Writer David Stubbs also probes space for a suitable poetic image. “My take on this was that the expansive likes of Sonic Youth, Big Black, The Butthole Surfers, and in the UK the likes of AR Kane and (Ireland’s) My Bloody Valentine represented a supernova, or that violent burst of energy you get with a candle just before it goes out,” he says. “To me, they represent the final, flaming moments in the rock narrative. Once that’s done, all that’s left for guitar music is post-rock, which ensued in their wake. For me, there’s a crucial stillness about post-rock – it’s no longer ‘pulsating’. It’s
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