And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead

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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of the Dead first surfaced on the Trance Syndicate label in early 1998 with this self-titled flash-storm of detuned guitars that recalls the ragged freeform dynamic of Sonic Youth and the guitar-mangling excess of the Who, but which has a tendency to slip into borderline prog Dungeons & Dragons fantasy. It was, unsurprisingly, a hit with the few critics who actually got to hear it, but Trance Syndicate's bankruptcy stalled its progress. Trail of Dead's cult reputation quickly grew, leading to this reissue. Fans of 1999's Madonna might be surprised; tucked around the righteous punk-rock rallying calls, there are forays such as "Novena Without Faith" that reveal a far more experimental side to Trail of Dead's oeuvre. As baptisms of fire go, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail Of Dead ranks up there with the best of them. --Louis Pattison

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And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead

Average customer rating: A flawed near-masterpiece Major Label Debut...and What a Debut!! The Soundtrack to My Own Teenage Riot Overrated, but not a few of the songs ...And Everyone Will Know Them By The Trail of Dead!

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Tracks:

1. It Was There That I Saw You
2. Another Morning Stoner
3. Baudelaire
4. Homage
5. How Near How Far
6. Heart in the Hand of the Matter
7. Monsoon
8. Days of Being Wild
9. Relative Ways
10. After the Laughter
11. Source Tags and Codes

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With their first major-label release, Austin's most destructive live act will hopefully move from notoriety for trashing their instruments to appreciation for the way they use them. Source Tags & Codes is the third release from the band with the long name, and it is a volatile time bomb of emo, art rock, and post rock that explodes with emotion on every song. The walls of guitar effects and tense, heated vocals provide the band's driving aggression, but they soften the blows with bouts of dark melody, even adding strings and piano in places. The album should please fans of bands such as At the Drive In, Unwound, and Les Savy Fav, but Source Tags & Codes weighs in as heavier, noisier, and, in places, more tormented and beautiful than those bands. With enough twists in its movements to ward off any signs of predictability, Source Tags & Codes is an impressive rock collage that exposes new musical layers with each listen. --Jennifer Maerz

Customer Reviews:

A flawed near-masterpiece.......2007-07-04

Some may have been quick to throw the label of masterpiece on Source Tags & Codes, but even while it falls short of being an instant classic, there's more than enough reasons to seek it out. It's simultaneously challenging and accessible, a difficult quality to wind up with in indie rock. The song structures and musical rhythms are complicated, there are arty interludes and song switches, and buzzsaw guitars doing as much screeching as thrilling. But strip away those bits and you're left with a melodic rock record that almost anyone could embrace.

There are nearly flawless hooks in "How Near How Far" and "Relative Ways," showcasing the band's edgy pop side. And on a drawn-out epic like "Monsoon," there's an almost tangible unpredictability that keeps the listener on edge (it never truly pays off, but has enough strong moments to rank as one of the albums better tracks). Intro, "Invocation," and the interlude, "After the Laughter," both coast by on a similar simple melody, so pretty that I can't even qualify them as throwaways. The album's best moment comes from "Baudelaire," a relatively straight rock song replete with driving guitars and reverb, both melodic and powerful. "Homage" stumbles and falls over its own mountain of excess and "Heart in the Hand of the Matter" is groping blindly for the gravity it needs to survive after soaring too high into the overkill stratosphere. But they're little quibbles, and abundance isn't so much of a bad thing.

Even with them there, I almost never hit the skip button because the album flows so well. Flaws and all, Source Tags & Codes is a great record, one which time and reflection should be kind upon, and I can't fault those who heralded it as a work of genius. Certain moments do make that promise and falling a few inches short is just fine by me.

Best cuts: "Baudelaire," "How Near Is Far," "Monsoon," "Source Tags & Codes," "Relative Ways," "It Was There That I Saw You," "Another Morning Stoner," "Days of Being Wild"

Major Label Debut...and What a Debut!!.......2006-10-24

Trail of Dead's 3rd album was also their major label debut after being on small indie labels. Source Tags and Codes caught the record buying public by surprise....it was a critical success but rather a commercial failure, which must have frustrated the band (and label!). However, as someone who has been into this band from day #1, this is nothing less than a fantastic album and a perfect melding of all of the elements that make Trail of Dead one of the best and most exciting rock bands around today.

This album perfectly blends the more anarchistic, loud, and bombastic tendencies of their first two records (their self-titled debut and sophomore effort Madonna, both superb) with the more melodic and proggy tendencies they have brought in, especially as evidenced by where they went with 2005's Worlds Apart and their forthcoming album, So Divided (I can only imagine!)

