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San Marcos TX, United States (2005 – present)

This Will Destroy You was formed by guitarists Chris King and Jeremy Galindo, bassist Raymond Brown and drummer Andrew Miller in San Marcos, Texas, in 2005. They had met through mutual friends, and played together in various different bands throughout high school, before the line-up was finalised by around 2002. Early iterations of the band experimented with vocals, sung by Galindo, but after recording some tracks they decided the results were “awful” and didn’t fit in with the rest of their music. The band then tried writing different tracks, one of which was instrumental. Chris King said in an interview with BBC Northern Ireland, “we were … writing different kinds of songs and we wrote one song, and we were like, that works, lets go for it!” The band took it’s name from an early song that they were originally going to call “This Will Destroy You”, but this was rejected for being too pretentious. The band found the name “hilarious”. When asked whether he wished the band had chosen a different name, King said to Rock Sound, “It’s supposed to be a little bit obnoxious. There’s something about people automatically hating you before you play that’s kind of endearing. It gets to the point where it’s over-the-top obnoxious. It’s an attention-grabber and people will check it out I guess. Even if they hate it.”

The band self-recorded and self-produced Young Mountain in 2005. This was intended to be a demo, and was sold as a CD-R after their concerts. The record was well received by critics, including being named one of the best instrumental releases of the year by The Silent Ballet.
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  • gwfaa

    Why I put off listening to Tunnel Blanket for so long I'll never know, great album!

    yesterday afternoon
  • Peth3r

    haha, this really destroyed me at first listen, love

    Tuesday evening
  • muhammadrizka

    One of my favo post-rock artist now !

    Tuesday afternoon
  • evilGnom

    outstanding

    Monday evening
  • Johnny_Vega

    13.04.2012 Concert in Kiev! and only I can do it's make my dream come true)))

    Monday afternoon
  • stvoreque

    1.04.2012 Concert in Paris! I'm so happy! Great!

    Monday afternoon
  • PaperChampion90

    Unlistenable stuff, that latest ambient/drone album. I can't hear no melody, just a mellow flow of background sounds... Wish they could play in the same vein as they did on their S/T EP.

    Sunday afternoon
  • valhalla91

    Come to barcelonaaaaaaaaaaa!

    Saturday evening
  • Saspens

    http://youtu.be/nvwODYtrxRo Black Dunes. Best clip ever for me

    last week
  • Bloodchurn

    "I really don't understand what's so supposedly "childish" or "immature" about Young Mountain and the self-titled. No one would have even suggested that before the drone stuff came out. Anyway, I much prefer the older stuff but I enjoy the drone every once in a while. " - joshuamason42. this. plain and simple, this. one of my favorite bands of all time!

    last week
  • ausweglosigkeit

    amazing.

    last week
  • GarrettGrimsley

    this is some great stuff, awesome

    last week
  • huiva

    please listen http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Joywcs

    12 days ago
  • tributewg

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf4vUUQi0_0

    13 days ago
  • jason1975

    Your show in NYC last night accompanied by the self-conducted orchestra "A Far Cry" was amazing. Thank you TWDY.

    13 days ago
  • joshuamason42

    I really don't understand what's so supposedly "childish" or "immature" about Young Mountain and the self-titled. No one would have even suggested that before the drone stuff came out. Anyway, I much prefer the older stuff but I enjoy the drone every once in a while.

    15 days ago
  • souvlaki258514

    intrumentales enormes

    16 days ago
  • etherinmylungs

    http://prypjatbasementparty.blogspot.com/2012/02/this-will-destroy-you-black-dunes.html New Vid.

    17 days ago
  • willpesh

    Saw 'em last year. They played a pretty drone filled set (and what a set it was!) so I wouldn't hold out for many any tracks from Young Mountain.

    18 days ago
  • home6alien

    What to expect at the gigs? I guess they are doomed to play stuff from the earlier albums, otherwise the gig will run the risk of turning into ambient set. Btw, I respect their jog to purely ambient music, that's so much better than childish post-rock.

    19 days ago
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