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Is there a difference between post rock and mathrock?
| listen to more music from both genres
there's overlap sometimes but they couldn't be more different otherwise
| Post-rock seems more ambient and focused on atmosphere. Math rock seems like some weird form of neo-prog.
| They both sorta fill the entire space with riffs, but I don't see any other similarity?
| It's a huge difference. Math rock has weird time signatures and sometimes weird chords, but it's not a requirement. Post rock usually has a lot of big crescendos and varying instrumentation, and is usually more spacious and drawn out, with some ambient-influence. Listen to Tera Melos - 40 Rods To The Hogs Head (math) and then 65daysofstatic - The Undertow (post) and compare for yourself. Also, I recommend World's End Girlfriend - The Lie Lay Land and Toe - For Long Tomorrow.
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| I just got into both genres and I love them but they sound very similar to each other, the only difference I see is that post rock is maybe a bit more ambient