My pick of the post rock bunch.

Post rock is a genre most commonly associated with instrumental music, and recently it has started to get a bad name for itself from journalists and artists alike. Their problem is that it covers a wide range of music, with too much a varied sound, giving the impression of it being a sort of fall back category. If a band doesn't fit into say rock, electronic or indie and there is minimal vocals, it is more likely then not to get the label of post rock. However, I still think many of the bands who fall into this genre whether they like it or not, are pretty damn special, so here are my top three 'postrock' albums everybody should listen too:

1.65daysofstatic – One Time For All Time.

65daysofstatic have often argued against their post rock labeling and could also be classed as a mixture of electronic, shoegaze and mathrock, plus a million and one other genres, but nevertheless, this album is still pure genius from start to finish. The Sheffield based bands second album is a superb follow up to The Fall Of Math, it was a tough choice to choose between the two. Stand out tracks include Radio Protector, a beautifully arranged piano infused whirlwind of blinding energy and emotion, and Await Rescue, a more typical 65 track with belting electronics and lethal drums.

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/65propaganda

2.And So I Watch You From Afar – And So I Watch You From Afar.

Easily one of the best releases of 2009, Belfast quartet ASIWYFA produced a blinding self titled debut album. It is impossible to not get caught up in the hype and whirl these guitar cladded boys do create, with aggressive song names in tow ASIWYFA hit you right in the face with their angry mix of riffs and rhythms. Stand out tracks would have to include Set Guitars to Kill and If it ain't Broke...Break It. Also, if you do end up checking this one out, make sure to listen to Holylands, 4am an insanely beautiful track of theirs, which unfortunately doesn't feature on this album.

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/andsoiwatchyoufromafar

3.Mogwai – Happy Songs For Happy People.

One of the original masters of post rock, Happy Songs For Happy People is the fourth album to come from Mogwai and showed a more mature and subdued approach. Although not one of their most famous, easily in my eyes one of their greatest releases. Especially listen out for I Know You Are But What Am I, an eerie five minute progression of beautiful piano and electronic beats.

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/mogwai

If you do enjoy these albums, other artists you should probably check out would include: Maybeshewill, Explosions In The Sky, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Silver Mt.Zion, This Will Destroy You, From Monument to Masses and God Is An Astronaut.