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Explosions in the Sky ready 'Prince Avalanche' soundtrack, playing East Coast dates before Nine Inch Nails tour

Prince Avalanche

Explosions in the Sky have released an album trailer for the soundtrack to Prince Avalanche, viewable below. The ideal for scoring the David Gordon Green film (Pinapple Express, Undertow, George Washington) starring Paul Rudd & Emile Hirsch came from a night watching a little pigskin:

While watching the Super Bowl together, EITS drummer Chris Hrasky casually suggested that Green use the scorched landscape of Bastrop State Park in Bastrop, TX as the backdrop for a film. Green took the suggestion and ran with it, remaking the Icelandic indie comedy Either Way into an understated dramatic comedy starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch. In keeping with the low-key, under-the-Hollywood-radar nature of the film, Green tapped Explosions In The Sky and David Wingo to score the film. In the spirit of the filmmaking process, the soundtrack to Prince Avalanche is a casual affair, an earnest collaboration amongst friends recorded entirely in the living rooms of its composers

Check out that video below, order your copy at the TRL presale (80 left as of this writing!).

EITS have a few dates lined up before their tour with Nine Inch Nails and Godspeed You Black Emperor. While those dates don’t hit NYC, they’ll play Syracuse’s Wescott Theater on August 6 (tickets on sale 6/26), and Toad’s Place in New Haven, CT on August 8 (ticket info TBA). All dates are listed below.

Explosions in the Sky – 2013 Tour Dates
Aug 3 Montreal Osheaga Festival w/ The Cure, Beach House, Phoenix, lots of others…
Aug 5 Burlington, VT Higher Ground Ballroom
Aug 6 Syracuse, NY The Wescott Theater
Aug 8 Portland, ME State Theater
Aug 9 New Haven, CT Toad’s Place
Aug 10 Devens, MA The Nines Festival
Sep 21 Dallas, TX. Breakaway Festival w/ Wu Tang Clan, Matt and Kim, Ra Ra Riot
Sep 28 St. Paul, MN. Xcel Energy Center w/ Nine Inch Nails
Sep 30 Kansas City, MO. Sprint Center w/ Nine Inch Nails
Oct 1 St. Louis, MO. Chaifetz Arena w/ Nine Inch Nails
Oct 3 Montreal, QC. Bell Center w/ Nine Inch Nails
Oct 4 Toronto, ON. Air Canada Centre w/ Nine Inch Nails
Oct 5 Cleveland, OH. Wolstein Center at CSU w/ Nine Inch Nails
Oct 7 Auburn Hills, MI. The Palace of Auburn Hills w/ Nine Inch Nails
Oct 8 Pittsburgh, PA. Peterson Events Center w/ Nine Inch Nails
Nov 5 San Antonio, TX. AT & T Center w/ Nine Inch Nails
Nov 8 Los Angeles, CA. Staples Center w/ Nine Inch Nails
Nov 9 Phoenix, AZ. US Airways Center w/ Nine Inch Nails
Nov 11 El Paso, TX. Don Haskins Center w/ Nine Inch Nails
Nov 13 Denver, CO. First Bank Arena w/ Nine Inch Nails
Nov 15 Las Vegas, NV. The Joint w/ Nine Inch Nails
Nov 16 Las Vegas, NV. The Joint w/ Nine Inch Nails
Nov 18 Portland, OR. Rose Garden Arena w/ Nine Inch Nails
Nov 19 Spokane, WA. Spokane Arena w/ Nine Inch Nails
Nov 21 Vancouver, BC. Rogers Arena w/ Nine Inch Nails
Nov 22 Seattle, WA. Key Arena w/ Nine Inch Nails