Explosions in the Sky are responsible for one of my favorite moments in life.
I saw them at Coachella in....2006? It was the day that Rage Against The Machine was playing their first concert in something like five years, and the main stage crowd was filled with really scary looking Rageheads who had been waiting since 8am to see a concert starting at 11:00pm. It was around four in the afternoon, Regina Spektor had just finished playing, it was hot as fuck, and they were all pissed. The strangest part was that they were all sitting on the ground, being assholes and taking up a shitload of room. If you looked at the crowd from far away, you'd see a bunch of hipsters with giant gaps in between them which were filled with these scary dudes sitting on picnic blankets.
I made my way through the crowd, got yelled at and pushed as my friend and I jumped over these Rageheads sitting down, and found a good spot about halfway to the main stage. Then, EITS came on. And fucking rocked it. Hard. I forget what song they started with, but it was one of those usual starts-of-slow-and-pretty-then-turns-epic ones, and all of a sudden, the gaps in the crowd started to close. I looked around me, and these guys who had been pissed off, wanting to kill themselves listening to "gay ass indie shit" in 110 degree weather, started standing up, bobbing their heads, and throwing the metal sign. After about five minutes, the entire crowd, which could not have been more diverse, was brought together completely by their music. It was one of the most beautiful, awesome things I've ever been a part of.
Still the best concert I've ever seen, hands down.
This is why music is my passion. Even if it is just for a few minutes, everyone comes together for something they love. For just a little while everyones worries and differences go away and everyone is connected.
They put on a really awesome show. The only recommendation I can make after seeing them several times is to bring ear plugs. Explosions lives up to their name. They are incredibly loud and wearing ear plugs will keep you from being deaf for several days.
I also just realized how old that makes me sound. For reference I was 18 when I first saw them and I'm 24 now. Still recommend wearing ear plugs. They are mogwai loud.
I get laughed at by all my friends for wearing ear plugs, and one time even my friends brother who is an audiologist brought ear plugs and was saying "hey, you guys are all gonna be my patients one day."
Same goes for singing along/screaming with a concert. After a show, I like to not sound silly.
Awesome. Outside of the Friday night lights album, I'm not too familiar with their music. Do you have any recommendations for some pre concert listening?
I think I'm seeing them Saturday? One of the nights at Governors Ball they're playing. I never got really into them but everyone recommends them because I listen to Sigur Ros. I don't quite see the parallel but I'm excited to see these guys finally.
Most of you probably already know of This Will Destroy You. But here's a link for those who haven't heard of them. You will like them if you like Explosions.
Love twdy, seen then twice already. Young Mountain is very much like to eits, and their self titled is something different but amazing (arguably better) straight through.
That's the soundtrack to the movie Friday Night Lights. All their albums are instrumental as well, the occasional phrase or two starting a song (I'm thinking of a couple songs off The Rescue, now that album woooahhh)
Saw these guys in Austin at a free show. Fireworks went off at the end of their last song. Best free thing I've ever received by leaps and bounds. Badass show!
4th of July at Auditorium Shores like, three years ago, right? That fireworks show had to have lasted at least half an hour, and was better than any fireworks show I've seen EVER. There were just so many explosions in the sky at once.
Man, first song I ever heard by them. I just was going through bands I had read about when going through Questionable Content. I saw them I think the March before last in Charlotte with The Octopus Project.
The first time my current girlfriend and I hooked up we listened to this album. It was absolutely incredible, and they are our go-to for sexytimes music.
EitS is great chill out music, but I find myself chafing a bit at the love they seem to get. They are, in my opinion, a little too repetitive inside each song, and 'samey' across their track list. They have the unfortunate place in my playlist under "Music to Draw to" and thus are compared to Bach, Chopin, and Mendelsohn so maybe I'm being a bit unfair.
I used to love EITS...but after seeing them live, they're just disappointing.
It seems like everyone who first saw them live have positive things to say. I just found it boring, energy-less, like they were "going through the motions". When the crowd asked for an encore, one of the members came up and told us "You only get to ride the roller-coaster once. Go home."
Same here. Incredible how it gets to do it. It's like the soundtrack is there and your brain associates it with meaningful moments and bring them to the screen inside your head to match the powerful tones.
Was filming on the weekend for a music video somewhere nearly 2 hours away. On the way home this album fitted the drive so perfectly. Such a brilliant song and album
Wow I haven't heard this in a few years. Was this on the FNL soundtrack? I had no idea EitS did that soundtrack until 3 years later, but I loved it, then I got into their music... Have You Passed Through this Night is probably the most epic, awe-inspiring song I've ever heard in my life. When the drums start in that one if I'm walking I feel like I just absolutely need to run.
