This Will Destroy You (abbreviated as TWDY) is an American post‑rock band from San Marcos, Texas, formed in 2004. They typically compose lengthy atmospheric instrumental pieces featuring layers of effects‑laden guitar and extensive use of dynamics. Their fourth album, Another Language (2014), entered the Billboard Heatseekers Album Chart at number 7. Jeremy Galindo in Berlin in 2009 Chris King performing at Dunk Festival in Belgium in 2012. This Will Destroy You was formed by guitarists Jeremy Galindo and Christopher Royal King, bassist Raymond Brown, and drummer Andrew Miller in San Marcos, Texas, in 2004. The members had met through mutual friends and had played together in various bands throughout high school before the lineup was finalized around 2002. Early versions of the band featured Galindo on vocals and “sounded like Radiohead”, but after recording several tracks the group felt the results were “awful” and did not fit with the rest of their material. After composing their next piece, “The World Is Our ___”, the band decided to focus entirely on instrumental music. Chris King explained in an interview with BBC Radio Foyle: “We were writing different kinds of songs and we wrote one instrumental song, and we were like, that works — let’s go for it!”.
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Rooftop
Go Away Closer
Quiet
They Move On Tracks Of Never-Ending Light
A Three Legged Workhorse
The Mighty Rio Grande
I Believe In Your Victory
Threads
Burial on the Presidio Banks
Happiness: We’re All In It Together
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