"The Wilderness" is the seventh studio album by American post-rock band Explosions in the Sky, which was released on April 1, 2016 on the Temporary Residence Limited label. The album has received positive reviews from critics, and Metacritic has assigned it an average score of 80/100 based on 16 critics. Dave Simpson for The Guardian called it a 'beautifully understated epic' and awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars "The Wilderness" is the seventh studio album by American post-rock band Explosions in the Sky, which was released on April 1, 2016 on the Temporary Residence Limited label. The album has received positive reviews from critics, and Metacritic has assigned it an average score of 80/100 based on 16 critics. Dave Simpson for The Guardian called it a 'beautifully understated epic' and awarded the album 4 out of 5 stars false 2022-08-01 04:38:02 The Wilderness 10 2016 2016-04-01 2016-04-01 46 Ambient Instrumental Post-Rock Rock 113957 2262497 f8068355-0dce-4845-88ca-1330764db570 4236acde-2ce2-441c-a3d4-38d55f1b5474 a43b86a6-9175-446c-bb33-8201eaff104c /media/data/media4/Music/Explosions in the Sky/The Wilderness (2016)/folder.jpg Explosions in the Sky AlbumArtist Explosions in the Sky Artist Explosions in the Sky Explosions in the Sky 1 Wilderness 04:36 2 The Ecstatics 03:12 3 Tangle Formations 05:34 4 Logic of a Dream 06:37 5 Disintegration Anxiety 04:11 6 Losing the Light 06:02 7 Infinite Orbit 02:37 8 Colors in Space 07:14 9 Landing Cliffs 06:17 Explosions in the Sky is an American post-rock band from Texas. The band is a quartet, composed of drummer Chris Hrasky and guitarist/keyboardists Michael James, Munaf Rayani and Mark Smith. The band originally played under the name Breaker Morant, then changed to the current name in 1999. They primarily play with three electric guitars and a drum kit, although James will at times exchange his electric guitar for a bass guitar and all three guitarists also add additional keyboard and synthesizer parts. The band later added a fifth musician to their live performances, largely to accommodate for these bass and keyboard parts. This role was occupied by multi instrumentalist, Carlos Torres, from 2010 to 2018, and reprised in 2024. The band has released eight studio albums to date; their most recent, End, was released in September 2023. The band has garnered popularity beyond the post-rock scene for their elaborately developed guitar work, narratively styled instrumentals – which they refer to as "cathartic mini-symphonies" – and their emotional live shows.