Tunnel Blanket

Tunnel Blanket
Studio album by This Will Destroy You
Released May 9, 2011
Genre Doomgaze, Ambient, drone-doom, shoegaze
Length 60:42
Label Monotreme, Suicide Squeeze
Producer John Congleton
This Will Destroy You chronology
Moving on the Edges of Things
(2010)		 Tunnel Blanket
(2011)
Singles from Tunnel Blanket
  1. "Communal Blood"
    Released: December 6, 2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Alternative Press (4/5)[1]
The Big Takeover (positive)[2]
Rock Sound (9/10)[3]
The Stranger (positive)[4]
Rockfreaks.net (8.5/10)[5]

Tunnel Blanket is the second studio album by the American band This Will Destroy You. Recorded and mixed by John Congleton,[6] it was released in Europe on May 9, 2011 on Monotreme Records,[7] and on May 10 on Suicide Squeeze Records for the rest of the world.[8]

Tunnel Blanket consists of drone style music, with the band's members describing it as 'doomgaze', a cross between Doom metal and Shoegazing. The album is described as dark, with a theme of death.[9]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by This Will Destroy You. 

No. Title Length
1. "Little Smoke"   12:05
2. "Glass Realms"   6:52
3. "Communal Blood"   8:13
4. "Reprise"   8:18
5. "Killed the Lord, Left for the New World"   6:33
6. "Osario"   2:40
7. "Black Dunes"   8:16
8. "Powdered Hand"   7:45
Total length:
 60:42

Source:[10]

Personnel

This Will Destroy You
Additional musicians
Production

References

  1. ^ Pearlman, Mischa (June 2011). "This Wil Destroy You: Tunnel Blanket". Alternative Press (Ohio) 25 (275): 109. ISSN 1065-1667. 
  2. ^ Musto, David (May 1, 2011). "This Will Destroy You: Tunnel Blanket". The Big Takeover (New York). Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. http://www.bigtakeover.com/recordings/this-will-destroy-you-tunnel-blanket-suicide-squeeze. 
  3. ^ Hidden, Chris (June 2011). "This Will Destroy You: Tunnel Blanket". Rock Sound (London) (148): 95. ISSN 1465-0185. Archived from the original on May 6, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5yTZFxWzs. 
  4. ^ Cook, Brian (April 20, 2011). "Album Reviews: Young Widows, This Will Destroy You". The Stranger (Seattle: Index Newspapers). Archived from the original on April 27, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5yFCA6ewf. 
  5. ^ Roe, Daniel (November 2, 2011). "This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket review". Rockfreaks.net (Copenhagen: Rockfreaks.net). Archived from the original on November 2, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5yFCA6ewf. 
  6. ^ Shultz, Brian (June 16, 2010). "Interviews: This Will Destroy You". Punknews.org. http://www.punknews.org/article/38689. Retrieved April 7, 2011. 
  7. ^ "This Will Destroy You Finally Announce Album Release". Rock Sound. London. February 23, 2011. http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/this-will-destroy-you-finally-announce-album-release. Retrieved April 7, 2011. 
  8. ^ Paul, Aubin (February 23, 2011). "This Will Destroy You to release 'Tunnel Blanket' in May". Punknews.org. http://www.punknews.org/article/41717. Retrieved February 24, 2011. 
  9. ^ Shultz, Brian. "Interviews: This Will Destroy You". http://www.punknews.org/interviews. Punk News. http://www.punknews.org/article/38689. Retrieved 19 September 2011. 
  10. ^ "Tunnel Blanket - This Will Destroy You". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://allmusic.com/album/tunnel-blanket-r2156312. Retrieved April 7, 2011. 
This Will Destroy You
Jeremy Galindo  · Chris King  · Donovan Jones  · Alex Bhore
Raymond Brown · Andrew Miller
Studio albums
This Will Destroy You  · Tunnel Blanket
Extended plays
Singles