I Can't Help Myself

Today I decided to pass by the local record store to pick up The Walkmen's new album Heaven, but instead I ended up buying four amazing vinyl records because they were out.  So, since I need to double up ANYWAYS, here is my sixty-fifth pick.

Artist - Explosions In The Sky
Album - All of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
Released - 2007
Label - Temporary Residence Limited
Genre - Post-Rock


Tracks
The Birth and Death of the Day
Welcome, Ghosts
It's Natural to be Afraid
What Do You Go Home To?
Catastrophe and the Cure
So Long, Lonesome

The BEST post-rock band I've ever heard, making it's second debut on my blog, none other than Austin, Texas' own Explosions in the Sky.  With their fifth studio album in play, I have to say that this record is really great.  I couldn't help but double post today (though I am falling behind by a few posts) because the purchases I made at End of Ear were just too great to pass up.  I tried to kind of spread out the semi-new vinyl records in between older ones, but I've just been dying to listen to this.

All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone has the perfect start to a record with the first track The Birth and Death of the Day.  It is almost hard to describe this album into words because it really has an effect on me, especially So Long, Lonesome.  This is one of the few albums I can put on repeat and just listen to for days.  Definitely moving, I think it has a lot to do with the dynamics of the record itself.  The way each instrument comes together to form the more perfect union.  As funny as that sounds, it is the truth.

When you look up Explosions in the Sky All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone on Wikipedia, it states that the title of this album is a reference to Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (which is my FAVORITE BOOK).  It's a summarization of the conclusion in which Holden advises the reader, "Don't every tell anybody anything.  If you do, you will start missing everybody."  Ahhhh, see, this album is PERFECT!!

Enjoy!