In the market for new chill music?

Meet Explosions in the Sky, a post-rock band out of Austin, Texas (Royce, listen up) that has recently gained marginal national and international recognition and exposure. I heard about the band this weekend from my source. I try to keep my finger on the pulse of the music scene, you know.

Anyway, I, ahem, downloaded a bunch of their albums (How Strange, Innocence; The Earth is not a Cold, Dead Place; Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever; and All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone - weird titles, I know.) and they're all good.

I know everyone loves to force everything into a box, but this music doesn't really fit neatly. I really don't know what to call it. I can tell you this, though. They mostly play with electric guitars and a set of drums and a bass guitar...sometimes. Oh, there are no lyrics, so don't be expecting words (yeah, that's what post-rock means).

If their music feels cinematic (or makes you feel like you're in a movie), it's by design. The group also did the OST to the 2004 film 'Friday Night Lights' and did a damn good job, too.

If you're thinking this description makes them sounds too different (read: too white) for your tastes, then think again. You'll like them. Trust me. Here's a link to some of their stuff on You Tube. Don't sit and actively listen to it. Put it on in the background while cleaning or reading a book or baking a pie or doing whatever it is you do in your spare time.

Go on, try it. Be adventurous.