This album starts off with It Was There That I Saw You and from there moves from strength to strength, going to Another Morning Stoner and Baudelaire. The centerpiece of this album has to be the almost operatic suite of How Near How Far, Heart In the Hand of the Matter, Monsoon, and Days of Being Wild. Moving from bombastic choruses, plaintive sections, and almost epic overtures in between, this, the "meat" of the record, if you will, is just beyond beautiful in all its forms. The album ends with the almost-poppy Relative Ways, the melancholy little instrumental After the Laughter, and the calming title track....listen after it ends to hear a spine-tingling string quartet play the main theme from How Near How Far as the album slowly ends.....gorgeous.

Trail of Dead are a phenomenal band and one worthy of more recognition and praise than they get. If you're tired of horrid garbage like The Killers, the Strokes, My Chemical Romance, or any other derivative garbage loved by hipsters and the "Rolling Stone intelligentsia", give Trail of Dead a shot. This would be the perfect album to start with.

The Soundtrack to My Own Teenage Riot.......2006-08-13

When I was 17, I discovered Source Tags & Code almost accidentally. I think I stumbled across it while trying to get into At the Drive-In (which never happened), the band who a lot of people say the Trail of Dead owe their sound. Very shortly after that, I started to smoke pot. The two things are completely unrelated except for the fact that this became my favorite album to listen to when high, and I listened to this album almost everyday for more than a year. It seemed to embody everything I felt and looking back, it really seems to define that whole era for me. I remember listening to it and worrying what exactly I wanted to major in in college - which I imagined would shape the whole future of my life. I remember listening to this for perhaps the 79th time, while particularly baked, and outlining a review for this album in which I explained how it was a brilliantly subtle concept album with a story arc describing the ego of any and every teen in America (I won't get into it, but I still somewhat believe it), and wondering why it wasn't the most popular album in the country, and stating for sure that it would be remembered as ahead of it's time.

"It Was There (That I Saw You)" couldn't be better for the first song. A quiet, simple guitar riff quickly joins the sound of a distant tv and what could only be described as space static. No sooner than the 15 second mark, the bass distinctively drops in half a beat before the loud, distorted, chiming punk chords and Conrad lets out one verse and a chorus about an old girlfriend ("but as time went on, I wondered what went wrong, I wondered what became....of you...") which segues into a great bridge/fuzzed out guitar jam that builds and builds until it bursts back into verse two with another bass dropout and even faster, louder, chimier (is that a word?) guitars and a climactic repeat of the chorus. This sets up the tone for the whole album, as most of the songs go by that same formula of Intro-verse-chorus-cool breakdown-verse-chorus-climax, some more intensely, others less so. I actually didn't like this song so much at first only because it's sung in what sounded to me like the whiny Good Charlotte pop-punk that was circulating at the time.

"Another Morning Stoner" is, even on the first listen, immediate a standout. The two guitar intro, one playing a riff right up there with Cobain's best, the other adding cool atmospheric fills grabs your attention and leads in to melodic, buzzsaw guitars on the verse. I think it was the second single.

"Baudelaire" has fast power chords and lyrics about the poet most famous for writing about boredom being the greatest sin. The fact that this is one of the most forgettable songs on the album is a compliment.

"Homage" is exactly what it's name implies. It's an homage to post-punk screamo bands such as Fugazi and Minor Threat. It's very fast paced and great if you were ever a fan of post-punk. If not, you won't like it.

"How Near How Far" is immediately another album highlight. The mellow, slowly crashing drums combining with a great echo-y guitar riff open the song then the pace is quickened for the verses, until it returns towards the end and builds while the refrain "how near, how far, how lost they are" is repeated about 15 times. This song is so amazing it will be playing in your head for a week after hearing it.

"Heart in the Hand of the Matter" begins with the coolest opening lyrics since "I was born in a crossfire hurricane" from Jumping Jack Flash. You just have to respect any song that begins with "ride the apocalypse" and a continues on with"there's nothing that could be done/we've lost all control/I walk in the shadows of your tortured realm/and I'm so damned/I can't win/with my heart in my hands again." At first, this song didn't really grab me. But, after actually listening to the lyrics I really came to think this is easily up there with the best songs on the album. "Heart in the Hand" leads perfectly into "Monsoon," which must be the most epic song of ToD's career so far. The great lyrics continue with such gems as "roll of thunder like a voice that commands/raindrops fall like the blood from your hands/pray to a God but I doubt that he's listening/this world's a gutter that he likes to piss in/millions of people quietly sleep/dreaming of deserts as the puddles run deep." Musically, "Monsoon" wears it's Sonic Youth influence right out on it's sleeve. James Reece even sounds like Lee Renaldo here.

"Days of Being Wild" blasts off right out of the gate. It's the loudest, fastest, and as far as I'm concerned, best song on all of `Source Tags'. The lyrics about "all night amphetamines" being "alive in jail/alive and well" fit perfectly being shouted over the hammering drums and guitars that sound like their trying to impersonate the sound of metal being viciously torn apart. The song climax's with a chorus being desperately shouted with the poem "Graffiti Deposition" read over it, ending in the line "a middle finger to the institution" and it all just works so surprisingly well.

