Search - Explosions in the Sky :: All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

Thank you for saving me..

D. R. Neely | USA | 10/21/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I am a musician, first of all. I've felt like the music I once knew, and loved dearly, the feeling I always tried to hold on to, was beginning to slip through my fingers these past few years of my life. Living in a world of gears and levers, this record suddenly made me remember that there is fluidity, that air and water still hold onto a motion that remains relative. The jerky, choppy movement of a tire over worn, cracked pavement, or the harsh rhythm of the highway being beaten down into the soil beneath it has become the soundtrack of my life for quite some time. I forgot what it felt like to have a feeling pushing out from the center of my chest, something there were no words for, a drive and a motive, giving me an undefined but very real purpose in what I am doing with my life. This record came directly at it from the outside and started pulling, reopening the once closed space between my heart and my breastplate for my emotions to rush in and fill again. How do you make yourself remember, Explosions in the Sky? Every day that you wake up and pick up your instruments again, how do you keep from forgetting that the world is beautiful? That we do not live on a "cold, dead" planet? I don't know the words to spell out the formula you use to achieve this day in and day out, but this record is certainly helping me to understand. Thank you, and steady the course boys..what it was you wanted, from the time you were young, before you could visualize it, before you knew there was anything it couldn't be, before you could imagine that there was anything else that couldn't be it, that place in your soul that leaked into your mind and gave you something words were never meant to name, the intangible feeling thats was aways more than a feeling, the thing you always tried to make into a bubble..you're achieving it now. Run with it."

Takes you on an epic journey of Odysseyian proportions

Piers Moktan | Khorsor Elephant Stable, Nepal | 07/11/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Without words Explosions in The Sky manage to take you on incredibly lyrical and emotive journeys. This loud band from Austin Texas have always done this, have been smothered in critical praise for doing so, but are now doing it better than ever before. With merely guitars, bass, drums and a little piano, the symphonic majesty of their compositions feel like the odyssey of a great culture hero passing through an ordeal that promises rewards as great as salvation itself. Homer would surely have considered it a fine accompaniment to his epic tale. They tell us that it usually takes them months to compose even a single track, and after a few years work, even an album of a mere six songs is ample reward for all their conscientious efforts. This really is a remarkable piece of work, and news of its release was a day of wondrous anticipation for me. My immediate purchase was also further rewarded by an additional album of remixes by the likes of Four Tet, Adem, Jesu (aka Justin Broadrick who first rose to prominence with Godflesh in the late 80s), Mountains and Eluvium, every one of which works with, rather than against, the original material, staying true to the ethos of its original creators. This album really will enrich your life, and without it you'll be condemning yourself to spiritual impoverishment!"

One of the most beautiful albums ever recorded

G. Giller | 10/23/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Not much more to say than the title. I think this music is some of the most epically, heart-breakingly beautiful music I've ever heard."