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* FaceOfTheBand: Averted. They are deliberately leaderless, and except for Munaf's brief greeting to the crowd at the beginning and goodbye at the end, they do not speak on stage.

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This is Flame Bait now.


* SnarkBait: Not within music groups mind you, but more on websites like [=RateYourMusic=], who in particular blame Explosions in the Sky for "ruining" post-rock due to their obsession with crescendos.
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* MemeticMutation: "CRESCENDOS!!!",in reference to the band's usage of grand epic finales in their songs, which is just light jabs or sarcastic remarks.
* SnarkBait: Not within music groups mind you, but more on websites like [=RateYourMusic=], who in particular blame Explosions in the Sky for "ruining" post-rock due to their obsession with crescendos.
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Misuse and not YMMV


* HypeBacklash: They've suffered this a lot from Post-Rock purists who feel they've "killed off" the post-rock genre and apparently "don't try hard enough" in comparison to [[Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor another well known post-rock band]].
* MadnessMantra / SurvivalMantra: The cover of ''The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place'' can be interpreted as this.
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* HypeBacklash: They've suffered this a lot from Post-Rock purists who feel they've "killed off" the post-rock genre and apparently "don't try hard enough" in comparison to [[Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor another well known post-rock band]].
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* MainstreamObscurity: Despite having their music featured in FridayNightLights and playing to a sellout crowd at Radio City Music Hall. The fact that their songs aren't exactly radio friendly probably has something to do with this, but that seems to be the way they like it.

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* MainstreamObscurity: Despite having their music featured in FridayNightLights ''Series/FridayNightLights'' and playing to a sellout crowd at Radio City Music Hall. The fact that their songs aren't exactly radio friendly probably has something to do with this, but that seems to be the way they like it.



* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: They still get emails asking for the song used as the theme to Series/FridayNightLights. That particular piece is not their work; it was composed by veteran TV writer W.G. Snuffy Walden and deliberately mimicked their style.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: They still get emails asking for the song used as the theme to Series/FridayNightLights.''Series/FridayNightLights''. That particular piece is not their work; it was composed by veteran TV writer W.G. Snuffy Walden and deliberately mimicked their style.

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* MagnumOpus: ''The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place''.



* SignatureSong: Arguably "Your Hand in Mine."
** Possibly "The Only Moment We Were Alone" as well. It's used pretty frequently in soundtracks, especially for documentaries.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: They still get emails asking for the song used as the theme to FridayNightLights. That particular piece is not their work; it was composed by veteran TV writer W.G. Snuffy Walden and deliberately mimicked their style.

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* SignatureSong: Arguably "Your Hand in Mine."
** Possibly
Mine" is seen by some as this. "The Only Moment We Were Alone" Alone" could count as well. It's well, as it's used pretty frequently in soundtracks, especially for documentaries.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: They still get emails asking for the song used as the theme to FridayNightLights.Series/FridayNightLights. That particular piece is not their work; it was composed by veteran TV writer W.G. Snuffy Walden and deliberately mimicked their style.
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* MadnessMantra / SurvivalMantra: The cover of ''The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place'' can be interpreted as this.
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** Possibly "The Only Moment We Were Alone" as well. It's used pretty frequently in soundtracks, especially for documentaries.

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** Possibly "The Only Moment We Were Alone" as well. It's used pretty frequently in soundtracks, especially for documentaries.documentaries.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: They still get emails asking for the song used as the theme to FridayNightLights. That particular piece is not their work; it was composed by veteran TV writer W.G. Snuffy Walden and deliberately mimicked their style.
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* MagnumOpus: ''The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place''.
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* SignatureSong: Arguably "Your Hand in Mine."

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* SignatureSong: Arguably "Your Hand in Mine.""
**Possibly "The Only Moment We Were Alone" as well. It's used pretty frequently in soundtracks, especially for documentaries.

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* EpicRiff: "A Song for Our Fathers," "Your Hand in Mine,"

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* EpicRiff: "A Song for Our Fathers," "Your Hand in Mine,"Mine."


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* SignatureSong: Arguably "Your Hand in Mine."
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* EpicRiff: "A Song for Our Fathers," "Your Hand in Mine,"



* MainstreamObscurity: Despite having their music featured in FridayNightLights and playing to a sellout crowd at Radio City Music Hall. The fact that their songs aren't exactly radio friendly probably has something to do with this, but that seems to be the way they like it.

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* MainstreamObscurity: Despite having their music featured in FridayNightLights and playing to a sellout crowd at Radio City Music Hall. The fact that their songs aren't exactly radio friendly probably has something to do with this, but that seems to be the way they like it.
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* FaceOfTheBand: Averted. They are deliberately leaderless, and except for Munaf's brief greeting to the crowd at the beginning and goodbye at the end, they do not speak on stage.

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* FaceOfTheBand: Averted. They are deliberately leaderless, and except for Munaf's brief greeting to the crowd at the beginning and goodbye at the end, they do not speak on stage.stage.
* MainstreamObscurity: Despite having their music featured in FridayNightLights and playing to a sellout crowd at Radio City Music Hall. The fact that their songs aren't exactly radio friendly probably has something to do with this, but that seems to be the way they like it.

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