I have a favor to ask: I& #39;m trying to find a song, and it& #39;s basically impossible to google.
So, think I was listening to it around 2014, but it could be older. Genre was post-rock, think explosions in the sky or godspeed you! black emperor
I specifically remember that the album was mostly instrumental, but at least one song had lyrics. they didn& #39;t start until like 2 minutes into a 9 minute song, though.
the song was named (or possibly just themed?) something like "transmission lines" or "generators". very industrial-electronics. I think it may have been called like Generators 1 because there was a Generators 2 song on the album
it was a man singing, in a mostly-spoken sort of style. Kinda vaguely reminded me of Transatlanticism by Death Cab For Cute. I think he may have been english, or scottish?
and that& #39;s pretty much all I remember that might be helpful.
I do remember two things that probably aren& #39;t helpful:
For some reason I have the song associated with the game Lifeless Planet? Specifically KurtJMac& #39;s letsplay of it. possibly just because it& #39;s got big powerlines
I also for a while thought it was by the band VAST?
It& #39;s definitely not, I& #39;ve listened to their other music and checked their albums and it doesn& #39;t match up at all.
But maybe I& #39;m thinking of a band with a name LIKE VAST?
KurtJMac played Lifeless Planet back in 2014 so that does line up with my timeline, but it& #39;s entirely possible the album I was listening to was much older. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btZvuUO-_wE">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
I& #39;m now vaguely thinking that I may have heard of this album from @gravislizard. Does this sound familiar, Gravis?
it was definitely a slow electronic synthy sort of song, slowly building and then adding in vocals after a while.
I& #39;m pretty sure the name was either short and meaningless or a common word, or I think I& #39;d remember their name.
GOT IT! @slucy pointed me towards VNV Nation.
It& #39;s Teleconnect Pt 2, off Transnational. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfqjPiXMnm4">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
now let& #39;s listen to that song from 2013 and see how wrong I described it.
It& #39;s futurepop/synth-pop, not post-rock, and the singer is irish, not scottish.
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