My love for Post-Rock has once again been renewed, so in celebration of delay and instrumental songs, let me introduce you to the catalyst of my Post-Rock revival: LAVA OX SEA, a band coming out of Hefei, China.   If you are a Post-Rock fan already, you will notice the usual, a distinct lack of vocals, guitar drenched in delay, and slow crescendos rising into dramatic climaxes, but you will also hear something different, from their Myspace:

we want to blend all what we like into our songs.and though they may sounds familliar to most people at the beginning,our trip in the weird evolving road will never stop.[sic]

Well put.  At first listen, nothing jumped out at me, “this is just Explosions in the Sky” I said, but after a few more listens it really started to grow on me.  First, the lo-fi quality of their recordings adds something very special to them, a human element that makes the emotion and intensity of their music really come forward.  Secondly, they have diversity.  While a portion of their songs are standard Post-Rock anthems, they have some more groovy numbers that you can also dance to. An intriguing listen to say the least.

LAVA OX SEA – Regnarts! Yeh

-iceonthetrail