In 2005 - after having toured the world for over a year
straight in support of The Earth Is Not A Cold Place, and
scoring the major motion picture, Friday Night Lights -
Explosions In The Sky took the year off to physically,
emotionally, and creatively recharge. It was during this period
that they decided to try making an entire album in a method
that was totally foreign to them: Quickly, and loosely. They
came up with the idea to compose, rehearse, record, and mix
an entirely new song each day for eight days in a row. They
kept the rules simple and strict: the song had to be crafted
from start to finish in one day, and could not be revisited once
that day was done. The band would produce, record, and mix
everything themselves in their own homes, without outside
assistance or interference. With such rigid parameters, the
expectations were kept suitably low. The quality of the album
that bloomed was startlingly high. The songs had a lightness
and unruliness that starkly contrasted their catalog, while
maintaining the same emotional resonance that had already
become a trademark of their music.
The Rescue - Anniversary Edition has been beautifully
remastered from the original 24-bit stereo mixes by Heba
Kadry at Timeless Mastering. The vinyl lacquers have been
cut by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service. The
record was pressed onto audiophile-quality 100% virgin vinyl
at Record Technology Inc., and is packaged in a full-color
jacket with a full-color heavyweight inner sleeve featuring the
hand-written story of The Rescue, as told by the band upon
its completion in 2005. This is the long-overdue, definitive
presentation of a rare but requisite piece of Explosions In
The Sky's remarkable history