"Relative Ways" was the first single, which of course means in this case that it's the most straightforward rock song here. Again awards for cool lyrics must go out for "our electric guitar hangs to our knees/got a couple of verses I can barely breathe/it's alright it's ok/it's coming together in relative ways" as well as the repeated lines "it's ok/I'm a saint/I forgave your mistakes".

"After the Laughter" is a instrumental interlude that continues the riffs from "Relative Ways" but quietly and on piano. It's a perfect comedown and a perfect lead-in to "Source Tags & Code" which is one of those perfect album closers where the guitars and lyrics just seem to put you into that totally warm, happy, nostalgic mood without fail every time you listen to it. There's nothing more to be said about this song, you can't not like it. Stick around after the song is over because after a few seconds you hear a very unlikely beautiful violin concerto which is the album's true coda.

Now I'm 21. Finally, I've answered all those questions I used to ask myself while stoned and blasting this in headphones. With the last grains of teenager-dom finally washed away, I still find myself coming back to this CD quite often. So, I'm starting to think that my very first impressions of `Source Tags' were totally right. This isn't just some teen angst [...] you listen to when you're young, then forget. This album is truly one of the greats, one that will be up there with those few albums that have seemed to define entire sections of your life. Albums that when played, have the power to transport you back to all the good times, all the bad times, and at the same time be an excellent album musically and lyrically. `Madonna' before this laid the groundwork, "the St. Elena's Tomb" EP hold's more of the same type of sound found here, before `World's Apart' blew ToD's possibilities wide open with a blend of different song styles. But none of those albums can touch the landmark greatness of `Source Tags & Codes."

Overrated, but not a few of the songs.......2006-08-06

3 1/2

...Trail of Dead's major label debut was a step up artistically for the band as it incorporated way more melodic cohesion, but by no means turned their back on their loud, harsh, often abrasive production which some argue should have stayed intact after the next release. I say they still have not made the album that they want to. While Source Tags might be the crowd favorite for their fans, to me it sounds like a fair album with a few very beautiful songs on it, namely found in the middle and the end of the disc. Besides for the few standout guitar driven tracks, the majority of the material earnestly continues their sonic assault, although does not really have any sticking power due to the hard hitting, but somewhat generic writing. A solid, although not particularly impressive alternative rock disc that is definitely worth owning if nothing for the few songs that do hit you hard, right where it counts.

...And Everyone Will Know Them By The Trail of Dead!.......2006-02-08

The Trail of Dead, simply put, have created a masterpiece in Source Tags. The passion put forth in these songs have created some of the hardest TOD to date (Homage, Days of Being Wild) and have also managed to become a more introspective band, adding violin and piano to make a more rounded off, polished record. They expand on their music while keeping the worldly lyrics and catchy melody of past albums intact. Here's a song by song breakdown of this cd:

1. It Was There (That I Saw You)- the vocals are toned down in tihs one, but halfway through this song there is nothing but two guitars playing off each other; overall a decent song to set off the record.

2. Another Morning Stoner- one of my favorites on this album. the guitars are amazing without being overbearing;perfect for the song's mood.

3. Boudelaire- a good song; not my favorite, but a strong song lyrically.

4. Homage- the hardest song on this album. it's very punk-influenced, high energy.

5. How Near How Far- absolutely my favorite song on this album, the military-sounding drums combined with the vocals make it a high energy ponderous track.

6. Heart in the Hand of the Matter- piano and dark lyrics will make this song a favorite for people who also like bands like bright eyes and calla.

7. Monsoon- this song continues the trend of lyrics tackling death and other bright, cheery themes of life.

8. Days of Being Wild- another song that comes into the realm of punk

9. Relative Ways- piano over distorted guitar; who doesn't love that?

10. After the Laughter- a very cool outtro of Relative Ways. instrumental and exremely good use of atmospheric sounds.

11. Source Tags and Codes- a nice modern-rock tune that is the only song off this album that'll get stuck in your head. very cool violins at the end.

*This album is amazing, but only if you can deal with the fact that the sound quality is not the best!*

Average customer rating: epic album from start to finish Grand Wizards in Purple Cloaks! totd Cohesive, dramatic, and clever. Rock and Lyrics

Worlds Apart ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead , and And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Source Tags & Codes So Divided The Secret of Elena's Tomb Return to Cookie Mountain (with Bonus Tracks) Relative Ways ASIN: B00075TZYA Release Date: 2005-01-25

Tracks:

1. Ode To Isis
2. Will You Smile Again?
3. Worlds Apart
4. The Summer Of '91
5. The Rest Will Follow
6. Gaterwaul
7. A Classic Arts Showcase
8. Let It Dive
9. To Russia My Homeland
10. All White
11. The Best
12. The Lost City Of Refuge

