God Is an Astronaut – Post Mortem
God Is An Astronaut

I’m really getting into this post-rock stuff now. Since my previous entry praising This Will Destroy You (You can read the journal entry here) I’ve taken to downloading a whole raft of post-rock music and this is just one of the many great songs I’ve stumbled upon.

“This is how I felt after letting go of 24 years of grief. If anybody is holding on to baggage from the past, let it go. Forgive and love yourself. Otherwise, it’s hard to love anybody. You will feel the world move while you move those around you.”

- Dave King comments on his cover art

Post Mortem is a greatly uplifting song. So bright and energetic you can almost feel it exude a comforting warm glow. Unusually for a post-rock song, rather than gradually build up to something load and spectacular, this gives you spectacular from the very beginning. It explodes into life with a scream of guitars and a burst of drums and though it later calms, the momentum of that first minute or so really carries through, echoing that brilliant riff. Yes, yes, yes, I love it.

I’ve now set it as my alarm tone and I’ll tell you, it’s a great way to wake up in the morning, no matter what might lie in the day ahead.




Note: My post-rock library has now expanded to also include Godspeed You! Black Emperor, If These Trees Could Talk and Russian Circles upon recommendation. But I’m still on the lookout for more so any other recommendations would be greatly appreciated!