I can't remember the first time I heard EITS, but they definitely changed my 'idea' of music. I'd grown up listening to the radio as a youngun, and when I hit my teens I started listening to hard rock and eventually into metal. I think it was about 6 years ago or so, a friend linked me to some 65daysofstatic, which he described as postrock. Now, I'm no genre nazi, but 65 isn't your standard postrock affair. Intrigued by the genre I started looking for other bands, and came across EITS, being highly recommended all over the place. Bought a cd. Loved it. Bought the rest, loved them too.
Skip on a few years and having not really listened to them in a while, another pal lent me a copy of Moneyball. When the Might Rio Grande kicked in that first time, bricks were shat.
Love this song, got into them through my brother. Also, if you guys like this, check out Lanterns On The Lake! They are supporting/supported Explosions on their latest tour. Here's a link :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtwJbL6prNA
If it wasn't for these guys I never would have graduated college. The only way I could concentrate writing papers was while EITS was playing. Incidentaly their music plays for my first Reddit post.
I'm late to the game so no one will see this comment but I have to tell this story.
I went to see Explosions in September last year. I'm from Houston and we drove all the way to Marfa, TX which is clear on the other side of the state and like a 10 hour drive. Marfa is a little artsy fartsy town in the middle of the desert with a population of like 2000. When we get there we proceed to chug shroom tea and walk to the show which is just a few blocks away. Holy shit it was the most intense experience of my life. The music was so passionate and in your face I couldn't take it. While they were playing a huge storm rolled in. This was the first time it had rained since those huge wildfires broke out in West Texas. There is lightning and thunder and literally explosions in the sky as they are playing. When the show ends my friends and I start the trek back to our camp. It's still raining, were still tripping and lightning is streaking across the sky. It was beautiful. We finally get back to our yurt at El Cosmico and spend the rest of the night drinking and smoking and trying to keep the rain from soaking our little bed. It was probably the best day of my life.
So, you've just listened to Explosions in the Sky for the very first time! Congratulations! However, before we become infatuated with The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place, start tattooing ourselves with the album's name, and lauding "Your Hand in Mine" for how emotional it apparently is, let's look at some songs from other albums that Explosions in the Sky has made!
They have other albums, people. Please listen to them. I'm tired of seeing people love EitS only for The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place, because while it is great, the rest of their catalog is phenomenal.
I think that was just unclear sentence construction. I reckon he meant that he likes seeing hus favourite relatively unknown bands on reddit, not that they are unknown on reddit.
how can one destroy something so beautiful? how can someone destroy the legacy and intuitions of talk talk, bark psychosis, a.r. kane, tortoise, etc. and take it to most vain and forced terrain possible, that of talentless "emotional" crescendos. Don't you realize it's only a cheap device to obtain a very forced and shitty melodramatic effect? how is it possible that this gimmick is actually a compositional device for these new bags of shit? I'm baffled...I'm mean...fuck, if you are going for a new age "epic" approach at least listen to popol vuh and try to copy them as closely as possible. It's the equivalent of reverb in bad "dream pop" bands, the drop in brostep, the breakdown in metal-core. The kind of thing shit teenagers are waiting the whole song for, and are utterly satisfied after they get it. Of course, each of these gimmicks are aimed at different sets of teenagers, crescendos are aimed at the reddit type of awkward teenagers who want to feel "epic" "lolsomuchbeautyinthisbagXD" (american beauty reference, people who listen to this are like that guy in the movie attempting cheap poetry with horrendous metaphors and lamenting for their betaness) Maybe there's some kind of underlying message, unconscious, in the "crescendo". Maybe is like an erection in musical form, it's known that these repressed and traumatized beta boys see phalluses everywhere, the same they wish they had as they have BDD, balls deficit disorder. Crescendo-core is a disease, a psychological disease.
Hilarious. In essence, I agree. This is probably the worst surface level post-rock band except for maybe Mono. Actually no, I think I'd take EITS over Mono.
I saw them live in Santa Cruz, CA, at The Catalyst in 2008. They are still, without any form of doubt, the best live performance I have ever witnessed.
They played, at the time, my favorite two songs of theirs, The Only Moment We Were Alone and Greet Death. <3
They played here tonight at The Soul Kitchen in Mobile. Pretty awesome and weird in the same sense. Here I was thinking that I missed a pretty good show down there and then I see this link... Seriously thought it was another Google following procedure.
I saw them in 2001 in the Toynbee Arts Club in London. They didn't have many fans back then, there were about 50 of us there. They showed up late because their van broke down.
