Precious Fathers
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“F*** having a singer, these guys don’t need one!”
-Ain’t it Now Magazine
“If Tortoise dated Neil but cheated on him in a three-way with Trans Am and Fogerty…”
-Patron, Railway Club, Vancouver BC 12:17 am
These two fake quotes basically sum up what it would take traditional music writers 300 flowery words to say. But in all honesty, the truth is right there. There is driving rhythm and wide open spaces. There are layers of sound that fill the moments, rising, building and falling off again. There see? flowery words… It’s so easy to do.
Regardless, a useful, basic history might be that the Precious Fathers are a four piece, 50% of them are actual fathers and they practice in a barn in unincoporated territory outside of Vancouver, BC. Their lives consist of children, farming, painting and car stereo installations. And it shows. Friends before fathers, they have continually managed to explore instrumental rock with a sense of smart, intelligent pleasure that carries you along with it and reminds you of different times in your life; a road trip down the rolling, dead-straight highways of Montana, or waiting for a ferry with a snow cone in your hand and a warm burger in your belly. Filled with movement it makes you feel like you are there again, wherever “there” is, for the first time. OOPS. There we go again.
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Precious Fathers
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Alluvial Fan
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bastardblood
Less than 10k listeners? What the hell?
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irishtim
Anyone know what's up with these guys? Are they still together? New material?
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BeetsAndBears
so good ♥_♥
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HallucinogeNick
Prairie Train is featured on a commercial for the new movie The Roommate. shitty movie, but good music choice.
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HallucinogeNick
a gem in a sea of postrock mediocrity
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sweetdy
who writes this shit
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needmymusictoda
shoutin out some lovein - thanks!
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chargethegnar
everyone i show this band to loves them regardless of musical taste.
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irishtim
Alluvial Fan has some pretty groovin' moments. A little slow developing at times but overall a good listen.
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gnosnam
I accidentally downloaded their new album ages ago before its release. It was on the White Whale website but it's no longer there. I didn't realize it was a new album at the time. It's well worth buying!
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maniacmansion
this band is highly drivable on those melancholy summer days.
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rootvalue
Mykotron, post-rock doesn't mean it's after the genre rock ended, because obviously rock is still strong. It just means it's a development after the trends that rock is, if you know what I mean. It's not a literal term, I mean if you're cunfuzed just look it up on Wikipedia, where it's thorough explained. Don't be boneheaded about a genre that it's growing faster than most in their own days.
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tzavala
Wow, this is pretty good!
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Blackstar_04
One of the best =).
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flaneur
Nice!
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mykotron
sorry...but POST-ROCK? Rock hasn't gone anywhere children...
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closedmouth
YES!!!!!!
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caroben
sounds like broken social scene. PACIFIC THEMEish! Am I supposed to be SHOUTING!!?
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