The Space Rock Thread Genre

New Hum album came out yesterday. Let's talk about one of the best/most underated genres of the 80s and 90s (despite roots in the 60s).

 

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spacemen 3 is one of the most underrated bands, like, ever

 

Y’all should def checkout the Honeymoon album from this year.

 

excuse me for being ignorant but what is space rock, and is it different from a variation of prog, alt, and post rock?

 

i would say it is closest in “sound” to shoegaze (spacemen 3/spiritualized) with some bands getting more alt-rock in their sound (failure/hum). basically it is partially a lyrical thing and partially the guitar tone being atmospheric and distorted with a lot of reverb.

that being said the genre also was pioneered in the 60s/70s with Hawkwind and was basically just psychedelic rock with space-based themes

 

thx for the rundown. what are a few good introductory albums? gonna do some space exploration today

 

i can’t provide links rn but my favorites are:
spiritualized - ladies and gentleman we are floating in space

spacemen 3 (singer/guitarist of spiritualized’s first band) - playing with fire

hum - you’d prefer an astronaut

failure - fantastic planet

pink floyd - dark side of the moon (pretty obvious)

hawkwind - space ritual

flying saucer attack - further

shiner - starless

cave in - jupiter

 

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also Bardo Pond - fucking legends

 

I’ve actually never heard of Spaceman 3 or Spiritualized so I’ll check em

 

oh man HOW

 

Oh hai, new thread

 

Spaceman 3 is a must

 

no time to waste

 

one of the very best songs to ever exist in the space rock genre or any other for that matter:

 

Scientists have been asking this question for years: Would The Galilean Satellites by Rosetta be considered space rock today?

In this essay, I will

 

a perfect album

a perfect song

 

Throwing a couple new bands in here that aren’t terribly original but I like what they’re doing anyways:

Sound like Failure:

Sound like Hum:

 

The album Jupiter by acclaimed Boston group, Cave In

 

If the new Cloakroom record - produced by Matt Talbot - sounds anywhere near as good as new Hum, I’m going to weep

 

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