Released January 29, 2008 Length 51:30 Producer John Congleton | Genre Post-rock
ambient Label Magic Bullet | |
Recorded February 2007, Pedernales Studios, Spicewood, Texas;
Nomad Studios, Dallas, Texas | ||
This Will Destroy You is the eponymous first studio album by the American band This Will Destroy You. It was released on January 29, 2008 through Magic Bullet Records.
Contents
The vinyl version of the album was pressed on red, blue and white vinyl and contains a quote from the television series Deadwood ("I may have fucked my life up flatter than hammered shit, but I stand before you today beholden to no human cocksucker") etched around the center label.
"Burial on the Presidio Banks" is featured in the final scene of CSI: Miami episode "Flight Risk".
"They Move on Tracks of Never-Ending Light" was used as part of an NBC introductory film narrated by Tom Brokaw which overviews Canada for the 2010 Winter Olympics. It was also used in the independent film The Diary of Preston Plummer (2012), starring Trevor Morgan
"The Mighty Rio Grande" is used prominently throughout the 2011 film Moneyball. In February 2015 the track was used by American web-based production company Rooster Teeth in a tribute video to the late Monty Oum, creator of the popular web series RWBY.
"The Mighty Rio Grande" is used in the 2014 science-fiction film Earth to Echo.
"The Mighty Rio Grande" is used in the trailer for the 2014 film "American Sniper"
"The Mighty Rio Grande" is used in the 2015 film Room.
"The Mighty Rio Grande" is used in the 2016 television show "Lethal Weapon (TV series)".
"Villa Del Refugio" was featured in a scene in World War Z.
Track listing
All tracks written by This Will Destroy You.