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10.0
85357
10.0 |
The Skinny
A beautiful record; you just wish the vocabulary existed to do it justice
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9.0
85947
9.0 |
Gig Soup
Explosions In The Sky are back with a fresh, but unmistakably personal sound
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9.0
85232
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A current of vitality and renewal lights up The Wilderness. Here, finally, is the next phase for Explosions in the Sky. The album is thrillingly foreign yet familiar in its finest moments
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8.6
85518
8.6 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Don’t let the band’s recent output fool you into looking past this…it is quite plainly a must hear post-rock album in a time when such important and relevant post-rock music is an endangered kind
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8.3
85326
8.3 |
A.V. Club
Explosions In The Sky have crafted an updated version of themselves that’s ready for 2016 ears without sacrificing the band’s identity
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8.3
85192
8.3 |
Consequence Of Sound
Post-rock legends collapse epic sagas into an equally captivating series of vignettes
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8.1
86536
8.1 |
Earbuddy
The Wilderness feels weighty with cosmic significance and big emotions, but Explosions in the Sky have managed to get at the tiny feelings that linger afterwards
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8.0
86238
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
An expansive but personal piece of work that feels like a solitary walk through an autumnal woodland remembering the joys and sorrows of times gone by
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8.0
85108
8.0 |
The Music
Pushes preconceived expectations aside of what an Explosions In The Sky record should sound like
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8.0
85127
8.0 |
Pitchfork
A quietly masterful, emotionally rich work
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8.0
85128
8.0 |
Uncut
Music that extends to the horizon and beyond. Print edition only
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8.0
85129
8.0 |
Q
All told, the grand old men of post-rock still rock. Print edition only
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8.0
85337
8.0 |
The Guardian
Beautifully understated epic
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8.0
85319
8.0 |
All Music
On The Wilderness, Explosions in the Sky deconstruct and rebuild their sound from the ground up, giving it a revitalized sense of urgency and resulting in some of their most dynamic work yet
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8.0
85541
8.0 |
musicOMH
The wilderness and going off the map might seem like a frightening concept, but after a little exploration, there’s beauty to be found everywhere
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7.5
85305
7.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
The craft involved is evident, and there’s an assuredness and polish to the compositions; the fingerprints of a veteran group
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7.5
85761
7.5 |
Beardfood
So potent at conjuring emotion, they’re now constructing scenes to match
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7.5
85763
7.5 |
Spectrum Culture
EITS have only gotten better at milking their arrangements for all their emotional payoff
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7.0
85859
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
If it hits you in the right mood of pillowy existential bumfuzzlement, its power to distract and even transport is pretty undeniable
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7.0
85460
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
All in all Explosions In the Sky still retain their vitality in strong melody and melodramatic disposition, it’s just at times you wish they were a little more daring.
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7.0
85172
7.0 |
PopMatters
There aren’t many explosions here, but there’s plenty of dynamic songwriting, which is more than enough for a rewarding listening experience
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6.5
85549
6.5 |
Under The Radar
After a decade and a half, and now seven studio albums and counting, Explosions in the Sky proves it still has what it takes to deliver a stunningly deep and textured album
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6.0
85663
6.0 |
The FT
The Wilderness could do with a bit of wildness
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6.0
85249
6.0 |
Exclaim
Though wholly pleasant to listen to, The Wilderness occasionally dips into background music territory
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6.0
85130
6.0 |
Mojo
Soundtrack usage beckons for the latest non-film album from the venerable vocal-free Texans. Print edition only
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5.0
85430
5.0 |
Loud And Quiet
After sixteen years of creating a beautiful kind of emotional ambiguity, this time there’s just indifference
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4.0
85255
4.0 |
DIY
Explosions hit autopilot when they enter uncharted airspace
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