hopelessness

organ and banjo over jangly guitars

the building anticipation of ritual

and listen to 20 Jazz Funk Greats instead

is a brain boggler through the storied terrain that Jon Hassell once charted

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place DLP Cumbia hopelessnessThis album makes me cry in a good way. Picking up where Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever left off, The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place begins as a flickering twinkle that soon grows to a blinding light. This new sense of hope is the defining characteristic of this record, and ultimately the journey that their music takes us on. Immeasurably more dramatic and dynamic than their last album, The Earth Is Not