Tortoise > Slint

And Pram?

Explain
I'd argue that they're the best at what early post-rock was all about, and totally set the standard for bands that used atmosphere and experimentation without ever getting into avant-garde wankery

Forgot about Pram, I haven't listened to much of them but I remember the liking the album Helium

>complains about avant-garde wankery
>praises Talk Talk

Talk Talk weren't avant-garde at all, even their jazzy sounds were pretty clean. Their experimental-ness came from the unusual song structures and use of dynamics.

some of the worst opinions i've ever read
to place these bands above slint shows a fundamental misunderstanding of why spiderland is considered so good. Especailly praising fucking mogwai over them - mogwai have absolutely nothing on what slint did

also saying that slint are equal to cerberus shoal again shows a genuine failure of understanding. cerberus shoal for the most part were a normal post hardcore rock band with long songs - can you not tell the difference between the two bands??

you people just don't want your favourite band to be mucore - so you've made yourself like shittier bands more

June of 44 > Slint

someone's upset that others don't like his fav band

Maybe? I still think Tweez is excellent and there are a lot of good parts on Spiderland most noticeably the entirety of Good Morning, Captain.

>Spiderland Internet Defense Force pulls up

I just don't like Slint. I can appreciate that Spiderland influenced other post-rock bands but I think it's not very good musically, the use of soft-loud dynamics feel like a gimmick and the rest is just above-average post-hardcore with uninteresting instrumental sections. Especially when you look at their other work, Spiderland seems like a fluke, compared to something like Spirit of Eden where art rock and jazz were seamlessly melded into a totally unique sounding album.