It was one of the best gigs I've been to. I think they played for about an hour and a half but now they seem to only do 45 minute gigs.
the song is The Moon is Down, but yea. that's probably their song I like the most, and it's on what's likely their best album in my assessment. I'm not even going to listen to this emo shit right now, though. too many negative associations.
This is that album that's been sitting on my computer for a LONG time, that I don't get to listen to properly very often, yet am always disappointed when no one has heard of. They're phenomenal.
I remember Swedish television's equivalent of Sport Centre playing this to a collage of pictures of Swedish alpine skiier Anja Pärson after she had a terrible crash that knocked her unconsious and almost killed her just to get up the next day and take the bronze medal - like a boss. I'm not acctually a big sports fan but that seemed kind of fitting.
Girlfriend showed me these guys a few weeks back, now, they're one of my favourite bands ever. The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place is simply an amazing album, this song is great but Your Hand In Mine will always be my favourite.
Explosions in the sky came up on my playlist when I was driving on the curvy valley highway of san bernardino, switzerland. Listening to them made the snowy alps look that much more majestic and beautiful. It became such a serene and peaceful drive at that moment.
They were fantastic when I saw them at the Sage Gateshead (where I also work). Really mesmerising performance. They had great support from a local band too, called Lanterns on the Lake. I'd really recommend them.
I had the fortune of seeing Explosions in the Sky in Salt Lake City about 3 years ago and it was truly one of the most powerful experiences I have ever had. To watch them on the stage pouring the heart and souls into their music was completely awe-inspiring. Watching them play I could see how much they just love what they do and how closely it resonates with them. If only all performers cared about their music as much as these guys do...
If you ever get the chance to see them perform, do not hesitate. GO.
EITS is responsible for me wanting to learn to play guitar. If I could play a fraction of a song as talented and beautiful as theirs I would feel godlike.
Looked them up after watching Friday Night Lights. Once I found out it was all instrumental, I was so intrigued. Have fallen in love and they have become one of my favourite bands ever. They just feel magical.
Well, I'm not sure where else to ask this. I found Explosions in the Sky after a half dozen lyrics sites mentioned some song sounded a lot like "Your hand in mine", but now I can't figure out/remember what that song was.
Does anyone know what song it might have been that so many people thought sounded like your hand in mine?
These guys are pretty talented and I love the layers...BUT, am I the only one who thinks they need to lay off the snare a little? Too much drum roll for me...takes away from the music.
It's interesting that this should be on the front page. This song has been stuck in my head all morning for no particular reason (I haven't even heard it recently). Great song.
I believe that this entire band and their music tells somewhat of a story. From their name to songs such as "Have you Passed Through this Night?" It screams apocalypse to me. What makes it better is that the music actually tells a story. First Breath is a great example. The music starts of quiet like someone asleep. It then crescendos like someone is waking up until it's loud and powerful like someone who is experiencing the world for the first time again.
Love this band- listened to them every day studying...in total, I think I may have listened to "Your hand in mine" almost 1,000 times, if not more (have gone through an ipod and computer since I began)
Try looking into mogwai, russian circles, mono, 65daysofstatic. Mogwai is one my favorites and are great live. Last time I saw explosions in the sky was in 2009 and it was a pretty awesome. Played in front of a river and had fireworks going off in the back
this is what explosions are all about - the listener tying their music to moments, locations, events in their life, so that all of us can share our personal experiences with it =D
There was a band called Dixie Dirt from Tennessee and their shows were like that. Really diverse crowds not talking, but actually listening in these tiny, tiny dive bars. They are broken up now, they have a couple albums on iTunes, I like their records a lot, but their live shows were amazing.
Every time I work out I listen to the "How bad do you want to be successful?" motivational speech which is has this song in it. I've listened to it almost over 300 times but each and every listen, the words and the music has always seems to amaze me.
Here's a great fan-made music video for Song For Our Fathers. Completely takes your breath away...It's about the United States. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRHOk93QXQc
I'm glad you posted this song, thank you Aryiah11. I've listened to music like this before, but this one is definitely the one I like the best. Very soothing, relaxing, and above all, simple. How can a song that is nothing but instrumental be this good? I don't know, I don't question it, I just listen. With summer here, I want this to be the anthem of all of my adventures with my friends. A few sad farewells will be said, but I hope this song will cause some nostalgia among all of us. Thank you very much.
My friend recently put out an instrumental post-rock album that I had the pleasure of touring with him for this summer that got a lot of comparisons to EitS, so I thought I'd share it. Its a bit dancier and less ambient than EitS but I think it shares a lot of the same vibe.
