Tunnel Blanket Explained

Tunnel Blanket
Type:	studio
Artist:	This Will Destroy You
Cover:	TunnelBlanket.jpg
Released:	May 9, 2011
Length:	60:42
Label:	Monotreme, Suicide Squeeze, Hobbledehoy Record Co.
Producer:	John Congleton
Prev Title:	Moving on the Edges of Things
Prev Year:	2010
Next Title:	Live in Reykjavik, Iceland
Next Year:	2013

Tunnel Blanket is the third studio album by the American band This Will Destroy You. Recorded and mixed by John Congleton,^[1] it was released in Europe on May 9, 2011, on Monotreme Records,^[2] and on May 10 on Suicide Squeeze Records for the rest of the world with the exception of Australia and New Zealand where it was released by Hobbledehoy Record Co.^[3]

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.^[4]

This is the first album to feature bassist/keyboardist Donovan Jones and drummer Alex Bhore.

Track listing

Source:^[5]

Personnel

This Will Destroy You

• Jeremy Galindo – guitar
• Donovan Jones – bass guitar, keyboard
• Chris King – guitar
• Alex Bhore – drums

Additional musicians

• Christopher Tignor – strings
• Michael Bryant – brass

Production

• John Congleton – mixing, engineering
• Alan Douches – mastering

Notes and References

1. Web site: Interviews: This Will Destroy You . Punknews.org . Shultz . Brian . June 16, 2010 . April 7, 2011.
2. Web site: This Will Destroy You Finally Announce Album Release . . London . February 23, 2011 . April 7, 2011.
3. Web site: This Will Destroy You to release 'Tunnel Blanket' in May . Paul . Aubin . Punknews.org . February 23, 2011 . February 24, 2011.
4. Web site: Shultz. Brian. Interviews: This Will Destroy You. punknews.org/interviews. Punk News. 19 September 2011.
5. Web site: Tunnel Blanket - This Will Destroy You . . . April 7, 2011.