The last few weeks of trawling has involved hecklerspray dressing up like a Topman mannequin to comply with laws stating that all kids who listen to indie music have to wear skinny jeans and unfunnily-sloganed t-shirts.  

After squeezing in to clothes that prevented us from standing up straight, we’ve decided to return to our typical attire of anoraks and Scope-donated slacks. Who needs to spend hard-earned cash on an outfit when you buy an entire year's worth of clothing for £20 and the unnerving suspicion that the two-piece suit you’re wearing could have been ripped off a corpse. The genre we’re focusing on today in our yet to be award-winning feature doesn’t seem to have any typical associations with image. Whilst emo kids ponce around in black and don tattoos which, they'll eventually realise, won’t rub off with fairy liquid, the music style dubbed Post Rock has no such 'scene' identity. Sketches For Albinos may be an unknown presence in an ever growing genre which we hope will expand.

We’d say that Post Rock isn’t something that has its own rack in HMV, so it’s often difficult to find on a CD or vinyl binge. But maybe for a laugh next time you should go to the dippiest-looking shop assistant and ask them what post rock album they recommend. Watching them squirm and wriggle uncomfortably is always a nasty pleasure we indulge in as they frantically type around on their 1980s-style computer full of records that haven’t been updated in a dog’s age. You know it’s a lost battle when they sheepishly ask you if Pink qualifies. 

So where do you find this post rock malarkey that we are bleating on about? Well, the music boffins in the hecklerspray office will always be willing to tip you off. However, the genre is not as obsolete as what we’re making it out to be. Elements and variations have made the chart. The now-departed Hope Of The States led the way with revolutionary sounds that sadly didn’t click with the British public – after two albums they called it a day. The second and more familiar artist classed as post rock is Sigur Ros. With worldwide fame and glory they are seen by many critics, including ourselves, as one of the best acts in the genre. And they have a tedious link to this weeks featured artist! Both Sigur Ros and Sketches For Albinos hail from the bloody cold – and bloody expensive – Iceland. 

Whilst they both come from the same nation, there is one slight difference between the two acts that makes Sketches For Albinos that little bit more accessible. Sigur Ros have been performing for a long time and throughout their career their songs have all either been sung in Icelandic or a language of the singer's own creation. While it does sound different and is obviously something new – unless you’re a smart arse and speak the lingo – it’s quite hard to understand what’s being sung. Pettier music listeners won’t bother with something they don't understand. With Sketches For Albinos the main difference is that nearly all the music is instrumental, apart from a few pieces of speech. But why no words? Surely most pop tracks need words in them to make for an interesting listen? Well not in this case. The music your about to hear holds its own with it deepening beauty and awe.

If this music was going to fit into your life then it would be at 4am after you come in from a night in the town after spending silly amounts of money on watered-down alcohol in a shit nightclub and then being ripped off by a Polish taxi driver who got lost en route to your house. So after a ropey night, Sketches For Albinos is the ideal music to unwind to. Put this on whilst the sun rises and we guarantee it’s the perfect soundtrack that will make you stop exactly what you're doing. Usually we’d give a brief description of our favourite song on the artist's MySpace page, but we honestly can’t decide on one that stands out. Each track floats and swirls around creating an atmosphere that would calm the angriest situation. But in true hecklerspray style, when we admire something we will plug it all we can! Sketches For Albinos has a debut album out on Monday called The City Is A Liar. Annoyingly, it won't be released on a physical format for a while yet. Curse this technological digital age. After contacting Matt – the entire set up of Sketches For Albinos - about the lack of hard copies, he said: 

“I know what you mean about the hard copies. It's great to have something physical. However there are no plans as such to have it released on CD or vinyl. But next year there should be a 'best of ' thing on imoto records, which will certainly include parts of this album. That will be on CD, but not until next year. There will also be something on vinyl next year. But hey that’s a long time to wait. My first EP is on CD, u can get it here at www.selectadisc.co.uk, and search for Sketches For Albinos.”

So, for now, MP3s will have to do – but hopefully something we can hold and cherish will come out soon. Hopefully Sketches For Albinos will provide to be more popular then Tila Tequila on the MySpace music front. We hope.

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