When you’ll try to figure the formula of perfect post-rock it will be difficult. It should be melancholic but not depressive, you need to have good soundscapes, a twist of ambient and a part of neo-classic also is a must be thing. The rock part that is mostly missing in modern post-rock scene will be a good bonus, actually it is very hard to make the guitar-bass-drums combo to sound gentle and still be a bit lo-fi and garage. Vocals are really not necessary, the best solution is some backing choral style stuff, I mostly prefer instrumental post rock.

A good post-rock album is like a journey. It can vary from philosophy to feelings, from frozen mountains to sunny fields, from highway to a small path in the forest… from love to hate. From deep space to deep oceans and still it must carry something tiny that only your heart can see. This is the impossible combination of perfect post-rock made possible by the Australian band Laura in their Radio Swan Is Down album.

One of THE releases in this awesome genre.