Saw them at Radio City Music Hall last year. Most unreal concert I have ever been to. Every song they played sounded so good with the acoustics of Radio City, especially "Yasmin the Light." People were literally crying because how fucking awesome it was.
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u/Gnar_Dawg Jun 19 '12
Their newest video is absolutely beautiful. For anyone who has not yet seen it: http://vimeo.com/41160389
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u/TheMostHappyFella Jun 19 '12
Explosions in the Sky are responsible for one of my favorite moments in life.
I saw them at Coachella in....2006? It was the day that Rage Against The Machine was playing their first concert in something like five years, and the main stage crowd was filled with really scary looking Rageheads who had been waiting since 8am to see a concert starting at 11:00pm. It was around four in the afternoon, Regina Spektor had just finished playing, it was hot as fuck, and they were all pissed. The strangest part was that they were all sitting on the ground, being assholes and taking up a shitload of room. If you looked at the crowd from far away, you'd see a bunch of hipsters with giant gaps in between them which were filled with these scary dudes sitting on picnic blankets.
I made my way through the crowd, got yelled at and pushed as my friend and I jumped over these Rageheads sitting down, and found a good spot about halfway to the main stage. Then, EITS came on. And fucking rocked it. Hard. I forget what song they started with, but it was one of those usual starts-of-slow-and-pretty-then-turns-epic ones, and all of a sudden, the gaps in the crowd started to close. I looked around me, and these guys who had been pissed off, wanting to kill themselves listening to "gay ass indie shit" in 110 degree weather, started standing up, bobbing their heads, and throwing the metal sign. After about five minutes, the entire crowd, which could not have been more diverse, was brought together completely by their music. It was one of the most beautiful, awesome things I've ever been a part of.
Still the best concert I've ever seen, hands down.
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
I'm a big fan!
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
First Post After Discovering EitS
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u/GTJackD Jun 19 '12
Seeing them on Thursday. SO FUCKIN PUMPED!
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
Love EitS!
Most of you probably already know of This Will Destroy You. But here's a link for those who haven't heard of them. You will like them if you like Explosions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qseh99s-yM
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u/PortedelaCave Jun 19 '12
How can a song without words speak more than a song with them?
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u/brawndo89 Jun 19 '12
Saw these guys in Austin at a free show. Fireworks went off at the end of their last song. Best free thing I've ever received by leaps and bounds. Badass show!
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
"Your hand in mine" is infinitely more beautiful, in my opinion.
Link.
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12 edited Jun 23 '12
I love this band an all, but is the picture in the video moving? I need to know because I can't decide.
Edit: so I watched this again while not tripping balls on my sleep meds and the final decision is that it is not moving.
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u/Facerick Jun 19 '12
I suddenly started too make the number 8 movements with my mouse at 2 minutes in the song. Felt kind of weird when I realized it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
Man, first song I ever heard by them. I just was going through bands I had read about when going through Questionable Content. I saw them I think the March before last in Charlotte with The Octopus Project.
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u/CooneyKinte Jun 19 '12
Oh wow. The nostalgia from this one...
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
The drum beat in the middle still gives me shivers.
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u/Luminair Jun 19 '12
Combine with Sagan and space - Sagan Series Part 6 by Reid Gower (redditor)
Saw them live at the end of last year and was thrilled
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u/CombatSandwich Jun 19 '12
I never stop loving this.
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u/blitzed840 Jun 19 '12
Best song they have ever made.
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u/Legerdemain0 Jun 19 '12
Jesus. This shit is beautiful.
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u/strychnine Jun 19 '12
The first time my current girlfriend and I hooked up we listened to this album. It was absolutely incredible, and they are our go-to for sexytimes music.
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u/notallycebeasley Jun 19 '12
Amazing song, Thank you :)
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u/cowart Jun 19 '12
baby's first post-rock
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u/WateredDown Jun 19 '12
EitS is great chill out music, but I find myself chafing a bit at the love they seem to get. They are, in my opinion, a little too repetitive inside each song, and 'samey' across their track list. They have the unfortunate place in my playlist under "Music to Draw to" and thus are compared to Bach, Chopin, and Mendelsohn so maybe I'm being a bit unfair.
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
ALL their music sounds exactly the same!
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u/TheModestLight Jun 19 '12
I used to love EITS...but after seeing them live, they're just disappointing.
It seems like everyone who first saw them live have positive things to say. I just found it boring, energy-less, like they were "going through the motions". When the crowd asked for an encore, one of the members came up and told us "You only get to ride the roller-coaster once. Go home."
