Ok this next band is currently my favorite right now. This Will Destroy You (taken from a song title they thought about using, then realized the name is hilariously cheesy, so they named the band) Epic instrumental post-rock to be the soundtrack for the life of an amazing person.
These guys make some really cool music, it generally takes a while to build up from calm and quiet, to HOLY SHIT but man is it good.
This track has a lot of their types of sound mashed together to give a good idea of the stuff they do, for A.D.D. people who dont want to wait to get to the epic part, skip to 2:50ish
here's a link to the studio version if you want to hear the guitar better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htGmTJNsOr0The reason they are now my top favorite is that they manned up more than any band I've ever seen. Their 2nd album had a string section on the recording, and instead of pussying out like most bands and using keyboard or a backing recording of the strings, they played LIVE WITH A STRING ORCHESTRA. I was at this show having my mind blown, and the guy next to me recorded it thank god here it is:
Hard to see much since we were so close to the stage, but theres about 10-12 members of the string orchestra, 1 bass, 2 cello, and violas/violins/whatever
Also the second guitarist is lonely over to the right, but he uses an e-bow to sustain his notes and play the guitar like a keyboard almost it is amazing.
I'm sure that because I love it, everyone here's gonna think it sucks but man these guys put on a great fucking show!