Gastr del Sol was a Chicago band consisting, for most of their career, of David Grubbs and Jim O'Rourke. Between 1993 and 1998 they put out seven albums ranging in genre from post-rock (the scene they were most associated with) to musique concrète. -From Wikipedia
Their output was quite eclectic. On a single album they would have compositions that starkly contrasted each other, some immediately accessible and enjoyable and others that make you earn that enjoyment, others still that can seem purposed to test one's patience. This is a song (Rebecca Sylvester, that is) that is beautiful throughout, I find, but that also holds back a lot. You get a nice pay off at the end as the song opens up, which only lasts for seconds. To me, it is worth it every time, and is one of my favorites from them.
The following song, off of Camofleur, is quite a bit more palatable for nearly any set of ears I am sure. I always felt that the title was so fitting and illustrative and not arbitrary at all. If you listen to this sort of diptych of a song, perhaps you will get the same sort of story and setting from it.
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