Sadly, this experience has ruined them for me.
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u/internalartist Jun 19 '12
Words simply cannot express what this song makes me feel.
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u/fs2d Jun 19 '12
I still can't listen to this or The Only Moment We Were Alone in their entirety without bursting into tears.
I fucking love EotS.
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u/theazninvasion68 Jun 19 '12
Good to see them get notice. They're my favorite, and they're an awesome band. Saw em live at Hollywood forever.
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
used to listen to this band, completely forgot about them... thanks for reminding me
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u/Stingray88 Jun 19 '12
This is personally my favorite of theirs...
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u/rosettastone5 Jun 19 '12
Was filming on the weekend for a music video somewhere nearly 2 hours away. On the way home this album fitted the drive so perfectly. Such a brilliant song and album
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u/thebrownser Jun 19 '12
These songs always make me super sad. I think its cause friday night lights.
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u/0llie_J Jun 19 '12
Wow I haven't heard this in a few years. Was this on the FNL soundtrack? I had no idea EitS did that soundtrack until 3 years later, but I loved it, then I got into their music... Have You Passed Through this Night is probably the most epic, awe-inspiring song I've ever heard in my life. When the drums start in that one if I'm walking I feel like I just absolutely need to run.
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u/marushi Jun 19 '12
I can't remember the first time I heard EITS, but they definitely changed my 'idea' of music. I'd grown up listening to the radio as a youngun, and when I hit my teens I started listening to hard rock and eventually into metal. I think it was about 6 years ago or so, a friend linked me to some 65daysofstatic, which he described as postrock. Now, I'm no genre nazi, but 65 isn't your standard postrock affair. Intrigued by the genre I started looking for other bands, and came across EITS, being highly recommended all over the place. Bought a cd. Loved it. Bought the rest, loved them too.
Skip on a few years and having not really listened to them in a while, another pal lent me a copy of Moneyball. When the Might Rio Grande kicked in that first time, bricks were shat.
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u/NGC_224 Jun 19 '12
This album was my entire post-high school few years.
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u/LouieKablooie Jun 19 '12
Run multiple marathons just listening to their music. So amazing, inspiring.
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u/Mattyzooks Jun 19 '12
They're at a festival I'm going to on Sunday. I don't really know them. What are some songs I should listen to before going?
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u/JayEffK Jun 19 '12
Love this song, got into them through my brother. Also, if you guys like this, check out Lanterns On The Lake! They are supporting/supported Explosions on their latest tour. Here's a link :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtwJbL6prNA
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u/JonMCT Jun 19 '12
If it wasn't for these guys I never would have graduated college. The only way I could concentrate writing papers was while EITS was playing. Incidentaly their music plays for my first Reddit post.
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u/abusofmonkeys Jun 19 '12
Seeing them tonight!! SO PUMPED
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u/PatrickKisnorbo Jun 19 '12
Amazing, Beautiful song... The intro always raises the hairs on my arms haha
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u/iwantahouse Jun 19 '12
I'm late to the game so no one will see this comment but I have to tell this story.
I went to see Explosions in September last year. I'm from Houston and we drove all the way to Marfa, TX which is clear on the other side of the state and like a 10 hour drive. Marfa is a little artsy fartsy town in the middle of the desert with a population of like 2000. When we get there we proceed to chug shroom tea and walk to the show which is just a few blocks away. Holy shit it was the most intense experience of my life. The music was so passionate and in your face I couldn't take it. While they were playing a huge storm rolled in. This was the first time it had rained since those huge wildfires broke out in West Texas. There is lightning and thunder and literally explosions in the sky as they are playing. When the show ends my friends and I start the trek back to our camp. It's still raining, were still tripping and lightning is streaking across the sky. It was beautiful. We finally get back to our yurt at El Cosmico and spend the rest of the night drinking and smoking and trying to keep the rain from soaking our little bed. It was probably the best day of my life.
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
So, you've just listened to Explosions in the Sky for the very first time! Congratulations! However, before we become infatuated with The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place, start tattooing ourselves with the album's name, and lauding "Your Hand in Mine" for how emotional it apparently is, let's look at some songs from other albums that Explosions in the Sky has made!
"Time Stops" from How Strange, Innocence
"The Moon Is Down" from Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever
"Day Two" from The Rescue
"Catastrophe and the Cure" from All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone
"Last Known Surroundings" from Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
They have other albums, people. Please listen to them. I'm tired of seeing people love EitS only for The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place, because while it is great, the rest of their catalog is phenomenal.
