The band’s sound was ultimately gravity-adherent, still raw and rough like a rock band. Yet from this point on, Explosions would embark on a similar transformative process to Mono. The sound of the plectrum would disappear; the inner warmth of the guitar tone would be brought forth. The humans behind the music would part-etherealise, only visible as hazy silhouettes behind reverb and billowing drums. Yet where the music of Mono would swell to drown the human beings within, Explosions achieved the reverse, picking out specific characters within sprawling, bird’s eye perspectives and depicting
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