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Explosions in the Sky
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Austin, United States (1999 – present)
Explosions In The Sky is an American instrumental post-rock band, which formed in Austin, Texas in 1999. Munaf Rayani, Mark Smith, and Michael James had just moved to Austin from Midland, Texas, and drummer Chris Hrasky had just moved to Austin from Rockford, Illinois.
The band quickly gained a reputation for their live shows even amongst other established local bands such as Lift to Experience. They also garnered a small amount of media attention as a result of their second album, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever, due to rumors linking it to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks - The album was released in late August 2001, with liner notes containing a picture of an airplane and the text “This Plane Will Crash Tomorrow”.
“The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place” is their third full-length album (counting “How Strange, Innocence” as their debut, see below). It shows the band has developed their characteristic sound to its full potential and the album has been critically acclaimed.
Friday Night Lights, the football movie based on the book of the same name, featured a soundtrack consisting mostly of songs by Explosions in the Sky, both original (as found on the Friday Night Lights soundtrack ) and from earlier releases. They are also frequently played in the TV-series sharing the name.
The band quickly gained a reputation for their live shows even amongst other established local bands such as Lift to Experience. They also garnered a small amount of media attention as a result of their second album, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever, due to rumors linking it to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks - The album was released in late August 2001, with liner notes containing a picture of an airplane and the text “This Plane Will Crash Tomorrow”.
“The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place” is their third full-length album (counting “How Strange, Innocence” as their debut, see below). It shows the band has developed their characteristic sound to its full potential and the album has been critically acclaimed.
Friday Night Lights, the football movie based on the book of the same name, featured a soundtrack consisting mostly of songs by Explosions in the Sky, both original (as found on the Friday Night Lights soundtrack ) and from earlier releases. They are also frequently played in the TV-series sharing the name.
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All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
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simondewolf wrote:
I'm just going to re-post this. anguyen_th: "Wow, way to immediately dismiss it because it''s mainstream. Do you hate Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire, Phoenix, Beck, Arctic Monkeys, and Animal Collective too?" hahaah.
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GarageMetal468 wrote:
Impossible, they don't have breakdowns and aren't br00tal enough for the scene kids
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Scott_25 wrote:
More post-coital and less post-rock
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Scott_25 wrote:
it's weird how scene kids like this band.
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SigurRens wrote:
@Emiri_Neko: Really?! Wow, your reaction surprised me a lot :-). Because i read many times that people gets a happy feeling because of listening to Explosions. But i think, like you, that it is just the interpretation of music, and there is no discussion possible about a music taste :-)
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agungd88 wrote:
wow i saw them wearing mono tees ... nice!
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nadyaCHUPPY wrote:
EitS!^^
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anguyen_th wrote:
Wow, way to immediately dismiss it because it''s mainstream. Do you hate Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire, Phoenix, Beck, Arctic Monkeys, and Animal Collective too?
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simondewolf wrote:
i just heard you guys on a ford truck commercial. hahahahahaahah. fuck you.
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CoheedHero wrote:
@kuzication- And since post-rock is definitely not an extremely popular genre in mainstream music, we can conclude that EITS make incredibly amazing music.
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InsomniacAttack wrote:
For EitS fans: http://www.myspace.com/charlieshero
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raiNacht wrote:
♥♥
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Emiri_Neko wrote:
@ Rens: I rarely get a happy or loving feeling from Explosions. Maybe from something like Your Hand in Mine. But something like All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone is pretty melancholy to me. But then, I guess everyone interprets music a different way. C:
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Kuzication wrote:
this is now mainstream entry-level postrock. fail.
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jrinredcar wrote:
The sound guy on country file must like this band
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pnott wrote:
Pelican is pretty good, but it's a lot darker and heavier.
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SigurRens wrote:
There are a lot of good post rock bands, but none of them is happy, peacefull, full of love as Explosions. All the others are more 'dark'.
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hgb3488 wrote:
there're a lot of GOOD post-rock bands..but in my opinion none of them are better than explosions in the sky
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dontmakemeatrgt wrote:
There are? Yeah, I get that but EITS is incredibly accessible and they do a fantastic job at timing the climaxes of their songs. Easy to spin 'em whenever.
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dancejjdance wrote:
average post-rock. believe it or not there are A LOT better post-rock bands than explosions.
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