Mar 23, 2007

Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone (2007)

Recently, I was having "one of those days". I was having both car trouble and girl trouble. In truth, I was having trouble with a girl who had hit my car, and was being less than forthcoming with the money for the repairs - however that is a story for another day. As it were, though, I was ready to pull my hair out and scream obscenities at the top of my voice.
As the sun began to set, I realized that I had to get out of my cramped, dark apartment. I strapped on my shoes and my headphones, and embarked on the type of walk that you know will take whatever length of time is necessary for your mind to switch back to happy again.
As far as musical accompaniment was concerned, my mood called for something that was out of the ordinary. I needed a sound that would fill my head with a beautiful, loud noise, yet one that would leave space for me to sort through the various emotions that were battling for attention therein. The choice was simple: Explosions In The Sky.
Explosions In The Sky craft instrumental sonic landscapes that are as epic as the band's name might suggest. Music, as a friend of mine recently commented, that is perfect for listening to while running, or driving down a desolate highway on a cross-country road trip, or, as I found, while wrestling the demons in your mind.
All Of A Sudden I Miss Eveyone is an album full of raw emotion and power. The very fact that there are no lyrics, allows you, the listener, to examine and draw your own conclusions from the songs, rather than being told through words that a particular song is a happy song, or a sad song, or any type of song for that matter.
By the time I made it home - my walk taking as long as it took to listen to the album all the way through - I was in a far better headspace. Explosions In The Sky had filled my ears with beautiful, loud music, and, I, with a little help from six string guitars, crashing drums, and some rather lovely flourishes of piano, had successfully calmed the maelstrom of emotion in my head for another day.
I still haven't seen any money from the girl, though.

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