Explosions In The SkyHow Strange, Innocence

Label:

Sad Loud America – SLA 001

Format:

CDr , Album, Limited Edition

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Post Rock

Tracklist

1 A Song For Our Fathers 5:42
2 Snow And Lights 8:17
3 Magic Hours 8:29
4 Look Into The Air 5:30
5 Glittering Blackness 5:30
6 Time Stops 9:55
7 Me As A Time Of Day 5:27

Credits

  • EngineerErik Wofford
  • Recorded By, Mixed BySteven T. Hall

Notes

300x limited.

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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How Strange, Innocence (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition) Ruined Potential Records FTK 01 US 2004
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How Strange, Innocence (CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered) Temporary Residence Limited trr 85 US 2005
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How Strange, Innocence (CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered) Human Highway HECY-1020 Japan 2005
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How Strange, Innocence (CD, Album, Stereo) Par Media Music ZZ-05GP0001954 Russia 2005
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How Strange, Innocence (CDr, Reissue, Remastered) Temporary Residence Limited trr 85 Australia 2005

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Reviews

  • ultimaweopon's avatar
    ultimaweopon
    There is re released vinyl now featuring the blueish painting like on the latest cd version and if you truly like the music it averages about 28 £
    • Euphonics's avatar
      Euphonics
      Edited 6 years ago
      Austin's Explosions In The Sky have become known for dramatic mini guitar symphonies that carry with them a special, nimble charm that is accessible for the masses. Their later material reined-in, and sometimes expanded on this concept, but in my opinion, this, their debut album still remains their unequivocal best. Which is in stark contrast to the bands' own feelings, as they've regularly expressed a certain level of embarrassment over the record. They had been in the band for less than a year, none of them had been in a studio before, and it shows. When they eventually got signed for their second album, the band re: "The four of us were convinced that we had made a terrible mistake thinking that we could record an album that a label would actually send to stores for people to buy."

      But through this guilelessness—or Innocence, if you will—they managed to take seven impressionistic song-sketches, and color them with life. In these seven peaks and valleys, we find so much hope, so much joy, and so much vulnerability. There is heart and ion, while also retaining a certain looseness that could have only come from a youthful band that was unsure of what they were really tapping into, but going ahead with it anyway. The bare heart captured on this album does far more than any 'technique' they may have cultivated as their career moved forward. Of course they may have gotten 'tighter' or 'more professional' by some standards. But on this one, they give it their youthful best and after two days of recording, one mixing, and one mastering, we arrive at the other end with a deeply profound, somehow erudite statement.
      Each song is a gem, each moment a treasure.
      • scout.dedalus's avatar
        scout.dedalus
        I used to have this CD. I lent it to a friend and never got it back. I regret that day very much.

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