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post-rock

post-rock noun: a genre of music which uses rock instrumentation for songs with gradually unfolding structures that depend more on ambience and timbre than melody.

Noun

post-rock (uncountable)

  1. A genre of music which uses rock instrumentation for songs with gradually unfolding structures that depend more on ambience and timbre than melody.

Forms of post-rock

alternative formpost rock
alternative formpostrock

Origin of post-rock

From post- + rock. Coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994).

Questions about post-rock

What does post-rock mean?
Post-rock means a genre of music which uses rock instrumentation for songs with gradually unfolding structures that depend more on ambience and timbre than melody.
What part of speech is post-rock?
Post-rock is a noun.

Words near post-rock in the dictionary

  1. post-revolution
  2. post-revolutionary
  3. post-rider
  4. post-riders
  5. post-road
  6. post-rock
  7. post-Roe
  8. post-romantic
  9. post-scarcity
  10. post-scrutiny
  11. post-season

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