Explosions in the Sky's second effort takes a more studied, even lush approach to the literate chaos of their 2001 debut. But put on your sad sack thinking cap now, because Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place is a contemplative and heady rush of masterful melancholia. Its six songs are multi-minute, slow motion workouts of gentle electric guitar plucks and subtle/sudden washes of percussion -- they're still instrumental, but as lyrical as anything in the indie rock universe. "Only Moment We Were Alone" turns on a simple, melancholy guitar figure, the drums shifting from insistent catch-up mode to a studied march built to introduce the next layered crescendo. Explosions in the Sky doesn't shift as suddenly or jarringly on Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place; the quartet has applied more structural predictability this time out, but is still quick about setting the sad butterflies in your stomach to fluttering. "Memorial" is the album's meditative heart. It begins so quietly, reduced to brittle landscapes of tone. Lightly chiming guitars drift in, like the echoes of church bells off in narrow city streets. Then, like each of the album's movements, it surges forward in a rush, like the overtures of Sonic Youth separated, dried, and ultimately lengthened in the blistering Texas sun. The final blast of distortion and staccato drumming is Earth at full bittersweet bluster. "Your Hand in Mine" ends things as they began, with a pair of determined guitars picking out a melody that's both pretty and pretty damn heartbreaking.
(Taken from a post in my blog, the lost art of found sound.) 2003 10/10Best of 2003 June 2, 2007"Everything is going to be okay."Walking out of room 401 on a dreary Saturday morning, my SAT II completed, I couldn't help but notice that this was like a scene out of a movie: the sky had been overcast, grey remnants of the massive storm that flooded St. Petersburg the night before, when all of a s...
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There are three songs in trailer.The second song is Your Hand In Mine by EITS. The third song is The Sound of Settling by DCFC. But i'd like to know what is the opening song? It is so cool. Shopgirl - Trailer World PremierePosted Jul 07, 2005Based on Steve Martin's bestselling novella, Shopgirl, is a funny and poignant story of love in the modern age.
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i still havent been able to find tickets to explosions in the sky's show in atlanta at lemmy's bar. ive already tried e-bay too. no luck. so if anyone for any reason has tickets or knows someone that does that is not planning on going, please let me know. it would be greatly appreciated.
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Hey, Well This is the first "Mog!" as the kool ones call it and I am suprised at how amazing this site is. I Mean Its pretty its suh a good idea to connect the internet social network with musicians and music ethuasiasts alike. Quite Impressed over here! Like if the characters of "High Fidelity" had more access to the internet then they would probably be on this or some crazy forum trying to ar...
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lalalalalala.*EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY*!!!i'm going to see them!in DC!at the 9:30 club! next year!on March 17th!the tickets are only $10. does that seem CHEAP to anyone? i mean, this is a band that I would likely pay $100 to see live. if, you know, i had $100.but maybe i am a loser.on the upside, i am an excited, happy loser.for those of you unitiated (and how could you be?), here is an mp3:"*S...
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It's finals week... not that I have finals. I have some papers and some funding applications to finish up. From here on out, it's all about the big D. I know that change is coming. Very good change. But it's also a bit overwhelming. I wouldn't go as far to say scary, but there is the element of unknown. Plus it's the holidays, which brings out its own neuroses and anxiety. So I toss on a little...
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Explosions in the Sky are by-far my favorite band. A few years back my friend gave me a copy of _The Earth Is Not a Cold, Dead Place_ to listen to and as soon as that first chiming guitar note came in, I fell in love. I first listened to Explosions was during the winter and I thought, "Wow, this is the perfect music for a snowy winter day/night." When spring began I thought, "Wow, this is th...
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The good part is, we had a lovely wedding day and honeymoon...the bad part is the ensuing separation... Robin and I were married in my home town before a small group of family and friends on June 27. Thought you would like the photo of our cake which mystified our guests and everyone who has seen the photo since, except, of course, you Moggers! But as music fans, I am sure your real question...
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woo hoo!So, we get very few bands of worth here in Charleston, being pretty much out of the way of any major city or venue. That being said, I'm pretty freakin' stoked these guys are coming right here to my front door, so to speak. I saw them a year ago and it was just about the most amazing thing I ever saw. Don't believe me? "THIS":http://mog.com/Groon/blog_post/51563 is my review of that...
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No drugs are needed to see the visuals and meanings this song gives me. Will you place Your Hand in Mine and see where this song brings us?
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Wow. It's been well over a month since I posted. Where's the time gone?It's good to be back though. Anyway....So in my last post that was all about me, I mentioned that if I could have a song that was the soundtrack to me life it would be "Achilles' Last Stand" by Led Zeppelin. Well, unfortunately I am a fickle human being with little control over my ever-changing tastes. This is true in b...
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There are three songs in trailer.The second song is Your Hand In Mine by EITS. The third song is The Sound of Settling by DCFC. But i'd like to know what is the opening song? It is so cool. Shopgirl - Trailer World PremierePosted Jul 07, 2005Based on Steve Martin's bestselling novella, Shopgirl, is a funny and poignant story of love in the modern age.
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While it was certainly tough for me to figure out Nos 2-10 of the songs I really want to hear at Coachella, it certainly wasn't difficult for me to pick out # 1. With the other 9, I had to make some cuts (Jose Gonzales; Grizzly Bear; Lupe Fiasco; Ghostface/Amy Winehouse; Steven Marley; Silversun Pickups; Travis; The Frames; the Coup; the list goes on & on), but familiarity to those bands, for ...
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lalalalalala.*EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY*!!!i'm going to see them!in DC!at the 9:30 club! next year!on March 17th!the tickets are only $10. does that seem CHEAP to anyone? i mean, this is a band that I would likely pay $100 to see live. if, you know, i had $100.but maybe i am a loser.on the upside, i am an excited, happy loser.for those of you unitiated (and how could you be?), here is an mp3:"*S...
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i still havent been able to find tickets to explosions in the sky's show in atlanta at lemmy's bar. ive already tried e-bay too. no luck. so if anyone for any reason has tickets or knows someone that does that is not planning on going, please let me know. it would be greatly appreciated.
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(Taken from a post in my blog, the lost art of found sound.) 2003 10/10Best of 2003 June 2, 2007"Everything is going to be okay."Walking out of room 401 on a dreary Saturday morning, my SAT II completed, I couldn't help but notice that this was like a scene out of a movie: the sky had been overcast, grey remnants of the massive storm that flooded St. Petersburg the night before, when all of a s...
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Okay so i'm one of those people who love to turn my ipod on and slip my headphones on and take a nice nap. The first cd i ever bought was completely ridiculous. No seriously completley hands down ridiculous. It was the sounds of dolphins, and No that is not a twerky upbeat indy band , it's exactly what it sounds like. Well i'm going to start my list off with that at number one beacause it was a...
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It's finals week... not that I have finals. I have some papers and some funding applications to finish up. From here on out, it's all about the big D. I know that change is coming. Very good change. But it's also a bit overwhelming. I wouldn't go as far to say scary, but there is the element of unknown. Plus it's the holidays, which brings out its own neuroses and anxiety. So I toss on a little...
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I had a nice little Mog mail chat with the Mog Father, David Hyman, where he responded to a comment I made, saying he was surprised about the band Phish's (Phishes? Phishs?) major influence in my musical journey. If you haven't payed attention to Channel Contrabandwidth, I occasionally slip in a reference to my hippie-esque days, and even once in a while I will post a Phish tune or cover. P...
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