaps some pyrite and copper. Warning to children: Do Not Eat. This mysterious air extends
Fescal ~ Alchemical Wanderings
Alchemical Wanderings arrives in a mysteriously shaded bag and is accompanied by a tube of miscellaneous metals, befitting its title. Gold flecks have been mixed in, perhaps some pyrite and copper. Warning to children: Do Not Eat. This mysterious air extends
Anoice ~ The Black Rain
Yoko Shinto’s cover illustration is incredibly beguiling: simultaneously dark and light, mysterious and accessible, a treasure trove of associations. We see a weeping woman on a cliff, her tears mingling with the rain and the flood. The broken land in
Anoice ~ The Black Rain
Yoko Shinto’s cover illustration is incredibly beguiling: simultaneously dark and light, mysterious and accessible, a treasure trove of associations. We see a weeping woman on a cliff, her tears mingling with the rain and the flood. The broken land in
A Death Cinematic ~ The New World
The New World begins with a clarion squall: a guitar that sounds like a trumpet, signaling the end of the old. The sound brings to mind the walls of Jericho and the angel of Revelation. After the clarion repeats and subsides,
A Death Cinematic ~ The New World
The New World begins with a clarion squall: a guitar that sounds like a trumpet, signaling the end of the old. The sound brings to mind the walls of Jericho and the angel of Revelation. After the clarion repeats and subsides,
Spheruleus ~ Dissolve
Many recordings are born of inspiration, but Dissolve was born of a lack of inspiration, which is not to say that it isn’t inspired. This two-track outing from Harry Towell (Spheruleus) was birthed as severe writer’s block led him to imagine a richer physical environment
Spheruleus ~ Dissolve
Many recordings are born of inspiration, but Dissolve was born of a lack of inspiration, which is not to say that it isn’t inspired. This two-track outing from Harry Towell (Spheruleus) was birthed as severe writer’s block led him to imagine a richer physical environment
Pascal Savy ~ Receding
When is a piano EP not a piano EP? When the piano is recorded, then partially removed, leaving an “empty shell” where the notes one shuddered. The recording operates as a sonic illusion, as the notes heard are not fully there.
Pascal Savy ~ Receding
When is a piano EP not a piano EP? When the piano is recorded, then partially removed, leaving an “empty shell” where the notes one shuddered. The recording operates as a sonic illusion, as the notes heard are not fully there.
Celer ~ Evaporate and Wonder
Evaporate and Wonder is an ember of an ember, an echo of an echo, a ghost of a ghost, barely there yet fully present. This slowly meditative pair of tracks has all the power of a leaf floating down a lazy
Celer ~ Evaporate and Wonder
Evaporate and Wonder is an ember of an ember, an echo of an echo, a ghost of a ghost, barely there yet fully present. This slowly meditative pair of tracks has all the power of a leaf floating down a lazy
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