Explosions in the Sky @ Barrowland

Recently announced as the curators of the May 2008 All Tomorrows Parties music festival, this Texan post-rock quartet have found their cinematic soundscapes laced with elaborately developed guitar work and enthusiastic and moving live shows have won them fans far and wide. Their 10 minute long songs and a host of LPs with such poignant titles as The World Is Not a Cold Dead Place proved them worthy of being chosen to write the soundtrack for 2004's Friday Night Lights, not to mention their songs appearing in One Tree Hill, two Cadillac adverts and the trailer for the film Shopgirl in 2005. The instrumentalists seemingly fell into the genre after none of them automatically assumed the role of leader within the group, preferring instead to share song writing responsibilities and each keeping their own say in the music they make. Heavily influenced by Mogwai when they began, they have since been quoted in having such aims as 'immediately grabbing your attention and getting into your emotions.' Keep your Kleenex to hand. [Emily Foister]