This Will Destroy You (album)

This Will Destroy You
Studio album by This Will Destroy You
Released	January 29, 2008
Recorded	February 2007
Studio	Pedernales Studios, Spicewood, Texas; Nomad Studios, Dallas, Texas
Genre	Post-rock ambient
Length	51:30
Label	Magic Bullet
Producer	John Congleton
This Will Destroy You chronology
Young Mountain (2006) This Will Destroy You (2008) Field Studies (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	(90%) [1]
Decibel	(8/10) [2]
Drowned in Sound	(8/10) [3]
Rock Sound	(9/10) [4]
StrangeGlue.com	[5]

This Will Destroy You is the second studio album by American avant-rock band This Will Destroy You. It was released on January 29, 2008, through Magic Bullet Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by This Will Destroy You.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Three-Legged Workhorse"	9:12
2.	"Villa Del Refugio"	7:06
3.	"Threads"	5:41
4.	"Leather Wings"	3:30
5.	"The Mighty Rio Grande"	11:18
6.	"They Move on Tracks of Never-Ending Light"	6:59
7.	"Burial on the Presidio Banks"	7:44
Total length:		51:30

Personnel

This Will Destroy You

• Jeremy Galindo - guitar
• Raymond Brown - bass guitar, keyboard
• Chris King - guitar
• Andrew Miller - drums

Additional musicians

• Stephanie McVeigh - cello (tracks 1, 5 and 7)

Production

• John Congleton - producer, engineer and mixer
• This Will Destroy You - producers
• Alan Douches - mastering

Appearances in popular culture

• "Burial on the Presidio Banks" was featured in the final scene of the 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 2012 independent film The Diary of Preston Plummer starring Trevor Morgan.
• "The Mighty Rio Grande" was used prominently throughout the 2011 film Moneyball ; in a tribute video by American web-based production company Rooster Teeth to the late Monty Oum, creator of the popular web series RWBY in February 2015; in the 2014 science-fiction film Earth to Echo ; in the 2013 film Lone Survivor ; in the 2015 film Room ; in the 2016 television show Lethal Weapon; and in a Verizon commercial that played during Super Bowl LIII.
• "Villa Del Refugio" was featured in a World War Z scene.
• A 2017 video set a timed Line Rider track to the entirety of the album, gaining over three million views on YouTube.
• "The Mighty Rio Grande" was featured in the season finale of Welcome to Wrexham: Season 4 (2025) episode "Do a Wrexham" during the highlight sequence of Wrexham A.F.C. against Charlton Athletic F.C. .

References

1. Solomon, Blake (January 30, 2008). "This Will Destroy You: This Will Destroy You". AbsolutePunk . Retrieved February 4, 2011.
2. Smith, Rod. "This Will Destroy You: This Will Destroy You" (JPEG). Decibel . Philadelphia: Red Flag Media Inc. ISSN   1557-2137 . Retrieved March 23, 2011.
3. Diver, Mike (March 27, 2008). "This Will Destroy You: This Will Destroy You". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
4. Taylor, Darren (January 2008). "Reviews: Album of the Month. This Will Destroy You: This Will Destroy You" (JPEG). Rock Sound . No. 105. London. p. 79. ISSN   1465-0185 . Retrieved February 2, 2011.
5. Williamson, Aidan (November 30, 2007). "This Will Destroy You: S/T". strangeglue.com. Retrieved February 4, 2011.