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The lesson of this album--which is by no means unenjoyable in its use of loud-soft-loud dynamics and psychedelic guitar textures--is that the art-rock of the future is apparently not so different from the art-rock of the past. This band used to sounding an awful lot like late `80s Sonic Youth, and you can't blame them for wanting to try something new, but does it have to sound like a screamo take on the Moody Blues? It's easy to imagine the members of this Austin-based act resplendent in ELP-style capes as they sing the bombastic, gospel choir-backed ditty "All White." Then again, the group samples "We Did It Again" by British prog pioneers the Soft Machine at the end of that particular song, as if to say that not only are those who don't know the past doomed to repeat it, but those who do, as well. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

epic album from start to finish.......2007-06-28

this could be my favorite trail of dead album. completely underrated album. it's short, the only fault, but that's what the repeat button is for

Grand Wizards in Purple Cloaks! .......2007-06-09

Possibly this album holds the largest dichotomy of visual art versus sonic art. The music is excellent- the album art could be the worst ever seen. It's like Dungeon and Dragons done with photoshop. The name of the band and name of the album is almost as bad as the cover art. What gives? Just have some normal artwork on the cover, you Grand Wizards in Purple Cloaks! Where are the Multi sided dice?

totd.......2007-02-15

i cant' say enough about this band and this album. not enough people know about these guys and they are truly an amazing band. get this album, put on your headphones and get rocked

Cohesive, dramatic, and clever........2007-02-09

Trail of Dead made an ALBUM, not a collection of songs. The CD flows between choruses, bridges, and verses with emotion and delicate production. When I listen to Worlds Apart, I can't listen to just one song, I have to jump back to the previous one so that the album can build, collapse, and make the turns it was meant to. Trail of Dead's best album to date!

Rock and Lyrics.......2006-12-08

You know how bored I am with mediocre music makers with crappy poet-whore lyrics?
very.

Trail of Dead is not that. Trail of Dead write great epic rock tunes. Prog mixed with metal, a little emo and some humor, and good goddamn lyrics. Songs are catchy - and better yet get catchier. My barometer of a good album is if it grows on me. This is a grower. Buy it. Bum out your girlfriend by going "indie." It's a great album and a great live band, who at least sound like they're playing music cuz they need to. Not cuz they're hoping to make a buck. (And there ain't nothing wring with trying to make a buck. Just don't make art to make money. Make art cuz you have something to say. The money will come if yr any good.)

Average customer rating: So much for early promise... great band Trail of Dead expands their horizons some more...again irking the angst-ridden "Feel like I've wasted all this time." So Divided - And You Will Know....

So Divided ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Worlds Apart Source Tags & Codes Return to Cookie Mountain (with Bonus Tracks) The Crane Wife Threes ASIN: B000J233YE Release Date: 2006-11-14

Tracks:

1. Intro: A Song Of Fire And Wine
2. Stand In Silence
3. Wasted State Of Mind
4. Naked Sun
5. Gold Heart Mountain Top Queen Directory
6. So Divided
7. Life
8. Eight Day Hell
9. Witches Web
10. Segue: In The Realms Of The Unreal
11. Sunken Dreams

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This Austin quintet's metamorphosis from scrappy art-punks to great American rock band is complete with these 11 tunes, even if the layered harmonies, blithe melodies, and textured hooks of numbers like the gig-gone-wrong tale "Eight Days of Hell" owe as much to the Beatles as to the Beach Boys. The lyrics remain as opaque and allusive--of personal trauma, cultural unease, assertive rebirth, and disconnection--as they were in the days Trail of Dead were known for literally shedding blood on stage during savage performances. But the group's far more sophisticated on their fourth major-label release. Their range and ability to create grand soundscapes have grown thanks in part to smart casting. King Crimson drummer Pat Mastelotto, slide guitarist Daniel Wilcox, and Dresden Dolls pianist-vocalist Amanda Palmer are among the guest who add color to some of this disc's most emotionally vibrant arrangements. Nonetheless, it's the core group's now-fully-realized flexibility that makes the galloping polyrhythms of "Wasted State of Mind" rub comfortably against the bull-in-a-china-shop guitar-rock of "Stand in Silence" and the staggering T. Rex riffery of "Naked Sun." The album closes with the epic, two-part "Sunken Dreams," which wraps the group's muscular guitar-driven nucleus in a vocal choir, waves of reverb, and elements of musique concrete to create a sweeping backdrop for a tale of love among the ruins of a post-nuclear world--or a barren soul. It's captivating. --Ted Drozdowski

Customer Reviews:

