“End,” the enigmatic new album from Explosions in the Sky, represents a fresh departure for the band. Drawing inspiration from a series of emotional and impactful themes such as death, the end of relationships, and other significant life changes, the album uses its meditative undertones to explore the concept of endings and beginnings. Today, the band unleashed the album’s opener “Ten Billion People“.
Every song on the album is said to come from a personal narrative or idea that the band has transformed into a unique soundscape, exploring both the melancholy of endings and the anticipatory excitement of new beginnings.
The band members explain that the album title, “End,” can be interpreted in numerous ways, emphasizing the duality of terminations as both endpoints and starting points.
“End” seems to represent a milestone in the band’s musical evolution, combining the atmospheric, ethereal quality of their early work with the experimental sonics of their later records. The band’s extensive experience scoring for film and television is also apparent in the album’s cinematic depth and emotional intensity.
The album, released on September 15, 2023, is available in a limited edition 180 gram pink vinyl, with an edition size of 5,000. Customers can purchase up to two copies each. All vinyl formats come with an MP3 download coupon included in the package.
The track listing for “End” includes seven songs:
Ten Billion People
Moving On
Loved Ones
Peace or Quiet
All Mountains
The Fight
It’s Never Going To Stop
In support of the album release, Explosions in the Sky has announced a series of concert dates, starting in Houston, TX, on September 15 and concluding in Madrid, Spain, on November 20.
Tour Dates:
Sep 15 – Houston, TX @ The Lawn at White Oak Music
Sep 16 – Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom
Sep 18 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
Sep 19 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
Sep 21 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
Sep 22 – Omaha, NE @ The Admiral Theater
Sep 23 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Sep 25 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
Sep 26 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theater
Sep 28 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater
Sep 29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall
Sep 30 – New Havent, CT @ College Street Music Hall
Oct 1 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
Oct 3 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Oct 4 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Oct 5 – Brooklyn, NY @ King’s Theater
European tour dates:
Nov 6 – Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street
Nov 7 – Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
Nov 8 – London, UK @ Troxy
Nov 9 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
Nov 11 – Antwerp, BE @ De Roma
Nov 13 – Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenberg Grote Zaal
Nov 14 – Berlin, DE @ Astra
Nov 15 – Koln, DE @ Kantine
Nov 17 – Paris, FR @ Bataclan
Nov 18 – Lyon, FR @ L’EpicerieModerne
Nov 19 – Barcelona, SP @ Sala Razzmatazz
Nov 20 – Madrid, SP @ Riviera
