12.22.2004

when words fail you...



Explosions in the Sky are an instrumental band from Austin, TX who make music that is a spectacular combination of intensity and relaxation. i would like to say that i have known about this band for the last few years and am now coming down from the mountain of musical knowledge to divulge this to all of you. alas, this is not true at all. in fact, the way in which i found out about them is really disingenuous in itself.....i heard it in a movie. to clarify though, not in the way one usually hears a single song in a movie and thinks..."wow, that's really good, i should see who sings that". they composed and scored the entire movie, song after beautiful song. the movie of which i speak was Friday Night Lights and despite being about high school football (i know, Varsity Blues came to mind for me as well) was actually a really good movie...superb acting and directing. however, under the dialogue and grunts you couldn't help but be swept up by the sheer emotion provided by the song in the background....i've just never felt my heart swelling during a movie...BECAUSE OF THE MUSIC!!!
anyway, links to songs are very difficult to find but if you care to download entire concerts, you can look here, here, or here.... i also found some live tracks, these are from a performance at The Earl in Atlanta on 5.11.03:

1. memorial
2. with tired eyes, tired minds, tired souls, we slept
3. have you passed through this night ?
4. your hand in mine
5. the only moment we were alone

here is a description of EITS from Temporary Residence:

"Made up of four soft spoken Texas lads, EITS makes music from the heart, for the heart. Steeped in sentimental melodies and dreamy soundscapes, each song lifts you in the air and carries you away, touching down on Earth occasionally to witness total destruction by way of their walls of cacophonous noise. Layers of chiming guitars become layers of metallic annihilation in the blink of an eye. Total silence to total violence, that's what we're talking about here, kids."

buy their albums here or he re, or, as always, in your local record shop.

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