Song recommendations that build slowly and turn into something amazing

Submitted by mklaxer t3_11bdhff in Music

Like the title says, I'm looking for songs that start off slow and continue to build throughout to an incredible crescendo. I really enjoy songs like EOB - Brasil, and Phoenix - Love like a Sunset pt 1, as well as many LCD Soundsystem songs that have great transitions / buildups. I’m open to any and all recommendation you might have!

EDIT: Thank you to everyone who gave recommendations. Still working my way through them, but man you all killed it! Going to have a phenomenal playlist after this.

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ValvanHNW t1_j9xcvow wrote

Swans - To Be Kind (the whole album)

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Sabonis86 t1_j9xd13s wrote

Cult of Luna-Vicarious Redemption.

It's 18 minutes long and quite the ride.

Also Neurosis-Away is another good one.

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HugelyOvercooked t1_j9xdbgp wrote

LONG SEASON by The Fishmans. Huge amount of buildup to the last few minutes.

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JonMatrix t1_j9xebq6 wrote

Deliverance by Opeth. I know the extreme vocals aren’t for everyone, but just give it time, you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

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Lunicyl t1_j9xfdl9 wrote

Massive Bereavement - Oceansize

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Renclothes t1_j9xflww wrote

First Wave Intact by Secret Machines

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hangryhyax t1_j9xfp1q wrote

Bad Astronaut - San Francisco Serenade

It’s a nice sounding but fairly simple sounding song, and then… probably my favorite bridge/final verse of all time.

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4-mo t1_j9xhf0r wrote

Strobe- Deadmau5

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ivorydazeus t1_j9xl16e wrote

Soma - Smashing Pumpkins

Or

February Stars - Foo Fighters

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prestron t1_j9xlrsw wrote

Please try The Number One Song In Heaven by Sparks. The song is awesome and goes into double speed after setting its self up. Also, if you like LCD Soundsystem I'll bet you'll like the whole album.

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mikeldmv t1_j9xnzd0 wrote

Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Atom Heart Mother Suite, Echoes - Pink Floyd

Edge of Darkness by Eric Clapton with a full orchestra

Dondante and Run Thru by My Morning Jacket, from Okonokos

The Eleven, Dark Star - The Grateful Dead. Anything from ‘67-‘72, for me

Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

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moorhsat t1_j9xor25 wrote

most great radiohead songs—how to disappear completely, all i need, paranoid android, street spirit, tinker tailor, let down, weird fishes, lucky, ful stop

alternatively, lana del rey (more conventional structures but amazing peaks)—old money, shades of cool, living legend, if you lie down with me, off to the races, heroin

yes i have a type

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DigiornoJoestar t1_j9xqm4d wrote

Heaven by Daisuke Ishiwatari

Icarus by Daisuke Ishiwatari

The First Step by Will Wood

One Big Beautiful Sound by Johnny Manchild

Lily by Daisuke Ishiwatari

Heard Somebody Cry by Oingo Boingo

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seasonofthewitch_ t1_j9xs7nk wrote

Parting of the sensory by modest mouse

Big god and daffodil by Florence and the machine

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PreviousLife7051 t1_j9xuru9 wrote

Camel - Slow Yourself Down

Caravan - Nine Feet Underground and For Richard

Nektar - A Tab in the Ocean

Eloy - The Light From a Deep Darkness

Rare Bird - Epic Forest

Riverside - The Same River and The Curtain Falls

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InsomniaTwoSeven t1_j9y33jv wrote

Flip by Glass Animals

TrusT by half•alive

Anathema by twenty one pilots

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DillSk1n2 t1_j9y3gcu wrote

More Than You Know- Adestria Voice of the Soul- Death Pink Mist- Greyscale Season Valentines Day- Linkin Park

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mfirdaus_96 t1_j9y49sm wrote

The entirety of Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed! You Black Emperor. My favourites are the opening of Storm & "World Police and Friendly Fire" section in Static

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mycatsnameisnoodle t1_j9y5w1o wrote

Mladic by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Evening Over Rooftops by The Edgar Broughton Band

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ANKhurley t1_j9y5yi7 wrote

Everything Louder Than Everything Else by Quiet Company

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Cam025 t1_j9y8gzn wrote

Venice Queen - RHCP

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BudBuzz t1_j9y8klj wrote

Halcyon (Beautiful Days) by Mono

Sycamore by Caspian

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jimmypizzlay t1_j9yd2ct wrote

MewithoutYou - The King Beetle On a Coconut Estate, very different to the examples you gave but it's massive at the end and it's a great story.

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foxman276 t1_j9yi3sh wrote

Tower of Babel - Elton John. No better example in my experience.

