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Published on February 23rd 2007
When I heard that Explosions in the Sky sold 50,000 copies of their previous album, the wonderful The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place, I was both surprised and reassured. While the band sticks to a remarkably tried and true formula, they represent the antithesis of what one would imagine to be easily packaged music: songs that run 7-10 minutes, no vocals, blurry press photos. Though they’ve become the poster boys for “post-rock,” the band is really best described as instrumental crescendo rock; each song establishes a delicate melodic pattern, builds on it and then explodes in a wave of muscular distortion.
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Explosions start this album out like a bat out of hell, and seem to keep a good momentum throughout the whole album. Personally I think this is their best effort yet, narrowly besting Earth is not a Dead Cold Place. "the only moment..." is certainly my favorite so far. and thanks for the names you dropped. that's sort of what i was asking for. all of a sudden I miss Jesu first off, naming ten bands is a weak, name-dropping response to that question How is Anchors a tool? Yeah, he name-dropped bands -- people are asking for similar music. Sirens and danperrone, I'm sorry, I am, but you're both wrong here. Try again soon? Anchors is a tool anchors name dropping more bands!!!! this band is great, this release is great Nice Pitchfork snub. Oh yeah. I caught that. To the kid who wants similar bands to this; my only gripe with this album is that some songs are FAR better than others. take the first song and third song for example, none of the others even come close to those. plus the second half of the album is nowhere near as good as the first. kinda surprised brian didnt review hot cross i like how members of lift of experience are posting about their band in the third person That Lift to experience double cd is pretty good. You can definitely hear how Explosions in the Sky were influenced by that band. But in my opinion, any concept record about Texas being the center of Jerusalem is going to kick ass. I love the one part where the band makes a deal with God in exchange for a hit. i really hope that last paragraph is directed toward pitchfork. 6.0 my ass. what happened to that list of other instramental bands? some dude posted a top ten and i just came back to grab the names and it's gone. i don't like it when the internet changes. godspeed you! black emperor, mogwai, moving mountains, do make say think are some similars..... I would check out GodspeedYouBlackEmpeoror!!, MONO, Grails, The Drift This Will Destroy You is an awful, boring band who got their name from EITS's bio since that was what written on their demo tape. A band very similar to EITS is This Will Destroy You for anyone who knows this genre, can you recomend me any other similarly minded bands worth looking into? i just got into this band a month ago or so, but "the world is not a cold dead place" has quickly established itself as one of my favorite records. for anyone who knows this genre, can you recomend me any other similarly minded bands worth looking into? this isn't a blog-buzz band and this record is great. one of the most consistent bands in the past 5-6 years. Thank you explosions in the sky for the beautiful release At a time when punknews-ers seem more critical than ever before, it's awesome to see this be the top review, and be generally well liked. justin broadrick's remix of Pelican's "Angel Tears" is worth far more than a damn. I can't wait to hear his remix from this record. kinda surprised brian didnt review hot cross Good album... Years of punk and hardcore have seriously screwed up my attention span. I can certainly respect what these guys are doing, and admire them as musicians, but in all honesty, it bores the hell out of me. Why are these guys just blowing up now, this is easily their weakest release. Dissapointing to say the least. I guess it's hard to stay creative in this genre. All the songs sound familiar. Also, never quite understood remixes. Has there ever been a remix thats worth a damn? eh, seems kinda boring to me. It sounds like the Ataris review is becoming the Bigwig review for 2007. Is it too early to say that?? Wait wait, danperrone didn't bash it, what the fuck is going on?! On a serious side note this album is impressive as shit I haven't heard all of this cd yet, but it is a damn good cd so far. "..Cold place" was an excellent cd, but something about "...The Truth" always blows my mind when I listen to it. It is my favorite of theirs. I fucking love this band. "no review of the new Ataris???????????? "post rock" ? one of my favorites of the year. if you like this, you'll love DMST's' "You, You're A History In Rust". That is the best post rock album of the year. one of my favorites of the year. no review of the new Ataris???????????? first off, this album is fucking insanely amazing and is the best post rock album since, well...the earth is not a cold dead place amazing band brilliant |
