Review: Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone

Instrumental + Experimental + Post-Rock

I first heard of Explosions In the Sky though the telly—joined by my boyfriend as we watch Conan each weekday night. Usually. They played "Welcome, Ghosts", and I was quite relaxed by it, and impressed. Impressed because it is entirely instrumental, and instrumental music, I think, is not listened to enough or given enough credit. It seems Explosions In the Sky has a quality that I love in people, the ability to not say anything, to speak. The album is good, but not excellent. I have read some reviews around the net, and they all seem to be raving. I think theres something missing. It's missing something, perhaps a little pizzazz. There are 6 tracks on the album, and although they have a pretty, other-worldly sound, they flow by too easily without a notice. This is the first album of Explosions In the Sky I have heard, so this could be a marked improvement for them, thus the raving reviews. Check it out. It's good listening, for sure, but not a breakthrough or standout album like I expected.