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Recording information: Minnesota (08/2006).
Back in the mid 1990s, when post-rock dominated the indie landscape, instrumental bands offered a sonic vision beyond what they saw to be the tired rock clichés of 4/4 time and G-C-D riffs, but very often negated the simple energy that makes rock so vital in the process. On their second full-length ALL OF A SUDDEN I MISS EVERYONE, Explosions in the Sky do not make such mistakes. The Austin quartet (yes, there are only four of them generating all this sound) take cues from the post-rock era but apply an energetic, improvisational rock approach full of relentless tension and bursts of beauty. The sound of a chamber orchestra afire, ALL OF A SUDDEN I MISS EVERYONE packs a wallop.
There is little middle ground for an instrumental post-rock band like the Austin, TX-based Explosions in the Sky. Endlessly compared to Mogwai -- who can make aggressively angry music when they want to -- this quartet consciously seeks what is meandering and beautiful. If there is a strategy behind their music as revealed by 2001's Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever and 2003's The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place, it's that beauty seeks tension to resolve itself and find itself even in seeming chaos. This music featuring layered guitars, piano, bass, and drums begins with melody and more often than not ends with it, no matter how far from the quiet and even halting lyricism the band wandered into at the beginning. Which raises two questions. First, is All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone different from the other pair of records on Temporary Residence? And, of course, since one must confront the seemingly eternal academically trained analysis and cynicism of the indie world, "Is it necessary?" The answer to both questions is "yes." While the surface of Explosions in the Sky's sonic sense of labyrinthine adventure is similar, the manner in which they get to the center of each piece is not. On "The Birth and Death of the Day," which opens the set, violence and noise are threatened from the beginning with distorted chords, feedback, and big crescendos. Space enters before lyricism here, though harmonically everything resonates as one, and for a moment one thinks that this is a forgotten intro to some lost and found U2 song of yore, but they quickly pass that mark and dig inside the chaos for its roots and branches. "It's Natural to Be Afraid" begins with subtle dissonance and the guitars emerging out of quiet chaos with sounds and pianos playing slowly and contrapuntally. It takes over 13 minutes to wind up, down, and around again, but it's an exercise that is rewarding for a patient listener -- or if you simply want to close your eyes and go with it. "So Long, Lonesome," at under four minutes, closes the set. Its piano lines take a front seat as guitars provide counterpoint and a sonic backdrop, and the tension force field never rises above a four. It's almost a chamber piece. Ultimately, there is real growth here, subtle and unpretentious as it is. All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone is another gorgeous exercise by Explosions in the Sky. How can listeners not need more music by a band that seeks beauty over everything else in its subtly expanding sonic universe? ~ Thom JurekRolling Stone (p.82) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "This Texas band plays instrumental music of huge ambition and swagger, built with a few simple ingredients..."
Spin (p.94) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "This Austin, Texas instrumental combo writes lurching, crashing rock exaltations that are a joy to absorb..."
Entertainment Weekly (p.99) - "[T]he band runs through intricately nuanced compositions with the fervor of an inspired jam session." -- Grade: A-
Q (p.118) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Explosions In The Sky have built a reputation for artfully crafted instrumental epics underpinned by layered crescendos..."
Uncut (p.79) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Their vast, quasi-classical-cum-post-rock symphonies possess a dramatic, crystalline beauty..."
Alternative Press (p.180) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[They] wrestle down the lightning-spirit of loneliness, yearning and hop and cram it onto tape-adding generous helpings of delay and reverb for good measure along the way."
Magnet (p.97) - "[A] masterpiece that flows brilliantly, shifting dynamics with the drop of a guitar pick, covering the full range of emotions and somehow coming back to rest in peaceful, meditative resolution."
CMJ (p.40) - "These tracks are intended to be as ambitious as they are heart-wrenching, and in their experimentation they've come close to classical or jazz's freedom..."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.49) - "[With] symphonic slabs of celestial sound akin to Mogwai -- all foreboding lulls and dramatic crescendos."
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List Price $14.98 (You save $2.79)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Post Rock
Label Temporary Residence, Ltd.
Orig Year 2007
All Time Sales Rank   7046  
CD Universe Part number 7363983
Catalog number 53099
Discs 1
Release Date Feb 20, 2007
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Engineer John Congleton
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Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample1.Birth and Death of the Day, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.Welcome, Ghosts
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.It's Natural to Be Afraid
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.What Do You Gome Home to?
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.Catastrophe and the Cure
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.So Long, Lonesome

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another great effort by EITS. the bombastic crescendos of earlier works have been toned down a bit to create some more evenly tempoed songs of which 2 tracks are absolutely beautiful pieces of music. fans will not be dissappointed.
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