How Strange, Innocence
"At certain points along the way, several of us wanted to buy back all the copies and burn them," writes Explosions in the Sky on their liner notes to this reissued debut. That's not a rousing recommendation, but an honest one from a group that three years later would produce one of the definitive post-modern guitar instrumental albums, The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place. How Strange, Innocence was reportedly made in only two days and released as a 300-issue CD-R in 2000. It's as rough and ready as that might suggest, but the sound of EITS was already well-formed right out of the Austin electric guitar womb. The opening "Song for Our Fathers" with its languid rhythm and surf guitar reverb fits right in with their later work. It's not perfect. They hadn't yet become sultans of the slow build crescendo, and there are more muffs than any self-respecting musician would want frozen for posterity. Nevertheless, it holds up as a rustic artifact and songs like the opener and "Look Into the Air" fulfill their mission of mood. Even before they were providing atmospheric soundtracks for Friday Night Lights and recording minor symphonies of electric guitar twang, Explosions in the Sky already had a clear vision of their sound. --John Diliberto more
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-09-2008
- Great opening effort, not their best, amazing nonetheless
I bought this cd when it was re-released. I'd heard the name kicked around for a few years but when I saw it at FYE like 3 years ago, I snagged it. The checkout clerk guy went on and on about how amazing this band is and although he...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Apr-05-2008
- A worthy start
Rough around the edges, though certainly indicative of the masterpiece that was to follow, Explosion's short-lived indie debut showed enough promise for the band's aching sense of melodic bursts to entice listeners to continue following...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: May-18-2007
- Not their best work, but still very good
Explosions in the Sky's debut album How Strange Innocence is not up to par with the albums they would follow it up with, but it is still a must for Explosions in the Sky fans and has a few gems like Glittering Blackness and Magic Hours....
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-01-2007
- WOW
Amazing...didn't listen to any of the later albums, but I heard that this one was their first and "lightest". They were right. It really moved me, but don't take my word for it. I guess it was kind of contraversial, one of those "love...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-09-2008
- Great opening effort, not their best, amazing nonetheless
I bought this cd when it was re-released. I'd heard the name kicked around for a few years but when I saw it at FYE like 3 years ago, I snagged it. The checkout clerk guy went on and on about how amazing this band is and although he...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Apr-05-2008
- A worthy start
Rough around the edges, though certainly indicative of the masterpiece that was to follow, Explosion's short-lived indie debut showed enough promise for the band's aching sense of melodic bursts to entice listeners to continue following...
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