This Will Destroy You Announces 10th Anniversary "Young Mountain" Re-Issue

On June 6th, 2006 (06.06.06), Texas-bred instrumental collective This Will Destroy You unleashed debut "Young Mountain" and never looked back. Initially recorded as a demo/document to commemorate four guys' college band, the scope never centered around the notion of the music being commercially released, as most of the band members intended to move on to more traditional careers after school.

The initial pressing was a mere 1000 copies, just enough to have something to sell at the merch table on the inaugural tour with labelmates Sparrows Swarm And Sing and the label's mailorder.

What happened from there can only be described as a true overnight sensation. The album's soaring guitar-lead dynamism, cascading cinematic passages, and jarring crescendos captured the hearts and minds of independent music listeners immediately upon release and has, a solid decade later, yet to loosen its grip.

As "Young Mountain" celebrates its ten-year anniversary, a retrospective look at the six-track, thirty-six-minute composition comes online. Magic Bullet will celebrate this groundbreaking offering with a special reissue next month on CD, digitally, and vinyl, and includes a previously-unheard song entitled "Sleep" recorded during the tracking of the album but omitted from the original pressing.

The lost track is currently streaming via the A.V. Club here while the rest of the album is available below.

"Young Mountain" will see CD and digital release on November 4th, 2016 and vinyl release (featuring copper metallic inks and a UV gloss flood across a traditional LP jacket) on November 18th, 2016 via Magic Bullet Records. To wrap up 2016, the band and label have chosen to commemorate the ten-year mark via a series of live shows wherein the band will perform "Young Mountain" in its entirety back-to-back with a full performance of 2008's self-titled album.

"I hadn't heard 'Young Mountain' or 'This Will Destroy You' in years," reflects guitarist Jeremy Galindo, "After listening through again, I felt oddly connected to it in a way that I wasn't expecting. It reminded me of the beginning, before we had any clue we would achieve all we have in the past decade. It wasn't nostalgia that I was feeling... more like listening to the albums for the first time. I really enjoyed that experience and am excited to perform these two albums that got us to where we are today."

11/04/2016 Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA
11/05/2016 Teragram Ballroom - Los Angeles, CA [sold out]
11/12/2016 Barracuda - Austin, TX
11/18/2016 Metro - Chicago, IL - Metro
11/20/2016 Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY [sold out]
11/21/2016 Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY