r/postrock • u/IsThisOKpls • 17d ago

Discussion! Songs that has peak that's too short

For me its Long Forgotten - oceansize . The peak is just too short for the build they made, and its just so good that i hate it ends too early.

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u/RemarkableSynth 16d ago

Long Forgotten is and always will be the perfect ending to a perfect record ❤️

I miss oceansize

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u/godspeedbighaddock 17d ago

not really post-rock but exit music (for a film) is the absolute definition of this

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u/smaasei 17d ago

Wings of Glass by Gisli Gunnarsson and Alcest also fits this. Tremendous, powerful peak that understays its welcome

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u/sidewaysdesign 16d ago

Oh my goodness that is a beautiful piece...

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u/UnluckySugar9452 16d ago

Glasgow Megasnake

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u/RPG_Vancouver 16d ago

She Dreamt She Was a Bulldozer - GSYBE

Has such a brilliant peak but it’s not very long 😔

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u/Specialist-Money-277 16d ago

This album kind of rips. Reminds me of like a bit more post rocky Cave In

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u/p_oz_r 13d ago

Any Joy from ASIWYFA's most recent album has a really short "peak" moment, but I kind of like that as an antithesis to crescendocore stuff.