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Post-rock band Explosions in the Sky, known for their elaborately developed guitar work and narratively styled instrumentals, will perform in the McDonald Theatre on Wednesday, April 11, 2012.
All ages advance tickets are general admission and available now for $20 at all Safeway TicketsWest outlets, online at TicketsWest, and will call online at mcdonaldtheatre.com. Tickets day of show will cost $25. Doors will open at 7 p.m. The concert will begin at 8 p.m.
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Post-rock band Explosions in the Sky has garnered popularity beyond the post-rock scene for their elaborately developed guitar work, narratively styled instrumentals, what they refer to as "cathartic mini-symphonies," and their enthusiastic and emotional live shows.
Originally called Breaker Morant, Explosions in the Sky was formed in Austin, Texas in 1999. The name "Explosions in the Sky" was born from a comment Hrasky made in reference to the noise or sight of fireworks when they left KVRX on the night they played their first set and recorded their first track, “Remember Me as a Time of Day.”
The band quickly gained a reputation for their live shows even amongst other established local bands such as Lift to Experience. They also garnered a small amount of media attention as a result of their second album Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever, due to rumors linking it to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks - The album was released in late August 2001, with liner notes containing a picture of an airplane and the text “This Plane Will Crash Tomorrow”.
“The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place” is their third full-length album (counting “How Strange, Innocence” as their debut, see below). It shows the band has developed their characteristic sound to its full potential and the album has been critically acclaimed.
Friday Night Lights, the football movie based on the book of the same name, featured a soundtrack consisting mostly of songs by Explosions in the Sky, both original (as found on the Friday Night Lights soundtrack ) and from earlier releases. They are also frequently played in the TV-series sharing the name.
21: The Rescue, an experimental work for which the band sat down for eight days creating a song for each. The clapping and finger snapping on “Day Eight” is a good example of a harmonic restructuring of their old sound.
How Strange, Innocence, the band’s debut album, was finally remastered and re-released, making it accessible to a much larger audience. The first pressing consisted of only 300 CD-Rs that the band would later regret handing out as they felt the work to be naive, musically simple and not up to their standards. They have since learned to love, as well as hate, their debut as a showcase of their emotional range and emerging talent.
The band released, ‘All Of A Sudden, I Miss Everyone’ in 2007. The band’s latest album “Take Care, Take Care, Take Care” was released in April 2011.
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