This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply. Less Art’s new album Strangled Light is up for stream on Bandcamp. You can read more about the project over at Bandcamp’s The Daily as well: The term “supergroup” is bandied about these days with little regard for the “super” part of the term. But in the case of Less Art, the term applies: Ian Miller and Jon Howell of celebrated post-metal group Kowloon Walled City join Mike Minnick of Curl Up & Die and Riley and Eddie Breckenridge of Thrice to make a post-rock outfit combining elements of sludge and noise with more than a few jangly guitars. Using the project as an outlet for their various life stressors, on their debut, Less Art tackle in-your-face issues like suicide, animal extinction, and gun control in a way only savvy veterans can. Expand - View Original
Not sure if the author of the article knows what "post-rock" is, because this is definitely not that. Post-hardcore maybe, but not post-rock. Surprisingly these are very different things.
I wouldn't classify this as post-rock, but it certainly borrows elements. This is very Pelican-esque. It's also very, very rad.
Vocally it's completely different. Instrumentally, it's not wholly dissimilar, but it's different enough that you would never really confuse it for Thrice.