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The Daily OrangeSweeping, epic songs create familiar sound on new Explosions album
By Mike Slepian
Posted: 2/19/07, 10:45 PM EST Section: Decibel
Explosions in the Sky
All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Genre: Post-Rock
Sounds Like: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sigur Rós
75 Decibels
The cover of the new Explosions in the Sky album, "All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone," features a ghostly flooded scene. A man in a small boat floats in the water and holds up a lantern in the darkness, illuminating a yellow light onto him and the murky water he overlooks. This painting, reminiscent of Van Gogh's "Starry Night over the Rhone" (the less popular "Starry Night"), sums up the album in one image. The album's quest is the search for that special something, whatever it may be, in the darkness of the world.
Explosions in the Sky plays the sublime music some like to call "post-rock." The compositions are often characterized by long songs with slow build-ups. The melodies are emotional and grand.
This transcendent music is usually from other countries. Sigur Rós is from Iceland, Mogwai is from Scotland and Godspeed You! Black Emperor is from Canada. This is what sets Explosions in the Sky apart; these guys are from Texas. They even did the soundtrack for the movie "Friday Night Lights."
In the stretch of the album, the listener comes across stormy songs with shimmering guitars that transform and expand with each note.
The six tracks on the album are incredibly dramatic. This can be seen in the song titles such as "The Birth and Death of the Day" and "Catastrophe and the Cure." The music parallels the titles. They are also vivid and powerful. The epic songs can start out quiet, progress to become louder and develop to become quiet again.
"All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone" is not much of a departure from the band's last album. It is cut from the same cloth with the only difference being a greater inclusion of piano. Some may be disappointed in the similarity of this album to its predecessor.
"What Do You Go Home To?" successfully implements the newfound piano into the guitar-driven music fans have become accustomed to. It manages to be both beautiful and haunting, while delivering its gleaming instrumentation.
All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Genre: Post-Rock
Sounds Like: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sigur Rós
75 Decibels
The cover of the new Explosions in the Sky album, "All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone," features a ghostly flooded scene. A man in a small boat floats in the water and holds up a lantern in the darkness, illuminating a yellow light onto him and the murky water he overlooks. This painting, reminiscent of Van Gogh's "Starry Night over the Rhone" (the less popular "Starry Night"), sums up the album in one image. The album's quest is the search for that special something, whatever it may be, in the darkness of the world.
Explosions in the Sky plays the sublime music some like to call "post-rock." The compositions are often characterized by long songs with slow build-ups. The melodies are emotional and grand.
This transcendent music is usually from other countries. Sigur Rós is from Iceland, Mogwai is from Scotland and Godspeed You! Black Emperor is from Canada. This is what sets Explosions in the Sky apart; these guys are from Texas. They even did the soundtrack for the movie "Friday Night Lights."
In the stretch of the album, the listener comes across stormy songs with shimmering guitars that transform and expand with each note.
The six tracks on the album are incredibly dramatic. This can be seen in the song titles such as "The Birth and Death of the Day" and "Catastrophe and the Cure." The music parallels the titles. They are also vivid and powerful. The epic songs can start out quiet, progress to become louder and develop to become quiet again.
"All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone" is not much of a departure from the band's last album. It is cut from the same cloth with the only difference being a greater inclusion of piano. Some may be disappointed in the similarity of this album to its predecessor.
"What Do You Go Home To?" successfully implements the newfound piano into the guitar-driven music fans have become accustomed to. It manages to be both beautiful and haunting, while delivering its gleaming instrumentation.
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