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I am not really good at gift-giving. I am one of those people who agonize over a decision and then ultimately buy gift certificates. Taking the easy way out is not something I readily endorse, but it definitely has its advantages. Plus, you can’t be accused of giving something horrific or be greeted with that look of consternation.
Before I learned this lesson, I attempted to give a thoughtful Christmas gift to my dad. My dad is one of those T-shirts and jeans guys. He doesn’t do anything fancy and he certainly doesn’t like anything fancy. Usually, I would give him a college T-shirt that I could just pick up at the campus bookstore, but not this time. This Christmas, I thought I would go out on a limb. I decided to buy him concert tickets, but as a college student with extremely limited funds, I couldn’t shell out for tickets to a rock dinosaur like CSNY or the like. I bought a pair of tickets to see Explosions in the Sky at the Tralf in Buffalo. I remembered sitting at home one night watching “Austin City Limits” with him when the Austin post-rock band was performing. We were both enthralled. It turned out to be a gift that we actually both enjoyed, which probably disproves my whole rant.
Regardless, we are both fans of the symphonic post-rockers. And then are returning on April 26 with their next release Take Care, Take Care, Take Care. “Trembling Hands” is the first release off that album and it is quintessential Explosions, except that it isn’t. Much of their work features a slow build-up to a very loud, very raucous crescendo. The new track has those hallmarks, but it seems to be sped up. Instead of a six- or seven-minute climb, you get a quick two-minute one. It’s still very symphonic and the trembling, warbling guitar sounds are still present, but it plays like Explosions on the Sky on speed.
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[mp3] Explosions in the Sky // Trembling Hands from the forthcoming Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Wordless songs seem to be the domain of post-rock, and the bands that inhabit that particular genre seem to all be as verbose as possible when they title songs. Maybe it’s meant to be ironic in some way that a song with no words for the entire seven minutes has a 15-word title.
