Unfortunately, Deathconsciousness had to emerge in 2008, long past post-rock’s prime. Groups like Emeralds and Konntinent were given decent exposure, though not enough to warrant their success. Only last year, if at all, did we see a drone revival, due in part to the mainstream success of Sunn O)))’s Monoliths & Dimensions, and then so only to an extent. Earth’s revival was near-silent, Tribes of Neurot calmly faded back into Neurosis, and Stars of The Lid sat for six years without a peep after their excellent 2001 LP The Tired Sounds of Stars of The Lid. This environment of anxiety, apprehension, and fear proved ideal conditions for fostering the ascension of post-rock nearly every ground-breaking post-rock record, including Mogwai’s Young Team, Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven, and Explosions in the Sky’s Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever, saw the light of day in this transitional period between millennia.Īfter the turn of the century, both post-rock and drone stagnated as people came to terms with their gripping anxiety. The turn of the 21 st century looked outward upon a future holding infinite promise and infinite treachery, both at the hands of shifty politicians and of the monolithic prospects of technology. Or perhaps it was the poor timing that hampered the project the most. In this case, saying it sounded like an 8-track fed through a meat grinder would imply that it once sounded clean. Unfortunately, the debut was met with little or no fanfare, perhaps due to the immense absence of audio clarity. It was a stark expression of sorrow, sutble, yet deliberate, sometimes harsh and gritty, heartily making use of the time allotted to it to weave into extravagant crescendos that transcended the record’s limited production value. Soft-spoken melodies echoed in and out of a lo-fi oblivion with melancholic precision on a debut mitigated only by its unnecessary length. If you recall, Trevor and I had vested much interest into Dan and Tim’s genre-stepping project since their promising debut LP Deathconsciousness. With this in mind, we turn our attention to Have a Nice Life and their recent EP Time of Land. Unfortunately, in most cases the music on an EP serves as little more than an interesting mile marker to track the progression of a band in which one has a vested interest. Of course, there are exceptions, such as Modest Mouse’s Building Nothing out of Something or Agalloch’s The White. In most cases, the EP simply lacks the length needed to commit towards developing a concept, in turn limiting its ability to serve as a separate piece. I generally don’t hold EPs in particularly high regard.
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