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DarkStar860 t1_j9yideg wrote

I Love You, I'm Going To Blow Up Your School by Mogwai

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darladuckworth t1_j9yllte wrote

Touch me I’m going to scream pt 2 by my morning jacket

You always say goodnight by the Juliana theory

Mariners revenge song by the decemberists

Trees by twenty one pilots

Brother sport by animal collective

Keep yourself warm by frightened rabbit

Outro by m83

Holocene by bon iver

Slip away by perfume genius

3 libras by a perfect circle

Up against the wall by Peter bjorn and John

Skeletons by yeah yeah yeahs

Lazy eye by silver sun pickups

Only in dreams by weezer

I like songs like that too.

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Williams_Theme t1_j9yshbj wrote

Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
Oh You Pretty Things - David Bowie
Me and Your Mama - Childish Gambino
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac

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theITguy t1_j9yv63c wrote

Black Keys - Little Black Submarine

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Baumer22 t1_j9yw5wa wrote

Where the Streets have No Name - U2

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Theher0not t1_j9yxbbh wrote

Too Tired to Run - Cain's Offering is probably my favourite. The build up, the climax and the ending all comes together to make it really powerful.

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nrvnkrtc t1_j9yxchp wrote

Greet Death by Explosions in the Sky.... Song is amazing... It's instrumental.... But it's definitely worth a listen

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debugaderad t1_j9z145n wrote

I'm not sure if someone here has already commented these or not, but here you go:

Arriving somewhere but not here -Porcupine Tree

To bid you farewell -Opeth

Parabol+Parabola -TOOL

Shine on you crazy diamond -Pink Floyd

Fade to black, One, Nothing else matters, To live is to die -Metallica

Found god in a tomato -Psychedelic porn crumpets

Asteroids -Maha Sohona

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FredCo1s t1_j9z3dfa wrote

Try "After The Flood" by Talk Talk

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royally- t1_j9z6wja wrote

One by Metallica, I served and it still brings a tear to my eye when I hear it.

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SquirrelSanctuary t1_j9zci09 wrote

La Villa Strangiato - Rush

Sweet Disposition - Temper Trap

Octavarium - Dream Theater

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GorgenShit t1_j9zfmub wrote

I will possess your heart by Deathcab for Cutie, all eight glorious minutes of it, not some bullshit radio edit

goodnight, travel well by The Killers

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PaulEMoz t1_j9zl1v6 wrote

Edge of the World by Lovebites is a nice journey to take. The live 2020 video is probably the best version.

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paprartillery t1_j9zll1v wrote

Pink Floyd - High Hopes, from PULSE. The orchestra just...damn.

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bartpieters t1_j9zxyft wrote

This version of Feeling Good by Angelina Jordan has a beautiful build up and big grand finale.

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Truckfighta t1_j9zycox wrote

Infected Mushroom - Ani Mevushal

  • Stretched

  • Suliman

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AgeOfFlyingSharks t1_ja0fzbe wrote

Nick Cave - Jubilee Street. Crescendo makes the hair on my neck point upwards every time

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Buttender t1_ja0ygme wrote

Of Montreal - The Past is a Grotesque Animal

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NofuStirfry t1_ja11pnk wrote

The Funeral or The Great Salt Lake - Band of Horses

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[deleted] t1_ja1flce wrote

The Flood by Kevin Godley & Lol Creme. It starts out with sound of someone brushing their teeth, but not turning the tap off properly as they leave the room. Starting as a drip, but slowly building as waves and eventually builds into a live concert. It's from their triple concept album called Consequences

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HellTrain72 t1_ja1thu9 wrote

The Little Things Give You Away - Linkin Park

But, Honestly - Foo Fighters

Lateralus - Tool

No Time For Caution - Hans Zimmer

One - Metallica

Time - Hans Zimmer

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Adorable_Ad_6137 t1_ja1uxgc wrote

Mountain at my Gates - Foals, the drums at the end are an ecstatic vision

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knozgrul t1_ja1xo9s wrote

not really a fan of theirs, but : paramore - future. fucking song is killer.

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Raspberry_Riot t1_ja264t1 wrote

Isaac Hayes cover of walk on by - builds to the most epic psych funk wig out

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BrokenBetazoid t1_ja30be5 wrote

Son Lux - Stand

You start getting used to Lott's rhythmic psalm-like chant, the soft keys and the gradual addition of new sonic layers. An uncertainty creeps up on you as the song is reduced to a low warble. Then it slams you in the face with a deafening wall of glitched frantic drum beats, high-pitched operatic singing, and melodies that threaten to drown the singer out. The storm does pass, only to return again later, but Lott continues his chant, never wavering.

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