The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place, by Explosions in the Sky

The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place

by Explosions in the Sky

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maumau43 One of the best albums for just laying down in your bed at night. Favorite track: Your Hand In Mine.

eli "The stadium lights were painfully bright, but we could still see the stars stretched into every corner of our giddy brains. I pointed out Cassiopeia. At first, we were quiet. Our whispers disappeared in the summer air and I reached out to push one of her stray curls behind her ear. She held my palm against her cheek. And then we were loud." Favorite track: Your Hand In Mine.

Robert Bloemkolk Slow, melancholy, melodic music. It's a beauty. Favorite track: First Breath After Coma.

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1.	First Breath After Coma 09:33	buy track
2.	The Only Moment We Were Alone 10:14
3.	Six Days At The Bottom Of The Ocean 08:43	buy track
4.	Memorial 08:50	buy track
5.	Your Hand In Mine 08:17	buy track

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In the summer of 2002, the four of us decided to temporarily relocate to Midland, Texas. We thought it would be good to get out of Austin and hole up somewhere so we could just focus on writing music for what would be our third album. We knew our way around Midland (three of us grew up there) and the rent was cheap. Also, there is not a whole lot to do there so there would be few distractions. Once there, we spent our days apart...Michael got a job at a video store, Munaf at a Thai restaurant, Mark did some freelance copy editing and Chris walked his dog through abandoned parking lots. Late in the evening we would get something to eat and then head to practice. We had a practice space in the basement of an old downtown office building (which was quite possibly haunted). We could be there from 9pm to 6am. We put up some Christmas lights and got to work. The first couple of weeks were pretty rough. We were having trouble coming up with anything that we liked. It was frustrating and we became rather discouraged. One night we decided to take a break and we drove out to the Monahans Sand Dunes, a few miles outside of Midland. This place is hard to describe. You're just surrounded by weird, untouched desert. And you can see all the stars in the sky. Michael once described it as "like being on another planet." We brought a boom box with us and we laid down on the sand and listened to music. For some reason this made us feel better about things. The next night we were back in the basement practice space working on new songs. We can't remember if it got any easier or any less frustrating but somehow everything started to fall into place. A few weeks later we packed up and moved back to Austin.

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released November 4, 2003

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