Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever (studio album) by Explosions In The Sky

An album that is let down by the second half because the first half is amazing. It is so full of colour and life on those first 3 tracks that you start to think that your in for a classic from Explosions In The Sky. The way they build up the music is brilliant and they allow themselves to explode only at perfect times to give us a sudden uplift of energy which feels like an adrenaline rush. It amazes me how they do it and those first 3 tracks do deserve a lot of praise for creating an atmosphere and environment that only a few other artists can compete with. They seem to lose this on the last 3 songs with the sudden explosions not really having the same impact and the instrumentation can feel a bit nullified at times. If they could maintain their consistency this record would be up amongst their best but they couldn't unfortunately. There is still moments and glimpses on these last tracks, such as the conclusion on A Poor Man's Memory and the drum work on the closing track, which are great but they are overshadowed. Overall, they have made better music but there is still a lot to love and enjoy on this record so well worth a listen.

From HoldenM 12/21/2017 17:47

It's Explosions in the Sky. Do you want a melodic, sprawling, progressive, cinematic-sounding record that knows when to quit? Then this'll do it for you. Not as polished as their later work, but plenty great, nonetheless.

From Brad1770 12/17/2017 09:27

This album clocks in at 49 minutes across 7 tracks. Fully instrumental think God Speed You Black Emporer and Swans only not as good. I didn’t really dig this unfortunately, only the heaviest moments worked IMO