So much for early promise..........2007-07-04

I decided to skip Worlds Apart (the reviews were, um, unkind), so I don't know how low AYWKUBTTOD fell, but I assume that So Divided is indicative. This is less a terrible album than just an all-around disappointment, limp where Source Tags was vibrant. Most songs reek of failed efforts to craft towering mini-masterpieces, when in actuality they run out of steam long before the end (and mostly didn't have much steam to begin with). The anthemic "Wasted State of Mind" wants to soar (and does manage to get off the ground), but its overabundant reliance on percussion makes it more oddity than winner. When they go shorter, they may be even less successful. The opening moments of "Life" promises something great, but then the remainder hobbles along at a leaden pace for nearly six minutes, five minutes longer than the song held my interest. The intro and interludes on Source Tags made announcements and transitions; the ones here are pure filler, eager to be stripped away from the seemingly (but not actually) bloated final product. And their cover of "Gold Heart Mountain Top Queen Directory" sounds maudlin where Guided By Voices' original was gorgeous.

Not every moment is wasted, though. There are two halfs of good songs on "Naked Sun" (too bad that crashing them together feels like overkill). "Stand in Silence," while a bit traditional for them, at least has the energy and furor lacking elsewhere. And the title track, while overdrawn and overlong, has moments of power and grandeur that they've otherwise seem to have forgotten since Tags. In all though, this band is beginning to sound as lifeless as their name would suggest.

Best cuts: "So Divided," "Stand in Silence," "Witch's Web," "Naked Sun"

great band.......2007-05-26

Trail of The Dead is a talented band from Texas that has been around for while. This is their fourth album. They have released many EPs and have gone through many change of members. I met them around the time of Source Tags & Codes, which was their best album. They came out with a decent record a few years ago that was good, but it didn't catch on. Now they have this new one that sees them getting stripped down and getting back to their early sound. Heavy rock and figurative art have been big influences all the way through their career. Lead singer Conrad creates some of the artwork for the albums. You have a few cool songs with "Stand In Silence" and "Wasted State of Mind." They are constantly experimenting with percussion and new instruments. "Naked Sun" and "So Divided are like their glam rock songs. "Segue: In The Realms of The Unreal" is a reference to the work of Henry Darger. This album is a more focused effort. It's more Beatles than Zeppelin. It's more like Abbey Road than the White Album. They have done something good here. It may not be a fad, but it is important music. Trail of the Dead are one of the best bands in America.

Trail of Dead expands their horizons some more...again irking the angst-ridden.......2007-05-09

I love this record. For what it is worth, I have been with ...Trail of Dead since the Madonna days. Some people think that they have "sold out" or gone "soft". These people have the rights to their own opinions, as do I, as do you.

Once upon a time I was an angsty teenager. I thought that early Genesis and any band that played more than 3 chords and some feedback weren't worth my time. Then I grew up. So did this band, end of story.

Chances are, the people disappointed with this record and the previous, World's Apart, are still in an angsty period in their lives. They don't look for music to be interesting, layered, a throwback to other influential bands/genres/time periods or dareisay different than what's on radio now. And even though you can still spout angsty, bitter poetry over music that is not thrashy, punky or moshy, some people will call it "selling out".

If you are trained in music (and I don't mean you picked up a guitar in your garage), enjoy more than one genre of music, enjoy epic- longered than 3 minutes, takes you on a musical journey instead of a pre-fab verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge music (think early Genesis, Pink Floyd), layered music, enjoy listening to music to listen to (not just for background effect or cool points or cleaning your house to) Then this cd might make you say "wow. based on todays indieemohardcore rock airplay, i did not expect that." And perhaps you will smile. I did.

"Feel like I've wasted all this time.".......2007-04-13

Trail of Dead fell out of the cushy position they had as a critical darling with Worlds Apart, which I thought was completely great (and introduced me to the band), and I couldn't really figure out why. I can see why someone would prefer Source Tags and Codes, but to say it's great and Worlds is bad... I just don't understand it. They're the same band. A little different, with less focus on songwriting and more on loudness and a bit of oddness, but still the same. So Divided was received a little better, though they still are far from where they were publicly in 2002. I just hear a really good rock album, but I guess that's just me.

"Wasted State of Mind" is great with its frantic drumming and anthemic chorus, "So Divided" is like two different good songs in one, and the album as a whole has a good groove going with nice harmonies.

So Divided - And You Will Know...........2007-03-24

I already owned Source Tags & Codes and found it to be a decent effort but it was uneven. So Divided is a much more consistent offering, well written throughout, very appealing (to my tastes), exhibiting density and complexity yet still engaging at the same time. Definitely one of the best CDs I've heard in the past year.

