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1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Posts: 2,938
edited March 2007 in Other Music
anyone else fans? I heard a bunch of my friends ranting and raving about them, so decided to check them out. their new album- pretty beautiful music if you ask me, and relaxing. if ya don't like prog rock that is all instrumental though, don't check em out.
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  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Ahh, the wonderful world of post rock!

    I def enjoy Explosions but if you're in to them i'd reccomend checking out some other bands like Mono and Caspian.

    Similar but different enough.

    Back to EITS, i had heard a lot of "average" reviews o the new record, but when i finally spun it this week I was pleasently suprised with the growth from the last records
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    I picked up their cd The Earth is not a cold dead place last week and i enjoy it
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  • SpinMeRoundRollMeOvrSpinMeRoundRollMeOvr Posts: 437
    They make some seriously epic songs.
  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    I love them, the whole post rock scene is getting played quite heavily on my iPod these days
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  • AvocadoLadyAvocadoLady Posts: 680
    We are seeing them later this month. Anyone seen them before? What to expect?
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  • toddiet123toddiet123 Posts: 271
    One of my favorite bands..both studio and live.

    I am seeing em in Boston on 3/21. Amazingly awesome loud live show..60 minutes usually...very awesome..it will change you forever.
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    AvocadoLady wrote:
    We are seeing them later this month. Anyone seen them before? What to expect?

    6-7 songs. New and a few classics. About 1:10-1:25 length.

    Several loud explosions of noise!

    Seen these guys 7 times and each one was a treat. I'm not catching this tour but.....I am seeing Do Make Say Think on sat!! (go me)
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • enharmonicenharmonic Posts: 1,917
    I wouldn't call 'em prog. They're a great band :)
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  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance Posts: 23,308
    Brand new fan here. Listening to them for the first time this morning!
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  • RobbyD462RobbyD462 Posts: 4,812
    intodeep said:

    I picked up their cd The Earth is not a cold dead place last week and i enjoy it

    My Favorite from them!
    Vinyl sounds great ;)
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  • evsgjammevsgjamm Posts: 2,107
    As Gardenparty said up there, Mono (Japanese band) are not only super slick composers with super long songs that send your brain into orgasm, they are huge vinyl supporters and are always touring. Strong melodies, excellent patterns, super progressive rock tones, plenty of violins, pianos, and ridiculous build ups with the guitars and drums to the point of pretty much becoming an explosion in the sky. I'm still talking about Mono, of course. Can't wait to see em one day.

    Sample this bitch out with your headphones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAleQ79UlT8

    Explosions in the Sky are also superb. A buddy of mine, whom I got into vinyl, put me on EITS a couple years back. Brilliant stuff.
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave Posts: 42,066
    I saw them open up for The Smashing Pumpkins in '07. Pretty good i thought.
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  • 63schoefflin63schoefflin Posts: 2,581
    edited April 2015
    Funny Dave... I saw them pretty much open up Virgin Music Fest in '07. At this point I had no idea who they were and have only ever been to a handful of concerts in my life, and definitely never a festival. I remember being really impressed with them.

    Pumpkins played that night I believe.... Or they might have been the next year there. I think The Police were actually the first night that year now that I think about it.
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  • nippleholicnippleholic Posts: 1,084
    evsgjamm said:

    As Gardenparty said up there, Mono (Japanese band) are not only super slick composers with super long songs that send your brain into orgasm, they are huge vinyl supporters and are always touring. Strong melodies, excellent patterns, super progressive rock tones, plenty of violins, pianos, and ridiculous build ups with the guitars and drums to the point of pretty much becoming an explosion in the sky. I'm still talking about Mono, of course. Can't wait to see em one day.

    Sample this bitch out with your headphones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAleQ79UlT8

    Explosions in the Sky are also superb. A buddy of mine, whom I got into vinyl, put me on EITS a couple years back. Brilliant stuff.

    MONO are great, their most recent double album has been on heavy rotation in my house. Seen them a couple times and they just announced a Toronto show yesterday that I'll definitely be at.
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  • hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Posts: 4,898
    Explosions are awesome! The Earth is a cold dead place and All of a susdden I miss everyone are their best IMO

    Live they are crazy loud, crazy awesome. Fun to watch them jam, and play drums. A great rock show period.

    They usually play 9 or 10 songs, but it seems like more as some songs are pretty long. The like to flow stuff together as well.

    A must see at least once live Enjoy the fuck out of it
  • RobbyD462RobbyD462 Posts: 4,812
    Saw them open for NIN great show!
    Great music for anytime or any mood.
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    -Seattle,Wash-Key Arena-9/22/9 -Pemberton,B.C-7/17/16
    -Vancouver,B.C-GM Place -9/25/9 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/8/18
    -Vancouver,B.C-Pacific Coliseum-9/25/11 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/10/18
    -Misoula,MT-Adams Field House-9/30/12 -Vancouver,BC-Rogers Arena-5/4/24

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