How Strange, Innocence

How Strange, Innocence is the first album recorded by post-rock band Explosions in the Sky, released on January 17, 2000. It is their only album for the Sad Loud America label. Initially only 300 copies were issued in the form of CD-Rs. Due to many requests from fans, the album was remastered from the original tapes, given new artwork, and reissued on CD by Temporary Residence Limited on October 11, 2005.

How Strange, Innocence
Studio album by
Explosions in the Sky
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2000
GenrePost-rock
Length48:50
LabelSad Loud America
Explosions in the Sky chronology
How Strange, Innocence
(2000)		 Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever
(2001)

The album was also released in a limited edition, 300 copy, double LP 180 gram vinyl on Ruined Potential records. The record was released in 5 different colors (black, blue, red, gray and white). The black, blue, and gray versions came with a special insert. The band sold the vinyl version exclusively on their 2004 tour. On July 4th, 2019, a vinyl re-issue and streaming platform release (along with 2005’s The Rescue) was announced for August 16th.

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."A Song for Our Fathers"5:43
2."Snow and Lights"8:17
3."Magic Hours"8:29
4."Look into the Air"5:30
5."Glittering Blackness"5:30
6."Time Stops"9:55
7."Remember Me as a Time of Day"5:27
Total length:48:50

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
LAS Magazine7/10 [2]
Pitchfork Media(7.9/10) [3]
Rolling Stone(favorable) [4]
Stylus Magazine(B-) [5]
Tiny Mix Tapes [6]
gollark: So it didn't work.
gollark: Kit was basically just *guessing* what would work and reading the docs without understanding the horrors of ABR.
gollark: I'll test it myself, yes, but you'll at least have mostly working code.
gollark: Yes, but you can actually test yours so I won't have to essentially do all the work myself.
gollark: R. Danny has a much more complex algorithm for accurate timing. PRs welcome!

References
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  2. LAS Magazine review
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  6. link Archived 2007-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
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