[Tapiozona]

After hearing Sigur ros I fell instantly in love. It was an entirely new genre of music for me and I had many months of enjoyment listening to them while relaxing or going to sleep. Problem is that now I've gotten so used to it that I dont have that wow feeling when I listen to it anymore.

Can anyone recommend me anything along the same lines which will mezmorize me like sigur ros did? I dont mind if its in the same 'catageory' as sigur, as long as it's amazing.

 

[ezkcdude]

I love Mew.

p.s. don't ever say this to a significant other, unless you mean it.

 

[Samgotit]

Mogwai

Not as "memorizing" but close.

 

[Rednamalas1]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samgotit /img/forum/go_quote.gif Mogwai

and Mono, as well as Explosions in the sky.

 

[Zarathustra19]

Red Sparowes, A Silver Mt. Zion, and Hood. Give 'em a try.

 

[monolith]

Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Eluvium, Meanwhile Back in Communist Russia, Efterklang

 

[leveller1642]

amiina. Another Icelandic ambient band that evidently tours with Sigur Ros. Sorry I have yet to develop a taste for either, so am not much help.

Edit- Maybe Boards of Canada?

 

[Sherwood]

I'll go less eclectic, here, since you guys covered the bases well.

Radiohead.

I am also entranced by The Decemberists in much the same way as Sigur Ros, but that might just be me.

Also try John Cage and Steve Reich. Perhaps you enjoy slowly building minimalism.

 

[TheRobbStory]

Dungen - D U N G E N

 

[Silwad]

Sigur Ros belongs to the Post-Rock genre. There are other bands in the genre that you should check out like Daturah, The Evpatoria Report, Grails, Gregor Samsa, Johnnytwentythree, and The Pirate Ship Quintet. There are many more, but I suggest you try these out and the other recommendations above and then discover more.

 

[Tapiozona]

Awesome. That takes a lot of the legwork out of this. I actually just realized that I was missing a Sigur Ros album and bought "Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust". Wow. Little bit of pop and more piano but a welcome change.

I'm still going to take the advice in the posts above and expand elsewhere into the genre. I wish amazon's 'samples' were longer so I could get a better idea of the song

 

[Silwad]

You could use their myspace and last.fm pages to preview their music. Just want to give you a heads up that Post-Rock is a very general term, and some bands can sound very different. Let us know when you get around to listening Godspeed You! Black Emperor, as someone already recommended. I want to see what you think of them.

 

[LobsterSan]

Also hailing from Iceland, you would most likely be interested in Múm. More on the electronic side of things, and the melodic IDM persuasion at that. Definitely drift off to sleep in a sea of soundscapes music.

Excerpt of Múm from the documentary "Screaming Masterpiece"

 

[Xert]

I can't believe no one suggested Architecture in Helsinki yet.

 

[Sabrage]

Grails and A Silver Mt. Zion are obviously the most original post-rock bands acting today.

Nobody mentioned Architecture in Helsinki because they aren't really post-rock.