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Originally Posted by Flint
Is there a general description of what Post-Rock is? Or, if it's simply not something, is there a general description of what it's not?
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It's a lot easier to define post-rock by band than by actual definition, but...
post-rock is a mostly-instrumental style, usually involving very long song structure with multiple movements, and heavy use of almost-minimalist intro suites moving into very heavily orchestrated crescendos, often repeating this pattern across an album or even within one song.
Most post-rock bands utilize the ubiquitous guitar-bass-drum-keyboard combination, with added string or horn sections to create much deeper melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic development, and post-rock bands can often field even a dozen members onstage, though more minimalist post-rock groups usually have no more than five.
But it's a lot easier to explain by saying Slint, Mogwai, and Broken Social Scene on the less-post-rock end of the spectrum, with GY!BE, Sigur Ros, Explosions In The Sky, and A Silver Mt. Zion on the more post-rock end.