The 295-page volume features interviews with the main players in the genre, including producer Steve Albini, Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite and Slint's David Pajo.

Chuter says: "I've loved post-rock since my early teens, yet it's always troubled me that none of the existing accounts of post-rock history make any sense whatsoever.

"The internet liberally declares Slint and Talk Talk as the originators of the genre, while quietly glossing over the fact that, sonically, these bands couldn't be further apart.