History Music / ExplosionsInTheSky

* LongTitle: ''Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth shall Live Forever'', "With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept"

'''Explosions in the Sky''' are an American PostRock band from Texas. As they were unloading their gear before an early show, fireworks were going off nearby. One of the band members blurted out, "Can you hear the explosions in the sky?" The name stuck. Here we go...

Formed in 1999 after drummer Chris Hrasky posted a flyer in a record store reading "wanted; sad, triumphant rock band," the foursome (Hrasky and guitarists Michael James, Mark Smith, and Munaf Rayani) quickly became well known in the Austin music scene, and were signed to Temporary Residence Limited after another Austin band submitted their demo accompanied by a note reading "This totally fucking destroys." They have since then released six albums, composed music for the films ''FridayNightLights'' and ''Film/LoneSurvivor'', been [[MistakenForTerrorist Mistaken For Terrorists]], curated a music festival, and still managed to remain in relative obscurity.

* FakeOutFadeOut: "Look Into the Air" has a rather pleasant-sounding fade-out, which is immediately contrasted with a [[EarRape blaring, distorted guitar chord]].

* TitleDrop: "Have You Passed Through This Night?" Via an audio sample from TheThinRedLine.

Formed in 1999 after drummer Chris Hrasky posted a flyer in a record store reading "wanted; sad, triumphant rock band," the foursome (Hrasky and guitarists Michael James, Mark Smith, and Munaf Rayani) quickly became well known in the Austin music scene, and were signed to Temporary Residence Limited after another Austin band submitted their demo accompanied by a note reading "This totally fucking destroys." They have since then released six albums, composed music for the films ''FridayNightLights'' and ''Lone Survivor'', been [[MistakenForTerrorist Mistaken For Terrorists]], curated a music festival, and still managed to remain in relative obscurity.

Formed in 1999 after drummer Chris Hrasky posted a flyer in a record store reading "wanted; sad, triumphant rock band," the foursome (Hrasky and guitarists Michael James, Mark Smith, and Munaf Rayani) quickly became well known in the Austin music scene, and were signed to Temporary Residence Limited after another Austin band submitted their demo accompanied by a note reading "This totally fucking destroys." They have since then released six albums, composed music for the films ''FridayNightLights'' and ''Sole Survivor'', been [[MistakenForTerrorist Mistaken For Terrorists]], curated a music festival, and still managed to remain in relative obscurity.

Formed in 1999 after drummer Chris Hrasky posted a flyer in a record store reading "wanted; sad, triumphant rock band," the foursome (Hrasky and guitarists Michael James, Mark Smith, and Munaf Rayani) quickly became well known in the Austin music scene, and were signed to Temporary Residence Limited after another Austin band submitted their demo accompanied by a note reading "This totally fucking destroys." They have since then released six albums, composed music for FridayNightLights, been [[MistakenForTerrorist Mistaken For Terrorists]], curated a music festival, and still managed to remain in relative obscurity.

* HeyItsThatVoice: The spoken word monologue in the beginning of "Have You Passed Through This Night?" is delivered by Pvt. Train in TheThinRedLine.

* NoHitWonder: Their albums have done relatively well, but no individual song of theirs has ever charted.

* 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.

They are called Explosions in the Sky, and they are from Texas. As they were unloading their gear before an early show, fireworks were going off nearby. One of them blurted out, "Can you hear the explosions in the sky?" The name stuck. Here we go...

* HeyItsThatVoice: The spoken word monologue in the beginning of "Have You Passed Through This Night?" is delivered by [[Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist Jesus]].

They are called Explosions in the Sky, and they are from Texas. Here we go...

* AGoodNameForARockBand: As they were unloading their gear before an early show, fireworks were going off nearby. One of them blurted out, "Can you hear the explosions in the sky?" The name stuck.

* SignatureSong: Arguably "Your Hand in Mine."

They are from Texas, and they are called Explosions in the Sky.

Formed in 1999 after drummer Chris Hrasky posted a flyer in a record store reading "wanted; sad, triumphant rock band," the foursome (Hrasky and guitarists Michael James, Mark Smith, and Munaf Rayani) quickly became well known in the Austin music scene, and were signed to Temporary Residence Limited after another Austin band submitted their demo accompanied by a note reading "This totally fucking destroys." They have since then released six albums, composed music for FridayNightLights, been [[{{MistakenForTerrorist}} Mistaken For Terrorists]], curated a music festival, and still managed to remain in relative obscurity.

* ''How Strange, Innocence'' (2000)

* HeyItsThatVoice: The spoken word monologue in the beginning of "Have You Passed Through This Night?" is delivered by [[ThePassionOfTheChrist Jesus]].

* NoHitWonder: Their albums have done relatively well, but no individual song of theirs has ever charted.

* SignatureSong: Arguably "Your Hand in Mine."

Formed in 2000 after drummer Chris Hrasky posted a flyer in a record store reading "wanted; sad, triumphant rock band," the foursome (Hrasky and guitarists Michael James, Mark Smith, and Munaf Rayani) quickly became well known in the Austin music scene, and were signed to Temporary Residence Limited after another Austin band submitted their demo accompanied by a note reading "This totally fucking destroys." They have since then released six albums, composed music for FridayNightLights, been [[{{MistakenForTerrorist}} Mistaken For Terrorists]], curated a music festival, and still managed to remain in relative obscurity.

* 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's the way they like it.

* Music/{{Instrumentals}}: Almost every single song.

* TheJimmyHartVersion: 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.