TRR326
Release Date: 11 October 2005
"Where other Explosions records are grandiose and cinematic—the band has referred to their songs as “cathartic mini-symphonies”—the eight short tracks that make up The Rescue are warm and inviting, intimate and earthy in a way that no other Explosions tracks are. That warmth, and the broad array of sounds that go into creating it, manages to create something wholly unique for the band, a sense of serenity that none of their other records can match." - Songs and Stories, 2019
"For The Rescue, Explosions in the Sky recorded eight songs in eight days, creating a slightly disconnected affair, with the band in an atypically casual, carefree mood. Freeing themselves from the constraints of a normal cohesive thematic unit, they branch out, experimenting with new instruments, voices, and moods." - Pitchfork