When I did a search on MOG for This Will Destroy You, I discovered that their new self-titled release has not been mentioned here yet. How could this be? This record came out back in March! I was blown away. Why in the crap is nobody talking about these guys? Is it only because they may have a similar sound to some bands we all know and love already? Could this be a band on the last coattails o...
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Post-rock giants This Will Destroy You tore up the Music Box in Manchester last month. Here, our photographer Dan Austin, gives you the view from the front.
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Two things are immediately obvious when Texans 'This Will Destroy You' take to the stage. One, they don't like light and two, they are completely oblivious to the rapt audience before them. Cast almost entirely in shadows for their entire set, they studiously paid exclusive attention to only their instruments, briefly taking the time to let their own gargantuan walls of sublime consonance wash ...
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What does bad post-rock sound like? For every other genre, there is a Yin and a Yang; a hero and a villain, a Skywalker and an Emperor, a Nolan and a Boll. Yet for this genre there seems to be no point of reference.
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If you like your Rock with a Post at the beginning then like us, you already know and love This Will Destroy You. Their eponymous debut full length was released to mass acclaim (We reviewed it back in December 2007 HERE, giving it a brilliant 8/10) and this year the boys are set to play in their home-state of Texas at this years SxSW.
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I got This Will Destroy You's "Young Mountain" as one of my review CDs a little while back and finally popped it into my CD player last night. It then proceeded to give me a seemingly never-ending rash of goosebumps as I listened to each track intently. I sat there, doe-eyed and open-mouthed, completely hating myself for waiting so long to listen to such an amazing offering of music... Simply p...
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