VICE Exclusive: Listen to Bright Like the Sun's New Post-Rock Song

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VICE Exclusive: Listen to Bright Like the Sun's New Post-Rock Song

The music has all the familiar trappings of the post-rock genre, but the band pulls influences from the Beach Boys to Failure to create something wholly unique.

I it's still a little unclear what the term "post-rock" is supposed to actually mean, but most music deemed part of the genre is melancholic, dramatic, and heavily instrumental. Texas-based band Bright Like the Sun makes music that fits the bill—it's dense and emotive and builds to huge crescendos. But they also pull influences from such disparate sources as the Beach Boys and 90s alternative band Failure to create something wholly unique.

Check out "Smile Wide and Look Alive" and then preorder their new album here.