Explosions In The Sky

Explosions In The Sky probably don't need much of an introduction, as they are easily one of the biggest bands I've ever posted on here. As a quick overview, they are a four-piece post-rock band from Austin, Texas that began in 1999. They've become one of the most influential and emulated bands of their kind. The layered, melodic guitars soaked in reverb and delay have cropped up in a multitude of other genres and popularized a lot of soundtracks (some of which EITS contributed to directly). They're as epic and anthemic as their namesake suggests, making every moment monumentous. Thus, I figured they were the best closer for this year, which we can all at least pretend ended on a high note. Enjoy.

How Strange, Innocence (2000)

1. A Song For Our Fathers

2. Snow And Lights

3. Magic Hours

4. Look Into The Air

5. Glittering Blackness

6. Time Stops

7. Remember Me As A Time Of Day 

Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever (2001)

1. Greet Death

2. Yasmin The Light

3. The Moon is Down

4. Have You Passed Through This Night?

5. A Poor Man's Memory

6. With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept

The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place (2003)

1. First Breath After Coma

2. The Only Moment We Were Alone

3. Six Days At The Bottom Of The Ocean

4. Memorial

5. Your Hand In Mine

Thank You (2004)

6. The Long Summer

Note: Temporary Residence Limited compilation to celebrate its 50th release

The Rescue (2005)

1. Day One

2. Day Two

3. Day Three

4. Day Four

5. Day Five

6. Day Six

7. Day Seven

8. Day Eight

All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone (2007)

1. The Birth And Death Of The Day

2. Welcome, Ghosts

3. It's Natural To Be Afraid

4. What Do You Go Home To?

5. Catastrophe and The Cure

6. So Long, Lonesome

Note: Bonus disc of remixes available here

Take Care, Take Care, Take Care (2011)

1. Last Known Surroundings

2. Human Qualities

3. Trembling Hands

4. Be Comfortable, Creature

5. Postcard from 1952

6. Let Me Back In

The Wilderness (2016)

1. Wilderness

2. The Ectastics

3. Tangle Formations

4. Logic Of A Dream

5. Disintegration Anxiety

6. Losing The Light

7. Infinite Orbit

8. Colors in Space

9. Landing Cliffs

SOUNDTRACKS

Friday Night Lights (2004)

1. From West Texas

2. Your Hand In Mine (w/strings)

3. Our Last Days As Children

4. An Ugly Fact Of Life

5. Home

6. Daniel Lanois - Sonho Dourado

7. To West Texas

8. Your Hand In Mine (Goodbye)

9. Inside It All Feels The Same

10. David Torn - Do You Ever Feel Cursed

11. Lonely Train

12. Bad Company - Seagull

13. The Sky Above, The Field Below

14. A Slow Dance

Note: Score by EITS except where noted

Prince Avalanche (2013)

1. Fires

2. Theme From Prince Avalanche

3. Dear Madison

4. Passing Time

5. Rain

6. Alone Time

7. Hello, Is This Your House?

8. Can't We Just Listen To Silence

9. Wading

10. Dear Alvin

11. The Lines on the Road That Lead You Back Home

12. An Old Peasant Like Me

13. Join Me on My Avalanche

14. The Adventures of Alvin and Lance

15. Send Off

Note: Score by Explosions In The Sky & David Wingo

Lone Survivor (2013)

1. Warriors

2. Waking Up

3. Briefing

4. Seal Credo / Landing

5. Checkpoints

6. Steve Jablonsky - The Goat Herders

7. The Decision

8. Set Them Free

9. False Summit

10. Murphy's Ridge

11. Steve Jablonsky - 47 Down

12. Axe

13. QRF En Route

14. Hunted

15. Gulab

16. Near Beheading

17. A Storm Is Coming

18. Steve Jablonsky - Letter Received / Taliban Attacks

19. Steve Jablonsky - Lone Survivor

20. Never, Never, Never Give Up

Note: Score by EITS except where noted by Steve Jablonsky

Mangelhorn (2015)

1. Manglehorn Lock and Key

2. Lightning and a Bottle

3. Did I Scare You?

4. Baseball Miracles

5. A Strange World

6. Peristalsis

7. The Lift

8. Paper Moons

9. Hello!

10. Kylie and the Lion

11. Beehive on a Mailbox

12. The Purge

13. Out to Sea

14. Can You Believe It?

Note: Score by Explosions In The Sky & David Wingo

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