Two examples that come to me immediately are Enya and Smashing Pumpkins. If music starts feeling stale, I can put on Enya and music feels new again. It’s such a pleasant departure from the standard pop/rock/RnB etc sounds that dominate (even if I like those artists).
Anybody have their own equivalents?
Nice! Glad you enjoyed them. If I knew you were going to take a listen, I would have offered entrypoints. But I appreciate that you listened to entire albums rather than whatever the top tracks are on spotify.
When I think Explosions, I think The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place or All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone. But TC, TC, TC is one of my favs. The Wilderness is probably their most bold departure from the typical organic sound. Very industrial feeling.
Aeroplane is probably the one you should listen to if nothing else. As I understand it, part of their noteworthy sound comes from their use of a distortion pedal with an acoustic guitar. I recommend listening to Song Against Sex real quick too.
Probably the mwY album I’d recommend as an entry would be Brother, Sister. Their first album was considered post-hardcore, and I can see it, but I honestly am not sure how to classify their second. After that I think they’d be more considered folk, and then maybe back towards indie and post-hardcore. But even without the notable vocals, their instrumental segments are so uniquely “them”. I have a friend who always knew I listened to them, but was never his thing until Ten Stories came out, and then told me, “I get it now.”
The best demonstration of their evolution is probably to listen to Bullet to Binary (first track from their first album), and then Bullet to Binary Pt2 (from their 4th album). They’re clearly different genres, yet musically you can hear their unique sound is behind both.
Take care! (tc tc)
I’ve listened to The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place, too. I actually can’t remember it now because I’ve listened to so many things at this stage, but I’ve bookmarked it under my “shopping list” folder so it made a good impression. I’m halfway through Brother, Sister and there are definitely a few songs I’d like to favourite on it. It’s funny because it seems like a fairly standard rock sound at first, but there are these little details or events at times that stand out.
I’ll check out the others, you TC, TC, TC too :)