Meniscus and Lights Out Asia

I like listening to post rock when I go to sleep. The problem is, sometimes the guitars weaving sound scapes, coming to incredible and breath taking crescendos...well they fall on deaf (asleep) ears as I'm out like a light before the first track even finishes. The repetitive nature of post rock songs, combined with my super human ability to utterly pass out in less than 7 seconds (my brother is testament to this - while asking him a question, I fell asleep before he could even answer) has me waking up tangled in headphones and no recollection of the music I had listened to the previous night! 

There are some bands though that keep me awake, staring blankly out into the swarthy cloak placed over the room I knew so well in the daytime. Bands like Lights Out Asia and Meniscus have both had this eye opening power over me, with a brand of post rock that isn't tired and trite. Lights Out Asia, a trio from Milwaukee, Wisconsin released the striking Eyes Like Brontide in August have captured my interest with their blend of post rock that heavily incorporates electronic elements (not quite like 65daysofstatic though) with fresh guitar riffs. Their song writing abilities and sound they achieve just appeal to me and capture my interest, so hopefully you guys will dig em too.

Meniscus hail from Sydney, Australia and bring to the table tribal  and otherwise interesting drumming and heavy, almost metal guitar riffs that one could easily see becoming a song with soaring vocals. I like the way the songs flow on their album 'Absence of I'. The 4 track album is an easy listen and while some guitar riffs have the 'heard that before' stamp written all over them, most of the guitar work is an excellent display of how to use your stomp boxes - from beautifully dialed in delay to crushing distortion, its hard to imagine that all this aural mayhem comes from a 3 piece Down Under.