ALL OF A SUDDEN I MISS EVERYONE

So, this is my second experience with Explosions In The Sky, I tried this out after "The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place" and I cannot put into words how disappointed I am, sure this is far from being a bad record (I'm giving it three stars!), but "Earth" was such a wondrous record, of such beauty and purity, that this pales very much in comparison! This is arguably different from its predecessor, it introduces distorted guitar and piano to the music, but it doesn't sound special at all, you don't get have such a beautiful start as in "First Breath After Coma" nor the explosions sound as good as in "The Only Moment We Were Alone". I know I shouldn't compare the two efforts this much, but I just can't help from feeling that this could have been so much more.