Something I Like: Explosions In The Sky

This was a really slow weekend for music, which worked out well because this weekend was ridiculously busy for me.  A highlight of the last few days was attending Relay For Life, an incredibly powerful and moving experience.  After hearing stories from individuals profoundly affected by cancer, we all walked around the track in silence, for that moment unified in our sympathy and resolve.  Explosions In The Sky, a post-rock (rock instrumental) band from Texas, provided the aural backdrop for this singular moment.  Though the band has no singer, they still convey plenty of emotion through their cinematic mixtures of guitars, strings, and drums.  Each song, referred to by the band as a "cathartic mini-symphony", tells its own story.  You've probably already heard songs by them, as they were and are heavily featured in Friday Night Lights (both the movie and the incredible, incredible show).  You have to be in a specific mood for this stuff, but when you're in the right mood (I like to listen right before I go to bed),  the music is incredible.  Here is their most well known track, as well as a commercial utilizing another one of their songs to great effect (if you don't get chills, there's something wrong with you).