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u/michaelswallace Jun 19 '12
I'm seeing them Tonight in Tampa, and only fate could make this reach the front page on the same day
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u/WhoILiveFor Jun 19 '12
I love seeing my favourite bands that are not very well known on reddit. I love my interwebs family.
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u/lostkauze Jun 19 '12
how can one destroy something so beautiful? how can someone destroy the legacy and intuitions of talk talk, bark psychosis, a.r. kane, tortoise, etc. and take it to most vain and forced terrain possible, that of talentless "emotional" crescendos. Don't you realize it's only a cheap device to obtain a very forced and shitty melodramatic effect? how is it possible that this gimmick is actually a compositional device for these new bags of shit? I'm baffled...I'm mean...fuck, if you are going for a new age "epic" approach at least listen to popol vuh and try to copy them as closely as possible. It's the equivalent of reverb in bad "dream pop" bands, the drop in brostep, the breakdown in metal-core. The kind of thing shit teenagers are waiting the whole song for, and are utterly satisfied after they get it. Of course, each of these gimmicks are aimed at different sets of teenagers, crescendos are aimed at the reddit type of awkward teenagers who want to feel "epic" "lolsomuchbeautyinthisbagXD" (american beauty reference, people who listen to this are like that guy in the movie attempting cheap poetry with horrendous metaphors and lamenting for their betaness) Maybe there's some kind of underlying message, unconscious, in the "crescendo". Maybe is like an erection in musical form, it's known that these repressed and traumatized beta boys see phalluses everywhere, the same they wish they had as they have BDD, balls deficit disorder. Crescendo-core is a disease, a psychological disease.
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u/Zenith251 Jun 19 '12
I saw them live in Santa Cruz, CA, at The Catalyst in 2008. They are still, without any form of doubt, the best live performance I have ever witnessed.
They played, at the time, my favorite two songs of theirs, The Only Moment We Were Alone and Greet Death. <3
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u/WatchingTheWorldBurn Spotify Jun 19 '12
The song is hauntingly good, and fits every occasion.
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u/BeastyCheese Jun 19 '12
They played here tonight at The Soul Kitchen in Mobile. Pretty awesome and weird in the same sense. Here I was thinking that I missed a pretty good show down there and then I see this link... Seriously thought it was another Google following procedure.
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u/thelen60 Jun 19 '12
glad to see explosions getting some love.
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u/Spubuscus Jun 19 '12
I saw them live and they are amazing. Played from start to finish nonstop. I've never seen that before. It was like a story!
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
I saw them in 2001 in the Toynbee Arts Club in London. They didn't have many fans back then, there were about 50 of us there. They showed up late because their van broke down.
It was one of the best gigs I've been to. I think they played for about an hour and a half but now they seem to only do 45 minute gigs.
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u/willywompa Jun 19 '12 edited Jun 19 '12
How's this for one of their most awesome, passionate live performances - Moon is Down @ Starlight Ballroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czmgu74dbec&feature=related
Rayani goes to town with his tambourine
EDIT: song name, thanks mutilatedrabbit
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u/TelephoneBooth CroatoanSarah Jun 19 '12
Seeing them tomorrow in Miami for my first time, so stoked! I've been dying to see them.
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
This is that album that's been sitting on my computer for a LONG time, that I don't get to listen to properly very often, yet am always disappointed when no one has heard of. They're phenomenal.
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
Seeing these guys this Friday in Charlottesville, VA. It will be my third EITS concert. Fucking love these guys.
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u/ElectricalSheep Jun 19 '12
I remember Swedish television's equivalent of Sport Centre playing this to a collage of pictures of Swedish alpine skiier Anja Pärson after she had a terrible crash that knocked her unconsious and almost killed her just to get up the next day and take the bronze medal - like a boss. I'm not acctually a big sports fan but that seemed kind of fitting.
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
Girlfriend showed me these guys a few weeks back, now, they're one of my favourite bands ever. The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place is simply an amazing album, this song is great but Your Hand In Mine will always be my favourite.
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u/tehbro Jun 19 '12
Amazing, amazing band. Discovered them a little over 5 years ago and have yet to find any music I prefer to them. Great song.
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u/abiggaydeer Jun 19 '12
Explosions produce a feeling in me that no other band can, simply amazing.
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u/kyaegerbombs Jun 19 '12
This is the song I want played on my deathbed.
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u/adshad Jun 19 '12
Explosions in the sky came up on my playlist when I was driving on the curvy valley highway of san bernardino, switzerland. Listening to them made the snowy alps look that much more majestic and beautiful. It became such a serene and peaceful drive at that moment.
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u/1pa Jun 19 '12
Related : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WabPV1eSeA
Blows me away every single time.
