Secret 2005 Album Available on Vinyl LP for the First Time Ever; Remastered from the Original 24-bit Stereo Mixes 

Standard Black Vinyl Edition

2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the birth of Explosions In The Sky. To celebrate the occasion, the band and Temporary Residence LTD. will release deluxe remastered and repackaged editions of two highly sought-after, long out-of-print pieces of their historic catalog: their debut album, How Strange, Innocence (available on vinyl for the first time since 2004); and The Rescue (available on vinyl for the first time ever).

The Rescue is commonly referred to as Explosions In The Sky's "secret album," mostly due to the fact that since its initial limited mail-order only CD release in 2005, it has never been made commercially available on any format, in any store, anywhere in the world. 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, 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.