Blackset, Invisiblesky, General Joystick - 2012 - 3 Rock Bands to Choose From

A little something different this time around folks, instead of one album of listenable goodness, you're getting three recommendations for the same low price of free! All three albums offer different takes on instrumental rock that I believe deserve your ears attention.

Impressions

Blackset - Blackset: Post-Rock

 Blackset's self-titled provides the brooding, with an LP's worth of dank rain-soaked post-rock. While sticking close to the usual post-rock setup, Blackset deliver the goods by adding wall of guitar theatrics to their sound (“Pictures of Home”). It's nice to have the go-for-broke attitude of post-punk with the architectural waves of post-rock. Dark, but hopeful with a sense of urgency to just about every song, like seeing a glimmer of sun through a storm cloud.

• 8 songs to download
• For free
• Direct Download
• Listening recommendations: It Was Funeral

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General Joystick - Meal and a Bath: Instrumental Rock

General Joystick plays fast and loose, experimenting with whatever sound tickles their fancy on 'Meal and a Bath' (a flourish of math rock here, a smattering of psychedelic or acoustic there). While they too dabble in darker sounds, their synth/organ and rhythm section back and forth is just too much fun not to enjoy with a smile - “The Man Who Went to Lunch and Never Came Back” is a fight song for cubicle warriors who just want to spend an afternoon at the ballpark. That said, you can just hear a sly gleefulness to the music that's just so damn catchy.

• 11 songs to download
• You name the price (min 0,-)
• You get the link if you register your email address
• Listening recommendations: The Man Who Went Out To Lunch And Never Came Back, Raccoon In A Raincoat

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Invisiblesky - Cloud Discharge: Post-Rock

The final album to take note of rock fans, is Invisible Sky's 'Cloud Discharge'. It too stands within the province of instrumental post-rock, though like it's title is much breezier, lighter in tone than just about any post-rock record I can think of. Invisible Sky have chosen to compliment their soaring rock with small bits of techno and ambient, giving those songs a colder, eerier feel. Even with the electronics the guitar is still the star here, wailing away like it's reminded of days gone by.

• 9 songs to download
• You name the price (min 0,-)
• You get the link if you register your email address
• Listening recommendations: Where No Water Flows, Electronic Liquidation, Underground

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So there you have it, three instrumental rockers for your listening pleasure, each bringing something different to the rock music palette.