Explosions In The Sky

This West Texas band sets off a barrage of musical fireworks that is both majestic and heartbreaking. The album title alone (All of A Sudden I Miss Everyone) is the perfect setting for this lonesome roar -- with fitful phrasing that initiates a cloudburst of percussion and guitar that subsides to pin-drop hushed electricity. Explosions in the Sky vent enough moody instrumental drama that the idea of lyrics simply becomes irrelevant, proven by the spine-tingling "It's Natural To Be Afraid" and the beyond-words beauty of the closing track "So Long, Lonesome."

This Texas band plays instrumental music of huge ambition and swagger, built with a few
simple ingredients: Mark Smith and Munaf Rayani's haiku-like guitar figures, spinning in
stinging-treble tornadoes, then given altitude and volcanic attitude by drummer Chris
Hrasky and bass guitarist Michael James. But there is no watch-me soloing. Explosions in the
Sky (who made a feedback-rich splash in Hollywood with their 2004 score for th... More >