Explosions in the Sky - Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
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Artist: Explosions in the SkyEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-11-04
Music Label: Temporary Residence
Soundtracks:
- First Breath After Coma
- The Only Moment We Were Alone
- Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean
- Memorial
- Your Hand in Mine
Free Music Notes for Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
Free Music Review: Extrodinary post- Godspeed meets minimalism
Hit: 5 Stars
Explosions in the Sky released one of the best recordings of it's kind with "The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place".
Structured in nearly a symphonic manner this foursome of guitars, bass and drums are extrodinary in their tension/release style, so popularly developed by Godspeed You Black Emperor.
Godspeed however, is a larger band that uses the dynamics of a rock band against symphonic instrumentation in frequently, nearly agonizingly built up tension via sound rewarded with several cressendos, often interspersed with unique and truly interesting sampled monologues, often of the sociopolitical kind.
And that's where the similarity ends. Explosions in the Sky play simple phrasing, many times two or three note themes bouncing between players and perhaps looping devices and possibly the occasional synth. The sound character is absolutely gorgous!
Guitars sound wonderfully real with minimal processing, usually reverb and time based delays that keep the rhythmic components swirling as it develops.
The songs range in the eight minute mode but are mind bendingly beautiful. Explosion in the Sky use guitar tones as a way of deliniating segments of the music to great effect.
The Godspeed connection will be obvious to fans of both bands but it is vastly different with Explosions in the Sky in that there are 4 people making sounds that go from clean, pure timbre to violent swells of shredding noise.
Before turning some people off the bulk of the album is austere with a sense of grandure that is almost always unexpected yet fits well. And should a section feature swells of intense guitars the feeling is more of the guitar being another tone, not noise for the sake of noise. Instead, any intensity tends to serve the compositions, all of which are excellently performed.
If you love solos they aren't here, but it would be idiotic not to buy this album because of it's lack of soloing. As a guitar player of 30+ years I'd put this on a very short list of what makes guitar great and why guitarists should be able to play in this style if they wish to fully realize their instrument.
If you don't like classical music my mention of it's styles would be another poor reason to pass.
Being one of the better Experimental/Post Rock albums of recent times I'd say this is a must have for those that follow the genre and for those that wish to understand what guitarists get all fussy about when they mention the word "tone."
The guitar tones are simple and stunning, in no small part because of the entire band's approach to music. Without the drum and bass support the guitars would be far less impressive.
One last thing, there are elements of minor but interesting electronica styled, meaning similar to Kraut Rock and 70s NEU! and other electronic based artists. So even though the guitars are really nicely played and their sound sculpted from the instruments fundemental tones there are still modern segments that keep Explosions in the Sky in a very hip presentation of their style.
Get this CD. You may need to spend some time depending on your listening background, but most likely you will end up respecting and hopefully loving this fine album.
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