EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place (2003 UK 5-track CD album - 'The Earth....' has been described by NME as 45 minutes of richly atmospheric, emotional upheaval. Shimmering, heavily-treated plateaus... the most beautiful, elegiac chiming this side of Johnny Marr... swirling tornadoes of sound: it is eloquent, intense instrumental music. It will kill anyone who ever had a heart, never mind those who already love FX-pedal pushers such as Ride and Mogwai)