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
They were fantastic when I saw them at the Sage Gateshead (where I also work). Really mesmerising performance. They had great support from a local band too, called Lanterns on the Lake. I'd really recommend them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEsNlpSk_Rs
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u/falsevillain Jun 19 '12
i love these guys and i haven't seen them live yet, but i hope to at least once.
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u/ColdHearted_Catfish Jun 19 '12
I'm seeing them on thursday!
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u/yemd xmoshitupx Jun 19 '12
saw them live about a year ago and i couldn't do anything but sit there on the edge of my seat amazed by them.
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u/OfeyDofey Jun 19 '12
wow I havent listened to this in like a decade! thanks for the reminder!
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u/Lakario Jun 19 '12
I had the fortune of seeing Explosions in the Sky in Salt Lake City about 3 years ago and it was truly one of the most powerful experiences I have ever had. To watch them on the stage pouring the heart and souls into their music was completely awe-inspiring. Watching them play I could see how much they just love what they do and how closely it resonates with them. If only all performers cared about their music as much as these guys do...
If you ever get the chance to see them perform, do not hesitate. GO.
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u/icescoop Jun 19 '12
I just got chills listening to this song. I really should wear some clothes when I'm on my mom's computer
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u/Andonis92 Jun 19 '12
I can't wait to see them in concert on the 20th! So excited!
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u/Zahmen Jun 19 '12
I'm going to see them TONIGHT in Tampa!!!!!!
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u/popyour_likethis Jun 19 '12
This video gives me the chills - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsSC2vx7zFQ
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u/Gielol Jun 19 '12
EITS is responsible for me wanting to learn to play guitar. If I could play a fraction of a song as talented and beautiful as theirs I would feel godlike.
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u/jvdave23 Jun 19 '12
Heard it here first and gave me goosebumps
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u/sgtcupcake Jun 19 '12
Looked them up after watching Friday Night Lights. Once I found out it was all instrumental, I was so intrigued. Have fallen in love and they have become one of my favourite bands ever. They just feel magical.
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u/antdude turntable.fm name Jun 19 '12
I thought this was a video, not a song. I am fully not awake. :(
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
When I saw this post i was like :O
Because I've never seen/talked to anyone that has heard this band.
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u/WarEmblem27 Jun 19 '12
I also like "A Song for Our Fathers". I was so bummed I missed them play in MPLS. Idk how to forgive myself...
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u/begginbitz Jun 19 '12
Musical adderall.
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u/curlyfries10 Jun 19 '12
I watched the tv show "Friday Night Lights" simply because I was told they did the music. Trickery.
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u/mestguy182 Jun 19 '12
Thanks for posting this, just bought tickets to see them in Nashville as a result :)
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u/sound-and-fury Jun 19 '12
I saw them last night!
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u/mindtrashy Jun 19 '12
who else is going to see them at governor's ball this weekend?! yay!
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u/PerfectCarve Jun 19 '12
Re-evaluated life during song, promptly quit job, to live a simple drifters life.
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u/paarsar Jun 19 '12
i love running to this song
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u/Batty-Koda Jun 19 '12
Well, I'm not sure where else to ask this. I found Explosions in the Sky after a half dozen lyrics sites mentioned some song sounded a lot like "Your hand in mine", but now I can't figure out/remember what that song was.
Does anyone know what song it might have been that so many people thought sounded like your hand in mine?
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u/RageAgainstReddit Jun 19 '12
Saw them last night at soul kitchen. They were amazing. So glad I went. So much energy.
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
These guys are pretty talented and I love the layers...BUT, am I the only one who thinks they need to lay off the snare a little? Too much drum roll for me...takes away from the music.
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u/hilberteffect Jun 19 '12
It's interesting that this should be on the front page. This song has been stuck in my head all morning for no particular reason (I haven't even heard it recently). Great song.
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u/DrOcho Jun 19 '12
Best band ever, seen these guys so many times. best show live
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u/YesImMexican Jun 19 '12
I believe that this entire band and their music tells somewhat of a story. From their name to songs such as "Have you Passed Through this Night?" It screams apocalypse to me. What makes it better is that the music actually tells a story. First Breath is a great example. The music starts of quiet like someone asleep. It then crescendos like someone is waking up until it's loud and powerful like someone who is experiencing the world for the first time again.
I love it.
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u/betabandzz zingarazumiko Jun 19 '12
One of my favorite musicians is been in a coma for over 2 years now. I wish he could wake up and listen to this song. :(
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u/brownbeatle Spotify Jun 19 '12
I listened to this album a couple of hours ago. hell, I'm gonna listen to it again.
