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    Posted: December 12 2015 at 17:55
A few slowcore albums I really like.
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Points: 8633 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 12 2015 at 18:01
mmmmmm

Codeine.

Then Antlers, then RHP and Low.
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Points: 8856 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 12 2015 at 19:26
^If you haven't listened to the other two, I would definitely recommend them.
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Points: 41381 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 12 2015 at 23:57
never heard of slowcore Confused, what is that?

I like that Antlers album a lot, and their next album in 2011.


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Slightly off-topic: Slowcore has to be one of the most misleadingly named music genres I've ever encountered. Isn't "-core" usually meant to suggest the whole thing is a sub-genre of hardcore punk? Always imagine it would refer to "punk in slo-mo" stuff like later Black Flag, Flipper, The Melvins, early Swans and The Wipers...
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Points: 8856 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2015 at 13:08
Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

never heard of slowcore Confused, what is that? 

I like that Antlers album a lot, and their next album in 2011.
Slow, minimalist, often sad indie rock. A sample from each album aside from Hospice (links because I can't seem to post more than one video per post):

Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

Slightly off-topic: Slowcore has to be one of the most misleadingly named music genres I've ever encountered. Isn't "-core" usually meant to suggest the whole thing is a sub-genre of hardcore punk? Always imagine it would refer to "punk in slo-mo" stuff like later Black Flag, Flipper, The Melvins, early Swans and The Wipers...
The name seems misleading, but there is a connection. Codeine's sound is a logical extension of post-hardcore, as are other slowcore bands such as Seam and lowercase. Even Red House Painters and Idaho have their -core-y moments. Carissa's Wierd bears little resemblance to post-hardcore, but they actually came from a hardcore scene and their sound arose only out of the necessity to play quietly as to not wake up one of the members' grandmother. I can't say Low really has any connection to post-hardcore, though. "-core" is misused a lot of times, and it is here, but it's definitely not the most egregious usage. 

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Points: 5898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2015 at 13:48
Makes sense then. Also that Swans did gradually transition to mellower material, to the point they today are basically Pink Floyd for goths.
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Points: 65760 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2015 at 14:53
One of my favorite albums that wasn't mentioned is The Opiates by Thomas Feiner & Anywhen.
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Points: 8856 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2015 at 19:25
^I've only tried that album once, but wasn't able to get into it. It's weird that I wasn't, because I've always wanted an album with strings that thick that isn't Scott Walker to exist. I guess I'll give it another try.

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