The Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band; Very Long Title.

Hey Everyone,

I recently have purhased my first Silver Mount Zion CD (Thanks Veronica; she gave it to me for Easter). They are a bit like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, which figures because the band sort of disbanded to focus on Silver Mount Zion. Their music features soundbites (from what I do not know) much like Godspeed You! and their music features a lot of violin, which is good because it helps make the music more mournful, which I like. My wife says that it is weird, depressing music, which it is but whenever I listen to this type of music (post-rock, instrumentals or whatever you call it) I get reflective, nostalgic (towards what I am not sure) and it relaxes me. I often enjoying listening to it when I am in bed (helps me sleep) or while I am reading it (it makes for good background sound; although sometimes it gets unexpectedly loud, then quiet and weird sound effects or soundbites oftten ensue; can be a little distracting at times).

Recently, I also bought the last two Explosions in the Sky albums that I did not own; not as good as the other two that I already own, but good. To my pleasant surprise, I have recently learned that friends of mine have heard of this band, by this I mean my cousin-in-law Denise and my friend Chris' girlfriend also named Denise (what are the odds?). I guess Explosions in the Sky are not as indy as I thought which is weird because Godspeed You! and Silver Mount Zion were/are pretty unknown.

I highly recommend these bands that I keep mentioning. So, if you want to listen to a sample let me know and you can come over and listen (obviously, I am refering to those close friends and family not to complete strangers; so, if I do not know you please disregard the preceeding).

Thanks for reading. Please let comments, suggestions, questions and I will be more than happy to reply back.

LISTEN at a reasonable volume or LOUD...whatever you prefer.

Fanboy Dave

Explosions In The Sky

Hello All,

My previous post was on post-rock music, which I have just got into in the last year, at first with Godspeed You! Black Emperor, then with Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra and more recently with Explosions In The Sky.

I cannot even remember what led me to buying my first Explosions In The Sky album, but I know that I love the band and currently own 3 of their 4 albums ( I am not continuing their EP The Rescue released in 2005). I often listen to their music when I go to bed because it helps me sleep, but I also enjoying listening to it while I read as background sounds. After I released that much of one of their albums was created for use in the film Friday Night Lights, I rewatched the film and realized that the music was from my favourite album from them; The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place. I do also very much like their 200o release How Strange, Innocence. To me their music conveys a lot of emotion. When listening to their music I feel sad, reflective, melancholic, hopeful, energized (much of the Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place features music that really pumps you up; I do the treadmill listening to this album on my ipod).

The band is from Texas, formed in 1999 and plays with 3 electric guitars, drum and sometimes an electric guitar is substituted for a bass guitar. Like many of the post-rock or Instrumentals or whatever you want to call this type of band they are very independent. I cannot often find their CDs in my local HMV, Best Buy or Future Shop stores.

I aim to in the next few months to purchase the outstanding Explosions In The Sky CD and add it to my music collection. If anyone reading this who is a friend or relative of mine and wishes to hear so let me know and when I see you next I can bring a CD or if you are over I can put some on and you can give it a listen.

I hope this brief blog entry has been interesting and informative to you, the readers and I look forward to your comments and questions, so please if you have any please leave me.

Thanks for reading.

FaNbOy DaVe