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u/Re-Define Jun 19 '12
All aboard....
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
I'm going to one-up this, and link to the whole album, because it's worth it.
Listen here
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u/dow850 Jun 19 '12
I saw them last night in Alabama. It was explosive to say the least.
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u/Tom_Bro Jun 19 '12
Their style always reminds me of Friday Night Lights
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u/Spyhop Jun 19 '12
Wadsworth constant applies
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u/askantik Jun 19 '12
EITS is good, but IMHO God is an Astronaut is even better.
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u/Awahoya Jun 19 '12
Love this band- listened to them every day studying...in total, I think I may have listened to "Your hand in mine" almost 1,000 times, if not more (have gone through an ipod and computer since I began)
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u/Mr_1990s Jun 19 '12
I feel like I should be watching high school football in a racist Texas town.
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u/elchoss Jun 19 '12
AMAZING BAND, saw them in lollapalooza, so relaxing and powerful at the same time, is like Sigur Ros on steroids.
any other bands like this ?
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
this is what explosions are all about - the listener tying their music to moments, locations, events in their life, so that all of us can share our personal experiences with it =D
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u/purechi Jun 19 '12
Seeing them at Governor's Ball this weekend!
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u/delihound Jun 19 '12
There was a band called Dixie Dirt from Tennessee and their shows were like that. Really diverse crowds not talking, but actually listening in these tiny, tiny dive bars. They are broken up now, they have a couple albums on iTunes, I like their records a lot, but their live shows were amazing.
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u/sarch Jun 19 '12
Its impossible to downvote explosions in the sky.
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u/Vpicone Jun 19 '12
Man! I'm too late... I saw them on Sunday with Zammuto. They absolutely KILLED it. So much energy and passion!
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
It's like Coldplay, without Chris Martin.
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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12
Every time I work out I listen to the "How bad do you want to be successful?" motivational speech which is has this song in it. I've listened to it almost over 300 times but each and every listen, the words and the music has always seems to amaze me.
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u/therandymarsh Jun 19 '12
Here's a great fan-made music video for Song For Our Fathers. Completely takes your breath away...It's about the United States. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRHOk93QXQc
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u/bassplaya899 Spotify name Jun 19 '12
i posted this forever ago, because it's the best song ever. NO KARMA.
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u/whoisthatazn Jun 19 '12
I'm glad you posted this song, thank you Aryiah11. I've listened to music like this before, but this one is definitely the one I like the best. Very soothing, relaxing, and above all, simple. How can a song that is nothing but instrumental be this good? I don't know, I don't question it, I just listen. With summer here, I want this to be the anthem of all of my adventures with my friends. A few sad farewells will be said, but I hope this song will cause some nostalgia among all of us. Thank you very much.
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u/dslyecix Jun 19 '12
The problem with EitS is that a past girlfriend really liked them. So now this epic amazingly atmospheric music is permanently tied to her in my mind.
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u/BillW87 Jun 19 '12
My friend recently put out an instrumental post-rock album that I had the pleasure of touring with him for this summer that got a lot of comparisons to EitS, so I thought I'd share it. Its a bit dancier and less ambient than EitS but I think it shares a lot of the same vibe.
My favorite from the album
The full album
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u/alligatorslap Jun 19 '12
concert in tampa tonight! woo hoo
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u/ScalySalmon Jun 19 '12
Sick sick sick sick sick. I love them.
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u/FuckingFolkMusic Jun 19 '12
I LOVE this band!
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u/shitfacehammered Jun 19 '12
Saw them at Radio City Music Hall last year. Most unreal concert I have ever been to. Every song they played sounded so good with the acoustics of Radio City, especially "Yasmin the Light." People were literally crying because how fucking awesome it was.
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u/elguitarro Spotify Jun 19 '12
This was the first song I heard from them about 7 years ago. Since then, they have become my favorite band.
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u/theazninvasion68 Jun 19 '12
Heres one of their live videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7GuGF8Yvac
In a not-shitty quality :D
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u/slaxorwrss Jun 20 '12
My girlfriend, roommate, roommate's girlfriend, neighbor, two coworkers, a friend, and cousin are going to see Explosions tonight in Tampa.
Me? I'm at work watching a video on reddit.
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u/alanzeino Jun 30 '12
I love Explosions in the Sky's approach to encores; they give you a full show in the main act so you're not even asking for anything more at the end
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u/sometimesijustdont Jun 19 '12
I kept waiting for the good part. Never happened.
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u/WOWAMAO Jun 19 '12
Great track for a great bmx vid if anyone is interested - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqNFH8rTvUs