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~ Explosions in the Sky
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  • Audio CD (10 Nov 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Temporary Residence Ltd.
  • ASIN: B00005Q6OS
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 11,299 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Listen  1. Greet Death 7:19£0.79
Listen  2. Yasmin The Light 7:03£0.69
Listen  3. The Moon Is Down10:02Album Only
Listen  4. Have You Passed Through This Night? 7:19£0.69
Listen  5. A Poor Man's Memory 6:04£0.69
Listen  6. With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept12:04Album Only

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Explosions in the Sky's 2001 release offers a plethora of musical colours and fascinating detours. All six lengthy tracks are centred on moody guitar, bass, and drum textures. Theresult is a mix of subtle, organic tones and raucous, sometimes heavily amplified effects.
Overall, the music on THOSE WHO TELL THE TRUTH SHALL DIE, THOSE WHO TELL THE TRUTH SHALL LIVE FOREVER is as complex, long-winded, and obtuse as the title itself. However, the sonic landscape created by this eclectic quartet is also warm and inviting. The simple catch phrase for this style of music is emo-rock, which is an abbreviation for emotional rock. Like this style implies, these compositions are expressive and intense. Whether it is the screaming guitars of "Greet Death" or the brooding "The Moon is Down", this CD writhes with great musical transparency. The finest selection on this release may be the last track, "With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept". On this piece, the band uses a cornucopia of dense guitar sounds, a relentless military drum cadence, and dark chords that loop ominously.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Soundtrack to the Apocalypse, 8 Jun 2002
By S. Oliver "stephenaoliver" (Essex, England) - See all my reviews
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You should never judge a book by it's cover: a CD, on the other hand, you should, at least if this Texas quartet are anything to go by. The mood of 'Those who tell the truth...' is perfectly summed up by the cover art - based on the story of the appearance of the Angel of Mons, complete with soldiers silhouetted against a wartime sky.

Make no mistake, this is war music: not militant but redolent of the drama and tragedy of war. This could be the sanitised soundtrack to the reality of human conflict. Powerful, darkly melodic guitars alternate between picking out lyrical, deceptively peaceful lines and letting loose with huge, brief crescendos. In each of these six songs can be found the calm before the storm, the storm itself, and the shell-shocked lull that follows. The drums especially make full use of military cadences and rythms in the build-ups to occassional cadenzas.

Although I came to this album through listening to Godspeed, Explosions in the Sky are not really 'post-' anything, except in mood, and use basic rock techniques to superb effect. There is nothing groundbreaking in terms of style or content and - besides a monologue at the beginning of 'Have You Passed Through This Night?' lamenting 'this great evil'- there is no found sound or tape effects. Listeners looking for something different, experimental or new will be disappointed. But as instrumental rock albums with apocalyptic overtones goes there are few comparisons. If Godspeed portay a post-apocalyptic soundscape than Explosions in the Sky recount the apocalypse itself. The music is very sad and at times epic, but amidst all the drums and guitars are the beautiful and fragile melody lines, magnified by the context in which they're found.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars BREATHTAKING, 20 Mar 2003
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I just want to reiterate what has been said about this record above - it is staggeringly beautiful. Yes, it it an instrumental rock record but relies solely on guitars and drums (so avoiding any real GYBE! similarities). This is perhaps the best "Post Rock" (for want of a better word) made since Slint's 'Spiderland'. Oh, and if you ever get the chance - see them live - the experience is amazing!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars beauty in dynamics, 29 Aug 2002
everyone should own this record. it is simply breathtaking. not just anther one of those instrumental, loud/soft bands, explosions in the sky redefine the whole genre. the use of dynamics, and brilliant percussion sections make this a truly beautiful record. in particular, i am in love with 'yasmin the light' (ignore the amazon tracklisting, its wrong, choose 'die') and how its changes from this melancholy slow, sombre-mooded instrumental, to a ravenous, highly-charged, drum infested magnum opus, mkaing me want to cry. other stand-out tracks are 'have you passed through this night?', and the opener 'greet death'.. buy it!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Eh? I Feel I'm Missing Something...
I really don't understand the massive acclaim this album receives. I would go as far to say it's...boring!!! Read more
Published on 10 Sep 2007 by Tom Chase

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of Post-Rock
Explosions in the Sky take a huge leap forward in confidence and compositional acumen for `Those Who Tell The Truth...', their second album. Read more
Published on 10 April 2007 by D. Newton

5.0 out of 5 stars amazing.
explosions in the sky are one of the best post rock bands in existance, and this work is arguably their best. Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2007 by Mr. Alexander J. Day

5.0 out of 5 stars explosions in your spleen, implosions in your heart
This album is for me (like their other albums) a lesson in simple yet massively effective post rock. I liked mogwai, then i found godspeed you and silver mt. zion. Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2006 by M. Walker

5.0 out of 5 stars I tell the truth
This is undoubtedly one of the best post rock albums ever made. Every song is a rambling mix of dark guitars covered with reverbs and huge explosions of drum beats that will make... Read more
Published on 22 Oct 2004 by freddy_the_red_1

4.0 out of 5 stars buy this
if you like mogwai, gsybe, and anything that is very quiet, then very LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUD, buy this
Published on 14 Oct 2004 by charliecat69

5.0 out of 5 stars Hell yeah!
I'm going to keep this simple. I like all these bands:
Mogwai, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Sigur Ros, Cave In, Dillinger Escape Plan, Converge, My Bloody Valentine, Sonic... Read more
Published on 2 May 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars ABSOLUTELY AMAZING EVEN IF I AM DRUNK!!!
Greet Death - ome of the best songs ever written ever...... need i say more!!!
Published on 19 Dec 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Basic Beauty
When I first heard this album, having read the reviews, I expected something similar to GSYBE. But this band have broken the post rock constraints which hold bands like GSYBE or... Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2003 by joel Allen

5.0 out of 5 stars How Good ?
Even after the first listen, I was hooked. EITS take all the best elements of post-rock and meld them into one giant sound.
Think Mogwai, only played 1000 times better. Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2003 by early_riser

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