Explosions In The Sky Announce New Album 'End', Share First Single
Monday, 17 July 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Nick Simonite
Explosions In The Sky have announced their first album in seven years.
'End' will arrive through Bella Union on September 15, following up the Texas post-rock quartet's 2016 LP 'The Wilderness', and their work on 2021's 'Big Bend', the soundtrack to the Public Television nature documentary of the same name.
Comprising seven tracks that explore themes of life and death, it's led by the glorious opening song and first single, Ten Billion People, which swells from a glitchy, skittering groove to a grand, soaring climax. The band explained:
"Our starting point was the concept of an ending—death, or the end of a friendship or relationship. Every song comes from a story, or an idea one of us has had that we’ve all expanded on and made its own world. Maybe it’s our nature, but we kept feeling that the album title was ultimately open to a lot more interpretation—the end of a thing or a time can mean a stop, but it can also mean a beginning, and what happens after one thing ends might pale in comparison to what it becomes next."
Earlier in 2023, the band announced an expansive 26-city international tour, kicking off with a run of US shows between September 15 and October 5. Following that, they'll head to Dublin, Manchester, London, and major cities across Europe.
Tickets for The End Tour are on sale now. The run marks the instrumental band's first live dates since 2019.
'End' tracklist:
1. Ten Billion People
2. Moving On
3. Loved Ones
4. Peace or Quiet
5. All Mountains
6. The Fight
7. It’s Never Going To Stop
Explosions In The Sky Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Fri September 15 2023 - HOUSTON Texas - Pulse Power Stage on the Lawn at White Oak Music Hall - Complex (USA)
Sat September 16 2023 - DALLAS Texas - South Side Ballroom (USA)
Mon September 18 2023 - NASHVILLE Tennessee - Ryman Auditorium (USA)
Tue September 19 2023 - ATLANTA Georgia - Eastern Atlanta (USA)
Thu September 21 2023 - ST LOUIS Missouri - Pageant (USA)
Fri September 22 2023 - OMAHA Nebraska - Admiral (USA)
Sat September 23 2023 - MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota - First Avenue Minneapolis (USA)
Mon September 25 2023 - CHICAGO Illinois - Salt Shed (USA)
Tue September 26 2023 - ROYAL OAK Michigan - Royal Oak Music Theatre (USA)
Thu September 28 2023 - CLEVELAND Ohio - Agora Theater (USA)
Fri September 29 2023 - PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania - Franklin Music Hall (USA)
Sat September 30 2023 - NEW HAVEN Connecticut - College Street Music Hall (USA)
Sun October 01 2023 - BOSTON Massachusetts - Roadrunner Boston (USA)
Tue October 03 2023 - WASHINGTON District of Columbia - 930 Club (USA)
Wed October 04 2023 - WASHINGTON District Of Columbia - 9:30 Club (USA)
Thu October 05 2023 - BROOKLYN New York - Kings Theatre Brooklyn (USA)
Mon November 06 2023 - DUBLIN Vicar Street
Tue November 07 2023 - MANCHESTER Albert Hall
Wed November 08 2023 - LONDON Troxy
Thu November 09 2023 - BRUSSELS Ancienne Belgique (Belgium)
Sat November 11 2023 - ANTWERP De Roma (Belgium)
Mon November 13 2023 - UTRECHT TivoliVredenburg (Netherlands)
Tue November 14 2023 - BERLIN ASTRA Kulturhaus (Germany)
Wed November 15 2023 - COLOGNE Die Kantine (Germany)
Fri November 17 2023 - PARIS Bataclan (France)
Sat November 18 2023 - LYON Epicerie Moderne Feyzin (France)
Sun November 19 2023 - BARCELONA Razzmatazz (Spain)
Mon November 20 2023 - MADRID Sala La Riviera (Spain)
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