Date
Monday 20 February 2017 at 7:30pm
Location
Melbourne Recital Centre
31 Sturt St,
Southbank,
VIC 3006,
Australia
Tel: +61 3 9699 3333
Link
http://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2017/explosions-in-the-sky/
Description
Dynamic instrumental indie rock ensemble Explosions in the Sky debut at Melbourne Recital Centre.
With a reputation for all-consuming and intense live performances, Explosions in the Sky were touted early on in their career as the next phenomenon in moody and dynamic instrumental indie rock à la Mogwai and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
They have since become one of the genre’s most commercially successful bands, scoring several motion pictures and featured in countless other films, television series and video games.
The quartet of Texas kids, Mark Smith and Munaf Rayani on guitars, Michael James on bass and Christopher Hrasky on drums, are embarking on a world tour to mark their latest release The Wilderness, bringing their eclectic mix of shoe-gaze, noise and ambient folk to Elisabeth Murdoch Hall for what promises to be a mesmerising experience. Their latest work is a bold, experimental work combining song craft with a cinematic sensibility mixing the progressive ambience of early Peter Gabriel, the triumphant Romanticism of The Cure, and the more melancholy moments of Fleetwood Mac.
What defines Explosions in the Sky is its rejection of the traditional verse-chorus-verse-chorus pop musical structure. Its long and dramatic works are more like symphonic pieces, with complex narrative arcs, instrumental explorations, interlocking arpeggios, emotional bursts and sudden rhythmic shifts.
Explosions in the Sky plays some of the most passionate, powerful instrumental music you will ever hear. Equal parts romance and tragedy, their beautiful melodies have the tendency to ignite into head-spinning walls of noise. Easily one of the most intense live bands ever, their sound proves to be every bit as triumphant as their name implies.
‘Explosions set themselves for an uphill battle and, yet, conquered with incomparable grace.’ Gigwise
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