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Explosions In The Sky Books Fall Tour
Explosions In The Sky is following up its ongoing Eastern/Midwestern outing with another run of U.S. dates in the fall. The September-October road trip includes gigs in Los Angeles; Seattle; Billings, Mont.; and Bellvue, Colo.
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Chastain Park, Atlanta, Ga.
The Texas-based instrumental experimental band is continuing to support its 2016 album, The Wilderness. Explosions In The Sky recently released the official video for the track “The Ecstatics.” The stop-motion animation clip was directed by Hayley Morris.
A four-star review from the Guardian praises The Wilderness as “a beautifully understated epic,” while Pitchfork’s 8.0 write-up proclaims that the band’s seventh studio album is “their best since The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place.”
Explosions In The Sky has also earned high marks for its live show.
Here’s a snippet of the Austin Chronicle’s review for the group’s March 2016 performance at the Paramount Theatre: “This wasn’t just a gig. This was an arrival 16 years coming. This was Pink Floyd just before Live at Pompeii. This was the moment when EITS went from being Texas’ kings of post-rock to scene emperors.”
The band’s spring tour continues with tonight’s show in Athens, Ga. The fall run begins Sept. 15 in Albuquerque, N.M. Check out the full routing below, with the fall dates bolded:
April 14 – Athens, Ga., Georgia Theatre
April 15 – Asheville, N.C., The Orange Peel
April 16 – Nashville, Tenn., Ryman Auditorium
April 18 – Baltimore, Md., Rams Head Live!
April 19 – Baltimore, Md., Rams Head Live!
April 20 – New Haven, Conn., College Street Music Hall
April 21 – Providence, R.I., Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
April 22 – Port Chester, N.Y., The Capitol Theatre
April 23 – Toronto, Ontario, Rebel (Canadian Music Week & Music Conference)
April 25 – Cincinnati, Ohio, Bogart’s
April 26 – Cleveland, Ohio, House Of Blues
April 27 – Grand Rapids, Mich., Covenant Fine Arts Center @ Calvin College
April 28 – St. Louis, Mo., The Pageant
April 29 – Oklahoma City, Okla., The Criterion
July 9 – Brugge, Belgium, Minne Waterpark (Cactus Festival)
July 11 – Linz, Austria, Donaulande (Ahoi! The Full Hit Of Summer Festival)
Sept. 15 – Albuquerque, N.M., Sunshine Theater
Sept. 16 – Flagstaff, Ariz., The Orpheum Theater
Sept. 18 – Los Angeles, Calif., Greek Theatre
Sept. 21 – Eugene, Ore., McDonald Theatre
Sept. 22 – Seattle, Wash., The Showbox
Sept. 23 – Spokane, Wash., Knitting Factory Concert House
Sept. 25 – Boise, Idaho, Knitting Factory Concert House
Sept. 27 – Billings, Mont., The Pub Station Ballroom
Sept. 29 – Bellvue, Colo., Mishawaka Amphitheatre
Oct. 1 – Sioux Falls, S.D., The District
Oct. 4 – Milwaukee, Wis., Pabst Theater
Oct. 5 – Des Moines, Iowa, Wooly’s
Tickets are available now. Visit ExplosionsInTheSky.com for more information.