There’s no doubting that Illuminate is LITE’s own personal jigsaw puzzle. They clearly have all the right pieces now, so it’s just about fitting them in all the right places.
Post-Rock
Hammock – Chasing After Shadows… Living With Ghosts
Had enough of suckling the poison from vapid dancefloor stompers or soul-less copycat pop songs? Let Hammock be your antidote.
The Monroe Transfer – Trials
Trials is a record of heartbreak and torment, but, ultimately, it gives the impression of hope and excitement.
Red Sparowes – The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer
Exploring slightly different territory to their previous albums, The Fear… sees Red Sparowes at their very best.
Balmorhea – Constellations
If you give Constellations the time and attention it deserves, it will reveal itself to be one of the best instrumental albums you’re likely to hear this year – post-rock or otherwise.
Hammock: ‘Breathrun’
A beautiful song with a beautiful video. What’s not to like about US 2-piece Hammock, who create post-rock as epic as Sigur Ros and as haunting as Grouper.
TLOBF Interview :: The Album Leaf
Matthew Parri Thomas catches up with The Album Leaf’s Jimmy LaValle to talk about being post-rock pioneers, recording as a band, and how their massive world tour is going.
Picastro – Become Secret
Picastro have made a record unremittingly bleak, but it is nevertheless a constantly rewarding listen.
Eluvium – Similes
Similes draws out all the subtler elements of Einaudi, Broderick and Glass, blending them together to make a seamless, ethereal album.
Russian Circles – Geneva
Geneva is the sound of a band finding their feet once again and proving the doubters wrong. Sam Shepherd reviews the latest from Russian Circles.
Bell Orchestre – As Seen Through Windows
This second album features post-rock from the classical end of the spectrum, from the Montreal instrumental band featuring several Arcade Fire members.
Thought Forms – Thought Forms
This album may lack the ‘hazy and mirage like’ quality of a true studio experiment, but then that’s no bad thing; the trio who make up Thought Forms seem largely focussed on capturing a live sound on their debut album.
The Longcut – Open Hearts
The experimental Manchester band are back after a three year gap between albums. Jude Clarke thinks that this convincing, and often danceable, blend of emotion and alienation was well worth the wait.
Years – Years
Do Make Say Think’s Ohad Bechetrit resurrects some of his previously unreleased material in a collection of fascinating, often inspirational soundscapes.
worriedaboutsatan – Arrivals
worriedaboutsatan’s brilliant debut album – post-rock tinged electronica with cathedral-sized atmospherics and a mood of isolation and menace – is one of the best new IDM albums in years, says James Dalrymple
