Another brick has been set atop of contemporary post-rock’s rickety ivory tower by Explosions in the Sky’s new album Take Care, Take Care, Take Care, but with an intent that has yet to be seen from the slowly disintegrating genre. While the band retains their trademark cinematic song progression, Take Care is Explosion’s provakateur, who dares to allow an upbeat drum rhythm be complemented with a subtle vocal track—as seen in their 3rd song, “Trembling Hands”. Though, the sentimentality that was heard in their earlier works has not disappeared. “Postcard from 1952” is founded in the same structure that pervaded in The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place: a soft, melodic lead that is slowly supplemented by a rhythm guitarist, which is then put through several phases of drum reinforcement that leads to an explosive departure. It is by no mistake, however, that these artists chose to reuse this development, even though it may remind us of their earlier works, which felt oh so good when paired with the melodrama of football. But what would be seen as banal is diffused swiftly, as Explosion’s new album is the only lift out of post-rock’s bog of Reverb and delay pedals, and reminds us that they do not stand on the periphery of the genre, but rather are the genre. – J. Brookes

“Trembling Hands”:

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Tags: Ambient, Post-Rock