Explosions in the Sky have announced the release of their first album in seven years, End, set to release on September 15 via Temporary Residence Ltd. The announcement of the album comes along with the release of the first single, “Ten Billion People.”
Of the album, the band shared, “Our starting point was the concept of an ending—death, or the end of a friendship or relationship. Every song comes from a story, or an idea one of us has had that we’ve all expanded on and made its own world. Maybe it’s our nature, but we kept feeling that the album title was ultimately open to a lot more interpretation—the end of a thing or a time can mean a stop, but it can also mean a beginning, and what happens after one thing ends might pale in comparison to what it becomes next.”
The release of the album also marks the start of the band’s nation wide tour, kicking off in early September. Tickets are on sale now.
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