Explosions In The Sky: How Strange, Innocence

Postrock
premiera polska: 2021-12-03
opakowanie: Jewelcaseowe etui
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Opis wydawcy:
Reedycja pierwszej płyty, od dawna niedostępnej, jednego z najważniejszych amerykańskich przedstawicieli gitarowego post-rocka. Kawał historii, którego nie wypada nie znać.

Containing the very first transmissions from Explosions In The Sky to the world, the songs on How Strange Innocence were freshly written, painstakingly rehearsed, and anxiously put to tape during a whirlwind two-day recording session with Stephen T. Hall (Sixteen Deluxe) at The Bubble in Austin, TX. But the group evolved quickly, and recorded what would be their breakthrough, the stunning Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever, less than one year later. How Strange Innocence was pushed aside in favor of the more accomplished Those Who Tell The Truth as the band s introduction to the rest of the world, seeing no official release beyond 300 CDRs the band produced to sell on the road. Original CDRs fetch over $200 on eBay, the scarce vinyl version nearing $500! This phenomenon was disconcerting to the band and their growing number of fans, which makes us all the more proud to announce this official How Strange Innocence reissue, beautifully remastered with all new artwork.

Tak o tym albumie mówią sami muzycy:
How Strange, Innocence' was our first attempt at an album. We recorded it in June 2000 in Austin: recording took two days, mixing one day, mastering one day. Altogether we pressed 300 CD-R copies of this album. We had been a band about seven months when we recorded these songs. A lot of feelings (excitement/confusion/glimpses of visions/waking dreams/inability to play instruments) went into this record, but we didn't quite know what to do with those feelings. None of us had even been in a studio before, and it shows in the recording, the songs show it, too -- it's a young record, there are no tricks in it. There is a lightness in a few of the songs that we probably won't reach again. It sounds strange to say that instrumental songs are 'about' something but to us, these songs were about such things as a couple walking through the park on a winter day, a child playing on 70's shag carpet, the story of a boy hero leading a revolution against the tyranny of the coalmines. We've had a bit of a love/embarrassment relationship with this record, at certain points along the way several of us wanted to buy back all of the copies and burn them. Listening now to this album, it almost seems like a different band composed of four different people. We finally feel okay in re-releasing it, probably because we've now made a couple of records that are closer to our visions for them. We truly appreciate anyone who is interested and listening. Thank you.'


utwory:
1. Miami
2. Porcelain
3. Mungo
4. Listen
5. Almond Milk
6. Letter Bomb
7. Oi
8. August
9. Wanna
10. Prince Of Tears

wydano: 2021-12-03 (2004)