Explosions In The Sky Announce New Album ‘End’ – Share “Ten Billion People” Lead Single

Explosions In The Sky have announced End, their first album in seven years, is set for release on September 15 via longtime label Temporary Residence Ltd. The announcement arrives alongside the release of the album’s opening track “Ten Billion People,” and on the heels of the announcement of The End Tour — a 26-city intercontinental tour beginning in September. End is perhaps the grandest Explosions in the Sky album to date – melding the quiet restraint and crushing weight of their early recordings with the aural exploration and ornate experimentation of their later works (while incorporating their increasingly deep film and television scoring catalog). 

The enigmatic album was inspired by darkness, but became a loud, dramatic, wild rumination on life and death. “Our starting point was the concept of an ending—death, or the end of a friendship or relationship,” state the band. “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.” 

END TRACK LIST

1. Ten Billion People

2. Moving On

3. Loved Ones

4. Peace or Quiet

5. All Mountains

6. The Fight

7. It’s Never Going To Stop

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TOUR

Sep 15 – The Lawn at White Oak Music – Houston, TX

Sep 16 – South Side Ballroom – Dallas, TX

Sep 18 – Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN

Sep 19 – The Eastern – Atlanta, GA

Sep 21 – The Pageant – St. Louis, MO

Sep 22 – The Admiral Theater – Omaha, NE

Sep 23 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN

Sep 25 – The Salt Shed – Chicago, IL

Sep 26 – Royal Oak Music Theatre – Royal Oak, MI

Sep 28 – Agora Theater – Cleveland, OH

Sep 29 – Franklin Music Hall – Philadelphia, PA

Sep 30 – College Street Music Hall – New Haven, CT 

Oct 1 – Roadrunner – Boston, MA

Oct 3 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC 

Oct 5 – Kings Theatre – New York, NY

Nov 6 – Vicar Street – Dublin, IE

Nov 7 – Albert Hall – Manchester, UK

Nov 8 – Troxy – London, UK

Nov 9 – Ancienne Belgique – Brussels, BE

Nov 11 – De Roma – Antwerp, BE

Nov 13 – TivoliVredenberg Grote Zaal – Utrecht, NL

Nov 14 – Astra – Berlin, DE

Nov 15 – Kantine – Koln, DE

Nov 17 – Bataclan – Paris, FR

Nov 18 – L’EpicerieModerne – Lyon, FR

Nov 19 – Sala Razzmatazz – Barcelona, SP

Nov 20 – La Riviera – Madrid, SP