The two bands in question are Talk Talk from London, England and Slint from Louisville, USA. Both released their most significant records around the turn of the 90s. Both are frequently heralded as either the fathers of post-rock or the two most primary influences, and both employed very different approaches in twisting the framework within which they were founded. But most crucially, each foreshadowed the post-rock movement that would spark up in the UK and US in the wake of their demise. In
