post rock

Splitting their time equally between being awesome and being busy, these five good time dudes have been jamming with each other and rolling with safety off for years, exploring the joys of heavy, lo tensile string vibrations and big, clever and funny over-amplification. Constantly losing speed and any contrivance towards motif/refrain induced empathy, they've drawn on the cosmos sustainable feedback resources...

There are several artists named Kodiak: 1) German drone/doom metal band, in action 2008-2012
2) London electronic duo
3) Northern Irish rock band
4) Pennsylvania band
5) US emo band active in the 1990s
6) Glasgow band formed in 2004
7) Canadian world music group 1) Kodiak were a 3 piece Funeral Drone/Doom Metal band. In may 2008 they released their first 2 song cdr via Denovali Records, which was sold out in 2 months.

Stars of the Lid are a band specializing in drone-based ambient music. They list among their influences minimalist and electronic composers such as Arvo Pärt, Zbigniew Preisner, Gavin Bryars, and Henryk Górecki, as well as Talk Talk (both bands have tracks named "Taphead"), post-rock artists Labradford, and ambient innovator Brian Eno. Their music largely consists of beatless soundscapes, composed of droning, effects-treated guitars along with piano, strings, and horns; volume swells and feedback fill the gap of rhythmic instruments, providing dynamic movement within the songs.

Souvaris are a 5 piece intrumental rock band based in Nottingham, UK, comprising of two guitarists, bass, synths and drums. Taken from the official band website (http://www.souvaris.com/who.php): Souvaris is: "Erudite Instrumental Rock Outfit" Five or so people who assembled in a barn in Knebworth, Hertfordshire at the tail end of the year 2000 and have been writing, recording and performing since. A mishearing from a line in ‘Hellraiser 4’.