Home → Do Make Say Think → Stubborn Persistent Illusions
Stubborn Persistent Illusions
Rock · 2017 · 8 tracks · 1h 0m

Stubborn Persistent Illusions

Do Make Say Think

A masterwork of organic post-rock where dual-drumming and brass arrangements create a restorative, pastoral landscape. Intricate, warm, and deeply human.

May 19, 2017 · Constellation

Find on Amazon

A vibrant, restorative journey that trades post-rock's typical gloom for organic warmth and rhythmic curiosity.

Tracklist · 8 Tracks · 1h 0m
01
d=3.57√h (As Far as the Eye Can See)
7:51
01
War on Torpor
5:24
02
Shlomo's Son
3:44
02
Horripilation
10:27
03
Return, Return Again
7:10
03
A Murder of Thoughts
5:52
04
Bound and Boundless
12:02
05
Her Eyes on the Horizon
8:20
Moments Worth Listening For
The explosive rhythmic shift halfway through Horripilation where the dual drumming locks into a frantic but controlled gallop.
The way the brass section emerges like a sunrise during the final movement of Bound and Boundless.
The delicate, almost folk-like guitar interplay that opens Shlomo's Son before the full band weight settles in.
Reviews
AllMusic
Read review
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Stubborn Persistent Illusions sound next to the rest of Do Make Say Think's catalogue?

Existential+2.2σ

The writing leans far further into existential than the rest of the catalogue.

If you loved this album for itsSound & genre

& Yet & Yet
& Yet & Yet
Do Make Say Think
2002
Other Truths
Other Truths
Do Make Say Think
2009
Other Truths
Other Truths
Do Make Say Think
2009
Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord Is Dead
Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord Is Dead
Do Make Say Think
2000
Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn
Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn
Do Make Say Think
2003

Cassette uses generative AI to enrich its catalog. How we use AI →