Average customer rating: They got better ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead: Madonna Good, but not great A Perfect Teenhood? Serviceable but not enough

Madonna And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Manufacturer: Merge Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Indie & Lo Fi | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Secret of Elena's Tomb Source Tags & Codes So Divided Worlds Apart Relative Ways ASIN: B00000K5B4 Release Date: 1999-10-19

Tracks:

1. And You Will Know Them...
2. Mistakes & Regrets - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
3. Totally Natural
4. Blight Takes All
5. Clair de Lune
6. Flood of Red
7. Children of the Hydra's Teeth
8. Mark David Chapman - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
9. Up from Redemption
10. Aged Dolls
11. Day the Air Turned Blue
12. Perfect Teenhood
13. Sigh Your Children

Customer Reviews:

They got better.......2007-07-17

Love this band--and I'm probably one of the few people who like their new material more, and believe they got better as musicians. This album--as much as I like it fierceness, is almost unlistenable. The band is all over the place, some of the stuff just doesn't connect. When it does, like on "Flood Of Red" and "Mistakes And Regrets", it predicts better things to come on the 'Source Tags & Codes' album, where their sound and songs just gelled better.

Trail of Dead definitely have (had) their own thing going: it's not quite punk, it's not at all prog, but it borrows liberally from these genres and more. The scattershot singing and sections where the band all get off-time here just seem to belie a dashed-off quality in the recording. Sometimes that can be a good thing, but with material as thin as this, it just grates.

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead: Madonna.......2007-01-09

It's very awesome and totally sweet. Still not as good as Worlds Apart, that's why i gave it a "4 stars"

Good, but not great.......2006-03-16

"Madonna" has some great tracks and a few alright tracks. Listening to the whole album can seem monotonous. I am glad i bought it though, the great songs on here more than make up for the alright ones.

A Perfect Teenhood?.......2005-02-20

The first ...Trail of Dead album I had heard was "Source Tags and Codes." That album left me feeling ecstatic at the thought that I'd stumbled into a band this awesome.
And then I heard "Madonna." This album is everything good off of "Source Tags..." and so much more. This album really seems to move in a way that "Source Tags and Codes" can't compare with. The songs move from disillusionment and then to despair and finally in "A Perfect Teenhood" to hatred. And it's not so much the vocals or lyrics that portray these moods so much as the intense and emotionally charged playing. A lot of noise rock bands could only do that, but TOD seems to be able to take that and apply it much more ferociously than their forefathers like My Bloody Valentine or Sonic Youth really never came close to.
'Madonna" is my favorite ...Trail of Dead album. This album is for anyone who loved Sonic Youth's "Sister" and wondered why more albums like this were never produced.

Serviceable but not enough.......2004-01-29

This album is loud indie rock background music. Its fine for cleaning your house to but probably not something to sit down and listen to closely.

The drummer seems to be much more advanced then his bandmates and does a lot of interesting things on the recording. However, this does not make up for the lack of good musical decisionmaking shown by the singer. While yelling is a viable and valid choice for vocalists (See At the Drive In, Rage Against the Machine), the vocalist here manages to yell in a monotone; something I previously thought impossible. He also has an irritating habit of emphasizing the last word in sentences. The final song ,"Sigh Your Children", on the album downplays his weaknesses and is the most successful song on the recording.

The album is not terrible but does nothing to interest me in this band's previous or subsequent recordings ,so in that sense, it was a failure.

Average customer rating: Take It All At Once The beginning of a truly great rock band... "a cold wind (contempt) blows" This band is great but immense in every aspect

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Manufacturer: Trance Syndicate ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Indie & Lo Fi | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Secret of Elena's Tomb So Divided Source Tags & Codes Worlds Apart Relative Ways ASIN: B000004B8W Release Date: 1998-01-20

Tracks:

1. Richter Scale Madness
2. Novena Without Faith
3. Fake Fake Eyes
4. Half Of What
5. Gargoyle Waiting
6. Prince With A Thousand Enemies
7. Ounce Of Prevention
8. When We Begin To Steal...

Amazon.com

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of the Dead first surfaced on the Trance Syndicate label in early 1998 with this self-titled flash-storm of detuned guitars that recalls the ragged freeform dynamic of Sonic Youth and the guitar-mangling excess of the Who, but which has a tendency to slip into borderline prog Dungeons & Dragons fantasy. It was, unsurprisingly, a hit with the few critics who actually got to hear it, but Trance Syndicate's bankruptcy stalled its progress. Trail of Dead's cult reputation quickly grew, leading to this reissue. Fans of 1999's Madonna might be surprised; tucked around the righteous punk-rock rallying calls, there are forays such as "Novena Without Faith" that reveal a far more experimental side to Trail of Dead's oeuvre. As baptisms of fire go, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail Of Dead ranks up there with the best of them. --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews:

