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Explosions

Dream pop
Dream pop

Explosions is a Dream pop act. Their sound grew out of The American Analog Set, Fugazi, Nine Inch Nails, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Lift to Experience. Those roots explain a lot about how Explosions arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cyril Neville, The Gaturs, The Wild Magnolias, Jessie Hill and Eddie Bo, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 10 connections around Explosions, reaching back through The American Analog Set. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Explosions in the Sky is an American post-rock band, formed in Austin, Texas, in 1999. The band is a quartet, composed of drummer Chris Hrasky and guitarists/keyboardists Michael James, Munaf Rayani, and Mark Smith. The band originally played under the name Breaker Morant, then changed to the current name in 1999. They primarily play with three electric guitars and a drum kit, although James will at times exchange his electric guitar for a bass guitar, and all three guitarists also add additional keyboard and synthesizer parts. The band later added a fifth musician to their live performances, largely to accommodate for these bass and keyboard parts. This role was occupied by multi instrumentalist Carlos Torres from 2010 to 2018 and reprised in 2024. The band has released eight studio albums to date; their most recent, End, was released in September 2023.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
ExplosionsThe American Analog …FugaziNine Inch NailsGodspeed You! Black …Lift to ExperienceCyril NevilleThe GatursThe Wild MagnoliasJessie HillEddie Bo

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Explosions connections

Explosions grew out of The American Analog Set, Fugazi, Nine Inch Nails and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, shares an orbit with Cyril Neville, The Gaturs, The Wild Magnolias and Jessie Hill. 10 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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