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May 27, 2026 Reviews

Album Review - Growth by Wilderness

Wildernesses are a London-based alternative rock band whose debut album, Growth, was released in March 2026 on Floodlit Records. Opening with Sleepless, a haunting and restrained loop that slowly unfolds through warm guitar tones, overlapping harmonies, and carefully layered counter-melodies. There’s a sense of a weight being carried, before we gradually open into something more hopeful and purposeful. We feel that tension between heaviness and release as an emotional thread running throughout

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May 20, 2026 Interviews

Living With Giants on Revisiting The World Is Held by a Taut String Fifteen Years Later

Fifteen years after the release of The World Is Held by a Taut String, Living With Giants return to the story that first defined the project, not with a sequel, but with a retelling shaped by time, reflection and perspective. Ahead of the release of The World is Held…, we spoke with the band about revisiting old narratives, the meaning behind “Farewell,” the symbolism woven throughout this new cycle, and why silence itself became part of the art. For readers discovering Living With Giants for

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Mar 24, 2026 Articles

Nowruz in Silence: Discover Post-Rock Artists from Iran

Nowruz marks the beginning of the Persian New Year, a moment of renewal, reflection, and quiet hope. We’re a few days late sharing this, and honestly, it’s been difficult to find the right words, especially not being able to reach out and send a simple Nowruz greeting to family. This felt like the only meaningful way to say something. This year, it arrives under the shadow of war, with many Iranians stepping into it with uncertainty and far from any sense of normal life. At the same time, widesp

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Mar 22, 2026 News

Post-Rock Nation Radio is now on mobile (iOS & Android)

I’ve been wanting to share this for a while, and it honestly feels really good to finally say it. Post-Rock Nation Radio is now available as a mobile app on both iOS and Android. If you’ve been listening through the browser so far, this changes things quite a bit. You can now just open the app and have post-rock playing instantly, wherever you are. No tabs, no setup, no thinking about it. Just press play and you’re in. That was really the whole idea behind this. Post-rock, at least for me, is

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Jan 18, 2026 Reviews

For All the Days Gone: Sloen Blends Post-Rock and Metal Into Something Special

Sloen is a french multi-instrumentalist that begun his carrer in 2022. The guitar workmanship on Sloen's new release is simply irresistible. Across six tracks, the album demonstrates a masterful touch with instrumental layering, creating deep and immersive melodies that draw you into expansive sonic landscapes. The interplay between dreamy passages and carefully deployed distorted guitar creates a compelling contrast, like being gently awakened from a peaceful escape to confront the full weight

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Dec 25, 2025 Articles

2 years of Post-Rock Nation

It’s Christmas Eve 2023, and I’m invited by a friend to join him and his wife to spend the evening together. It’s almost time, and I should get up and get ready, but I’m still looking at my screen, trying to make that last change to the code, to make the site look the way I wanted it to. I’m not in the best time of my life. Over the past two months, my life has gone through unexpected changes. Changes can be tough. They can break you, break the illusion you’ve built of how things work. But we

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Dec 21, 2025 News

A New Way to Find Post-Rock Concerts and Festivals

I'm super excited to announce a Christmas surprise from Post-Rock Nation! I've finally managed to consolidate a concerts & festival finder tool, with a brand new map that can help you quickly discover the next awesome concert happening around you. Finding post-rock concerts has never been easy. Tours are announced quietly, dates are scattered across different platforms, and festivals share lineups once and move on. If you’re really into this music, you’ve probably missed shows simply because y

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Nov 22, 2025 Articles

Gloomaar Festival 2025: A Night to Remember

On Saturday, 15 November 2025 I attended the Gloomaar Festival at the Neue Gebläsehalle in Neunkirchen (Saarland, Germany). The venue stood out with its wide open hall, excellent sight-lines and an inviting atmosphere for immersive music. It provided an ideal setting for a postrock festival dedicated to expansive soundscapes and bold live performances. The Performances MONO: They lifted me off the ground. Their tone was powerful, heavy and full of dramatic rises and deep moments. I have alwa

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Nov 16, 2025 News

Email notifications are here!

Hello everyone, It feels good to bring you a fresh round of updates to the site. A little while back I ran a survey on our social channels asking whether you’d want to get notified when your favorite artists release something new. The response was pretty clear, most of you said yes, and quite a few even asked for it directly. So for the past few weeks I’ve been laying the groundwork to make that happen. It took a bit of behind-the-scenes work, but it’s finally ready. Email notifications are n

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Nov 9, 2025 News

Blak Joins the Airwaves: A Sonic Descent into Solitude and Strength

We’re thrilled to announce a powerful new addition to the Post-Rock Nation Radio rotation: Blak, the Catalan post-rock collective known for their emotionally charged compositions and cinematic soundscapes. Their latest offerings are a masterclass in dynamic tension and introspective release. With track titles that read like fragments of poetry, Blak invites us into a world where solitude is both a cage and a refuge — and where strength is forged in the quiet aftermath of collapse. 🎧 Now stre

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Sep 10, 2025 Articles

Lyrics are overrated: let the Sound speak!

In a world saturated with words, music has became another medium for story telling, for years, but often someone else's story.  but what if the most profound musical or emotional experience aren't about being told what to feel or remember, but about giving you the space to feel it yourself? And thats the gift from instrumental music, especially Post-Rock. And it is why lyrics, while powerful, are often overrated. Lyrics are a Shortcut Lyrics can be called as shortcut to meaning, they hand yo

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Aug 28, 2025 News

dunk!festival Returns to Zottegem Forest in 2026

dunk!festival 2026 is officially heading back to its original forest location in Zottegem, Belgium, as confirmed in a recent announcement by the organizers. After several years in Ghent, the festival is returning to the outdoor venue that helped define its identity in the post-rock scene. Why dunk!festival Is Moving Back to the Forest According to the dunk! team, the decision was driven by fan feedback and a desire to recapture the atmosphere that made the forest edition so memorable. “The du

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