All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone is the fifth studio album from Texan post-rock band Explosions in the Sky. It was released on February 20, 2007. Many speculate the album directly references The Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger. The album title, "All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone" is a summarization of the conclusion of The Catcher In The Rye in which the main character Holden advises the reader, "Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody." The album's song titles make allusions to the many themes in the novel having to do with the normality of fear, lack of social stability or place in society, emotional discord, and loneliness.

"This album was recorded in the woods of Minnesota, just outside the town of Cannon Falls. We recorded for ten days and we slept and ate and watched movies in a house about 100 yards away from the recording studio. It was a great place to make an album. Here are a few of the key ingredients:

Dilapidated swimming pool which held no water, a dangerous bonfire fueled by lighter fluid and tended by inexperienced outdoorsmen, a babbling brook, Trailer Park Boys seasons 1 - 5 (and the Christmas special), two hammocks, trails into the forest, wild turkeys, torrential downpours, elaborate breakfasts, the best backporch in the world, a dangerous snake on the loose inside the house, a trip to the Mall of America, a ghost, and a ride on a rollercoaster.

This album was the hardest for us to write. And also the hardest to record. But it's the one that we're most proud of."