Tunnel Blanket

Tunnel Blanket is the third studio album by the American band This Will Destroy You. Recorded and mixed by John Congleton,[7] it was released in Europe on May 9, 2011, on Monotreme Records,[8] 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.[9]

Tunnel Blanket
Studio album by This Will Destroy You
Released	May 9, 2011
Genre	Post-rock doom metal shoegazing ambient drone
Length	60:42
Label	Monotreme, Suicide Squeeze, Hobbledehoy Record Co.
Producer	John Congleton
This Will Destroy You chronology
Moving on the Edges of Things (2010) Tunnel Blanket (2011) Live in Reykjavik, Iceland (2013)
Singles from Tunnel Blanket
"Communal Blood" Released: December 6, 2010 "Reprise" Released: December 6, 2010

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Alternative Press	(4/5)[2]
The Big Takeover	(positive)[3]
Rock Sound	(9/10)[4]
The Stranger	(positive)[5]
Rockfreaks.net	(8.5/10)[6]

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.[10]

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

Track listing

All tracks are written by This Will Destroy You.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Little Smoke"	12:05
2.	"Glass Realms"	6:52
3.	"Communal Blood"	8:13
4.	"Reprise"	8:18
5.	"Killed the Lord, Left for the New World"	6:33
6.	"Osario"	2:40
7.	"Black Dunes"	8:16
8.	"Powdered Hand"	7:45
Total length:		60:42

Source:[11]

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

References

1. http://www.metacritic.com/music/tunnel-blanket/this-will-destroy-you
2. Pearlman, Mischa (June 2011). "This Wil Destroy You: Tunnel Blanket". Alternative Press. Ohio. 25 (275): 109. ISSN 1065-1667.
3. Musto, David (May 1, 2011). "This Will Destroy You: Tunnel Blanket". The Big Takeover. New York. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011.
4. Hidden, Chris (June 2011). "This Will Destroy You: Tunnel Blanket". Rock Sound. London (148): 95. ISSN 1465-0185. Archived from the original on May 6, 2011.
5. Cook, Brian (April 20, 2011). "Album Reviews: Young Widows, This Will Destroy You". The Stranger. Seattle: Index Newspapers. Archived from the original on April 27, 2011.
6. Roe, Daniel (November 2, 2011). "This Will Destroy You - Tunnel Blanket review". Rockfreaks.net. Copenhagen: Rockfreaks.net. Archived from the original on November 2, 2011.
7. Shultz, Brian (June 16, 2010). "Interviews: This Will Destroy You". Punknews.org. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
8. "This Will Destroy You Finally Announce Album Release". Rock Sound. London. February 23, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
9. Paul, Aubin (February 23, 2011). "This Will Destroy You to release 'Tunnel Blanket' in May". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
10. Shultz, Brian. "Interviews: This Will Destroy You". punknews.org/interviews. Punk News. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
11. "Tunnel Blanket - This Will Destroy You". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved April 7, 2011.