Take It All At Once.......2005-02-20

I'll have to admit that the first time I tried to give this album a listen, I was anything but impressed. The first song ("Richter Scale Madness) seems to just be a badly produced homage to punk, and the second song ("Novena Without Faith") sounds like it was ripped right out of Sonic Youth's "Bad Moon Rising." I think I took it out of my CD player sometime in the middle of track number three.
I got home later that night and popped it in, again. And again, I was unimpressed. I spaced out for a while, and then all of a sudden I was hit by the sonic explosion of "Prince With A Thousand Enemies." My mouth was hanging open, I remember thinking something along the lines of "what in the hell just happened?" I listened to that song around twenty times in a row before I finally let it continue on to "Ounce of Prevention." And it happened again, pure sonic terror. The dissonant opening and the punk hued drums, the shouted vocals, the terror, the terror.
The whole deal about this album is definitely in how it builds. This isn't one that you buy for a few songs because everything is made so much more by the listening to of the whole.
I suggest this and any other ...Trail of Dead (save maybe "Worlds Apart") for anyone who heard Sonic Youth's "Sister" or "Daydream Nation" and was only left craving more. A truly jarring listen.

The beginning of a truly great rock band..........2005-02-04

People have complained about the production value of this album. That when played it sounds real quiet as if music is being played in the other room or something. All you have to do is turn it up louder than you would with most CD's, it appears there's just a problem in the digital levels of the CD.

That aside, this album is just awesome, it rocks, it's seminal Trail of Dead. If you love their newer albums, you'll love this album just as much. No matter what other idiots might think, this band is one of the most original sounding rock groups out there and with their great musical knowledge, talent and skills as artists I doubt that will change.

See them live and hear these songs played again as if they were brand new, you'll have a whole new opinion of the band.

"a cold wind (contempt) blows".......2005-01-18

what it is, is self explanitary, its music. it sounds. wheres the use in analysing things as plain and as familiar as sounds?. dont degrade the beauty of music by tearing it apart and putting it back togeather again, just let it infect you.

what i also dont do is compare this album to their most recent, for it travels in a completely different (although not intentionally different) direction.
None of this "a real trail of dead fan would..." rubbish please, how masturbatory can you get!?

The lack of production conveys the tone, nihlism. thats allegedly what "sources codes and tags" strives for too, keep in mind.

they sound like different bands to me, theres something beneath the music on this album conveyed by the flawed mixings, i think this endearing quality has been lost somewhere along the way. misconstued concepts due to a loss of a band member.

its not contempt for "sources..." i feel, only irritation. for it is clearly prioritised over their very early opus.

This band is great but.......2004-04-27

the recording on this record is terrible! Where was this recorded? A concrete bunker? A tin can? Behind a three foot wall of mud? If you want to know how this band should sound, listen to Source Tags. The recording on this one almost kills it. I really do dig this band though and these songs would be great..

immense in every aspect.......2003-06-01

When i saw this trail of dead album in the shop, i hated the front cover but i knew the band is good. this was just before they release another morning stoner. Called me shallow but i didn't want to buy it cause of the cheap front cover. but i some how got past that and brought. that was a great decision because it's now one of my favirite albums.the song "Half of What" is the best on the album by far. these guys rock don't let me down by not buying this immense masterpiece!

Average customer rating: Great EP...wish it was longer! Kids are Hopped Up Now sarah's review Not the Best. Not the Worst. This is my first meeting

The Secret of Elena's Tomb ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | CD Singles | Pop | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Alternative Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Source Tags & Codes Worlds Apart So Divided Relative Ways Worlds Apart (Collectors Edition CD + DVD) ASIN: B00008NRKY Release Date: 2003-04-01

Tracks:

1. Mach Schau
2. All St. Day
3. Crowning Of A Heart
4. Counting Off The Days
5. Intelligence

Album Details

Limited Edition EP features Five Tracks plus an Enhanced Component with Three Exclusive Videos.

Customer Reviews:

Great EP...wish it was longer!.......2005-04-15

Trail of Dead released this EP in between Source Tags and Codes and Worlds Apart, and although it was rather hard for me to find, once I tracked it down I wasn't disappointed. It only has 5 songs on it but they're great, from the opening blast of Mach Shau (an obscure Beatles reference....anyone know what it means? I do!) to the almost poppy Crowning of a Heart and All Saints Day. There's even some electronic experimenting with the last track. I wish this was a full-fledged album as I would like to have seen what they could have done in this direction before the epic grandeur of Worlds Apart.

Kids are Hopped Up Now.......2004-11-25

How do you follow up an album as great as Source Tags and Code? You evolve. And with the EP 'Secrets of Elena's Tomb' that's exactly what the Trail of Dead are doing.

Mach Schau is classic ToD. Raw, hard, and intelligent. This song could have been taken off the 'Madonna' album. Not to say it's bad, but this is the worst song on the EP.

All Saints Day is a fantastic new song. It sounds like it could have been taken out of 'Source Tags'. It uses the normal soft/hard formula of ToD, but shows a little more advancement. Very mellow as well. One of my favorite Trail of Dead songs.

Crowning of a Heart is even mellower than All Saints Day. Think "How Near How Far". A great song.

