Two examples that come to me immediately are Enya and Smashing Pumpkins. If music starts feeling stale, I can put on Enya and music feels new again. It's such a pleasant departure from the standard pop/rock/RnB etc sounds that dominate (even if I like those artists).

Anybody have their own equivalents?

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[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Explosions in the Sky
Neutral Milk Hotel
mewithoutYou

And it's not really representative of the rest of their work, but I have never found anything that sounds quite like Sigur Ros' album Kveikur. It's this dreary, echoy, droney sound that is such a vibe.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For Explosions in the Sky I chose Take Care, Take Care, Take Care. They have quite a few albums so I don't know how representative it is of their other work but it's very pleasant to listen to.

For Neutral Milk Hotel I tried In The Aeroplane over the Sea. It is unusually (and pleasantly) less "rigid" sounding than most popular music. Good recommendation. There's a kind of spontaneous feel to it.

For mewithouYou I tried Pale Horses. It's excellent. Fairly straight indie rock but very well done.

All just my opinion of course!

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nice! Glad you enjoyed them. If I knew you were going to take a listen, I would have offered entrypoints. But I appreciate that you listened to entire albums rather than whatever the top tracks are on spotify.

When I think Explosions, I think The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place or All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone. But TC, TC, TC is one of my favs. The Wilderness is probably their most bold departure from the typical organic sound. Very industrial feeling.

Aeroplane is probably the one you should listen to if nothing else. As I understand it, part of their noteworthy sound comes from their use of a distortion pedal with an acoustic guitar. I recommend listening to Song Against Sex real quick too.

Probably the mwY album I'd recommend as an entry would be Brother, Sister. Their first album was considered post-hardcore, and I can see it, but I honestly am not sure how to classify their second. After that I think they'd be more considered folk, and then maybe back towards indie and post-hardcore. But even without the notable vocals, their instrumental segments are so uniquely "them". I have a friend who always knew I listened to them, but was never his thing until Ten Stories came out, and then told me, "I get it now."

Take care! (tc tc)

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

I've listened to The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place, too. I actually can't remember it now because I've listened to so many things at this stage, but I've bookmarked it under my "shopping list" folder so it made a good impression. I'm halfway through Brother, Sister and there are definitely a few songs I'd like to favourite on it. It's funny because it seems like a fairly standard rock sound at first, but there are these little details or events at times that stand out.

I'll check out the others, you TC, TC, TC too :)

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Explosions in the sky is amazing