Newer Bands in the Spirit of Early UK Post-Rock

Can you think of any?

These may be British...

Epic45

...or otherwise...

A Sunny Day In Glasgow

Two bands that fit into the UK Post-Rock category...

Vessels (http://www.myspace.com/vesselsband) are a really good British band who I think are from Leeds, their album White Fields & Open Devices is worth checking out and there's a remix EP thing called Retreat with some great tracks on it.

The FM Flash are a new band from London and have an EP out on iTunes that fans of Godspeed/Mogwai will like (http://www.myspace.com/thefmflash).

You all must check out Epic 45, I've got 5 albums and the 8 track Drakelow EP and all are fantastic (http://www.epic45.com/main.php). They are from Stafforshire and their first album proper 'Reckless Engineers' was released in 2002 on Canadian label Where Are My Records

The Books are great but are from New York so don't really count, sadly!

And A Sunny Day In Glasgow are from Philadelphia, so no points on that one either!

Memory Drawings by The Drift http://www.thedriftmusic.com/

Epic 45 is a real hoot to toot thanks for the 411. Anyway to get them on Lp?

I managed to get most of their CDs via Norman Records the other week but there didn't seem to be any on vinyl.

Just noticed that Radiohead are the second most listened to by the group and I should have read the posts on the groups home page...oh well at least I'm not the only one

Just heard a track by Nudge (an American band featuring members of Strategy and JOMF) which - to these ears - has many of the hallmarks of classic UKPR.

Listen!

http://thedecibeltolls.com/nudge-as-good-as-gone/

Just got back from seeing Indian Jewelry and they sounded exactly - EXACTLY - like Terminal Cheesecake. Is it my imagination or is the US indie underground coming to some of the same conclusions that its British equivalent reached 15 years ago? If so, where is the American Disco Inferno?

i'd say that my band's in the spirit of early uk post-rock in that we recontextualise rock music tropes. check out our new e.p. http://www.last.fm/music/cozimnot!/Another+Hard+Day+In+The+Jungle

Probably Lights Out Asia

Richard Youngs come from a different strand of UK avant rock than the one that spawned post-rock. Still, there's something about his recent CDR Beyond the Valley of Ultrahits that reminds me of the poppier side of UKPR - Experimental Pop Band, say. Take a listen.

http://killedincars.blogspot.com/2009/06/richard-youngs-beyond-valley-of.html

Yeah, Gang Gang Dance are definitely relevant to this thread for their eclecticism and particular attachment to electronic dance music. And they're certainly similar to DI in their copious use of MIDI guitar (seeing GGD live, I was amazed by how many of the "electronic" sounds were actually coming from the guitarist's big rack of samplers).

But for me, they've yet to prove themselves to have the real visionary fire that fuelled DI. I mean, DI had this kind of post-Cageian idea that any sound in the world could be used to create a pop song. I don't think anyone has really taken that idea and run with it yet. If they have, I haven't heard them yet.

You've gotta hear more GGD Samuel! I know it won't put them in the league of DI for you, but they have a much wider range than at least your library shows you've experienced. If I'm wrong, ignore this comment. Otherwise do try to hear God's Money (in particular Egowar) and perhaps the self-titled or Retina Riddim, both of which are on my blog.. but I can send you my copy of GM.

Anyway I must say that whatever The Twilight Sad are considered, I like them. I hadn't listened to them in over a year when my friend put the cd in while we drove a couple weeks ago - instantly back into "oh yes i know this song, and this one too!" mode. I like the singer's thick brogue for one thing, which is rare.. but they seem like they'd be a powerful live act.