This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain

This Will Destroy You's debut EP is pretty comparable to their subsequent self-titled full length, which I reviewed recently. It's shorter but still pretty long for an EP at about 40 minutes. They were doing the same thing then that they're still doing now, which means voiceless yet seemingly heartfelt post-rock building to distorted climaxes that often grab you much harder than most normal music does. The thing that jumps out the most about it are the weird song titles like "The World Is Our ___" and "Happiness: We're In This Together", but the tracks themselves do work their way into your good graces through the simple beauty of their musicianship. They continue to mix in piano and some electronic elements to good effect, adding layers of depth onto the production. It's another album that should be listened through, not skipped around in. I guess it's as good a starting point as any for the genre.