Dok (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} cyberinsekt) wrote,@ 2009-03-28 02:02:00 |
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The Breeders - Iris
You could say that post-rock started here. When I first heard The Breeders' Peel session, broadcast in advance of their debut album Pod, it sounded like nothing I'd ever heard before. Consider the regular bands of the members: it didn't sound like The Pixies or The Throwing Muses, and I'd certainly never heard of Slint at the time. Then again, back in early 1990, even Slint didn't sound like Slint: Spiderland wasn't to be released until the following year. And yet the angular sound of The Breeders, with their crashing dynamics and knife-edge guitars already had most of the elements that would come to typify post-rock.
Here's the standout track from that session, Iris. Whether it's about a goddess or a potted plant, I couldn't rightly say. What I can say it that it's from a fascinating point in musical history, and a great song to boot.
The Breeders - Iris
(alternated download)
You could say that post-rock started here. When I first heard The Breeders' Peel session, broadcast in advance of their debut album Pod, it sounded like nothing I'd ever heard before. Consider the regular bands of the members: it didn't sound like The Pixies or The Throwing Muses, and I'd certainly never heard of Slint at the time. Then again, back in early 1990, even Slint didn't sound like Slint: Spiderland wasn't to be released until the following year. And yet the angular sound of The Breeders, with their crashing dynamics and knife-edge guitars already had most of the elements that would come to typify post-rock.
Here's the standout track from that session, Iris. Whether it's about a goddess or a potted plant, I couldn't rightly say. What I can say it that it's from a fascinating point in musical history, and a great song to boot.
The Breeders - Iris
(alternated download)
