Explosions in the Sky

feraltrucker5 said:Why hasn't there been any action on this thread since 2004? 😲 🤔

The album The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place is pure genius and honestly, everyone should listen to it at least once. 🙏 That’s all I wanted to say, now we can just ignore this thread for the next six years. 😁

And you're a moderator too 😬 reviving an old thread without saying anything meaningful or getting a warning 🤔 😁 that's some serious favoritism, man 🙂

Music that’s somehow even more tedious than silence🙏 🙏 🙏

feraltrucker5 said:Why hasn't there been any action on this thread since 2004? 😲 🤔

The album The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place is pure genius—honestly, everyone should be listening to it. 🙏 That’s all I wanted to say; now we can just ignore this thread for the next six years. 😁

Let's not ignore the thread for six years, though, because a new album is dropping soon 😉
specifically on April 25th!
http://www.vimeo.com/19149133

taka Care, taka Care, taka Care
taka Care tracks:
1. Last Known Surroundings
2. human Qualities
3. Trembling Hands
4. be Comfortable, Creature
5. Postcard fra 1952
6. let me Back in Ah Lala

ah lala 🤣

🤣
What would you even say about the Steve Roach Quote regarding Structures from Silence 😁
?

Ethan Bailey5 said:let me Back in Ah Lala 🤣

Well, at least he’s got a sense of humor! 😁

I mean, track titles are usually pretty terrible anyway, right? 👍

urbannomad30 said:Ugh, I absolutely loathe this whole "I know better than you, but I'm just not going to tell you" attitude. 🙂
🙂

Look, man, everyone just posts according to what they can manage at the moment. It’s not his fault. 😁

Jason Richardson5 said:And you're a moderator too, 😬 digging up some ancient thread where you don't even contribute anything and somehow dodge a warning card 🤔 😁—that's called special treatment, buddy. 🙂

My post was actually incredibly important; it breathed life back into this long-dead thread and got people talking again. You clearly have no clue what's going on here. 🙂

Kevin Chavez3 said:music that's somehow even more boring than total silence🙏 🙏 🙏

Punk. Purely Punk. ☕

Ethan Bailey5 said:let's not just ignore the topic after six years, especially since there's a new album dropping any minute now😉
specifically on April 25th!

👋 👋

It feels like they built these tracks around specific climaxes, then immediately watered them down just so they wouldn't come off sounding cheap. 🤷

I don't know, maybe they’ll grow on me if I actually sit down and listen to them more—all I can remember right now is how mostly just boring they felt...

feraltrucker5 said:Pure nonsense. ☕

👋 👋

heheh... honestly, I actually find his "dislike" for that band kind of charming 🤣
I wonder how he'd react to the series 'Friday Night Lights'—you know, the one where Explosions in the Sky did the entire soundtrack and they're playing constantly, plus 'Your Hand in Mine' is basically the theme song😍
along with a few other killer bands, including those poor bastards😍
the whole show is centered around American football😁

feraltrucker5 said:Look, give him a break. Everyone posts based on what they actually know. It’s not his fault. 😁

HAHA, hilarious! Seriously? Gybe is lightyears ahead of EITS, and don't even get me started on Sigur Rós. Then you've got Slint, who basically redefined the genre and puts any other band to shame—plus Tortoise, Mogwai, and my personal emotional heavyweight, Gregor Samsa. We also have If These Trees Could Talk. And I should probably throw in Suffocate, because for God's sake, they probably have the best post-rock album ever made. I could easily list plenty of post-rock bands that incorporate screaming, but then again, that wouldn't be "PURE" post-rock.

Not to mention Have a Nice Life, whose Deathconsciousness is arguably the greatest album of all time.

Ethan Bailey5 said:American Football

Top-tier band.

Roger Newman50 said:"Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever" hits way harder.
Yasmin The Light and The Moon is Down are basically anthems at this point. Honestly, everything from Explosions in the Sky after that just doesn't quite hit the same.

Totally agree.

I mean, just look at Envy☕

^
Gregor Samsa had this one track on repeat for me back in '07—it goes like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEs4wqUvIFQ
Regarding that post-punk sound with vocals, I’d definitely suggest checking out EF and their album Give Me Beauty... or give me death.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWDWuz5ZZYg

Gybe is honestly overrated garbage ☕

Jason Richardson5 said:honestly, gybe is just overrated garbage☕

Man, I hate to say it, but I actually have to agree with you on this one😬

yep, you got it 👍

yeah, heavy cream

I honestly can't tell if I've finally lost my mind or if I'm just not used to things being this concise—maybe the track really is just that incredible? Either way, I’ve already blasted the new Trembling Hands 🙏
five times in a row since first hearing it!

Anyway, I totally blanked on sending this earlier, so here goes:
Could someone please explain this whole "sludgy" or "cheap" label? (I feel like people throw similar critiques at the entire post-rock 🙄 genre). Thanks!

GY!BE isn't really the point here, though there are some similarities... but those guys use a million strings and seem way more pretentious. Honestly, Have You Passed Through This Night? doesn't even come close to Dead Flag Blues or Providence..

I've heard people mention Friday Night Lights, but I have no clue what it's actually about or what the vibe is. Does it even fit the music? 😁

urbannomad30 said:I don't know if I'm losing my mind or if I'm just not used to things being this concise, but maybe the track really is just that good. I've already played this new Trembling Hands five times in a row right after hearing it once. 🙏

It feels just like that early Panera vibe.
It's different. I mean, I like it, but I guess I can't quite form an actual opinion yet.

It’s just me. That's all there is.

urbannomad30 Asks:
GY!BE isn't really the topic here, but I guess there are some similarities... though GY!BE has a million guitars and they're way more pretentious. Have You Passed Through This Night? doesn't even come close to Dead Flag Blues or Providence.

Does anyone else actually have that much free time to burn on a single GYBE? I guess not. 😢

I guess for those slower, ambient Mono vibes, I’d go with Explosions in the Sky, but if you need something fast and driving, EITS is the move.
the birth and death of day is love 😢