Counting Off the Days is a short acoustic song. Yes that's right I said acoustic. It's a fantastic song, just an acoustic guitar and a string backing that adds much warmth and feeling. The vocals fit perfectly as well.

Intelligence. This is the bands biggest departure. Other reviewers have mentioned techno, electronica, and dance music in relation to this song. That's all wrong. The closest comparision would be to say it's like ToD doing an incredible cover of a early Nine Inch Nails song. Die hard fans, don't be scared away, this is no namby-pamby electronica.

All in all, if this is a sign of where the Trail of Dead will be going with their next album, I'm even more excited about it then I was before. Not only that, but this dispels any fear I might have had that they won't be able to top Source Tags. For any fan who wants to see what the next album may be like, or just wants something to tide them over, this is worth your money. For any new fan, get 'Source Tags and Code' and go from there.

sarah's review.......2004-01-31

this is an awesome awesome album from an awesome band. I'm a DJ and Trail of Dead is a staple in my show. I highly recommend this band to anyone who likes grunge, alternitive, or even metal!

Not the Best. Not the Worst........2004-01-25

This 5 track EP isn't really essential, but if you're curious and have 5 or 6 bucks to throw around it may be worth your while. The first track sounds like textbook trail of dead, but isn't all that great a song to tell you the truth. The second song is, again, a textbook trail of dead song, but it seems to hold up better than the first track. The third track, "Crowning of a Heart", is a calm reflective piece which sounds like some of the latter tracks on ST+C. "Counting off the Days" sounds like Trail Of Dead covering a Sunny Day Real Estate (Rising Tide-era) song. The final track "Intelligence" is kind of a techno-ish departure from familiar Trail of Dead territory, perhaps indicating a new direction being taken on the next album? One of the great pluses to buying this EP is some great enhanced features on the disc which can be accessed by sticking the disc into a computer. Featuring some awesome artwork slides, a couple videos (live and otherwise), and some other little trinkets. Again, it's worth getting if you spot it and are curious, but chances are you don't really need this unless you're a collector.

This is my first meeting.......2003-11-22

I . . I have a problem. The first time I listened to "Source Tags and Codes," I was hooked. I couldn't stop listening. But, you know, the highs just aren't high enough after awhile. You need something new to really get you up to your previous levels of listening enjoyment again. Then, I almost went into cardiac arrest when I saw this E.P.. I thought I had it bad before, but now it's even worse. This is the only CD I listen to. I haven't stopped for almost six months. SIX MONTHS! I can't help it. "Counting off of the Days" . . . it's just so beautiful. "Machu Machu" is so much fun. "Intelligence" is just so incredibly entrancing while at the same time it makes you scream and dance. One time, I was listening to it while driving. When I looked up I didn't even KNOW WHERE I WAS! And that's not even the worst of it. "All Saint's Day?" Sometimes, I hit repeat three, four times. I know it's sad, but I can't help it. I love it. Thank you.

Average customer rating: Awesome album Best album of 2005, so far Listen without prejudice Great album What they're missing ...

Worlds Apart (Collectors Edition CD + DVD) ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead , and And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Source Tags & Codes The Secret of Elena's Tomb Relative Ways So Divided The Areas of My Expertise ASIN: B00075TZY0 Release Date: 2005-01-25

Tracks:

1. Ode to Isis
2. Will You Smile Again
3. Worlds Apart
4. The Summer of '91
5. The Rest Will Follow
6. Caterwaul
7. A Classic Arts Showcase
8. Let it Dive
9. To Russia My Homeland
10. All White
11. The Best
12. The Lost City of Refuge

Album Description

DELUXE COLLECTORS' EDITION In addition to the full CD, this DELUXE COLLECTORS' EDITION features a special Digipak with bonus DVD (Entitled, "Worlds Apart Special Features").

The DVD features Live Performances, In the Studio Footage, Band Bio, Home Movies, Gallery & Sketchbook.

Customer Reviews:

Awesome album.......2005-08-18

Unlike many of their fans, I personally think Worlds Apart is a fantastic Trail of Dead album. It's very different from any of their other work, although it does retain a lot of their trademarks. That being said, if you go into this listening without any preconceived notions, you'll see that this is a fantastic record. From the chanting of Ode to Isis into the brutal Will You Smile Again and Worlds Apart, this album has it all. Savage rockers (Caterwaul, A Classic Arts Showcase), gorgeous melodic songs (Summer of '91, Let it Drive, The Rest Will Follow) and epic showpieces (The Best, The Lost City of Refuge). This is, however, a creative turn for the band. A lot more prog and not as much into the noise and brutality of their earlier albums. However, this album still flat-out rocks and is a great album from this great band. Check it out, you won't be disappointed (unless you're expecting Source Tags and Codes Vol. 2).

Best album of 2005, so far.......2005-06-18

Before this album, ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead were unknowns to me. Sure, I had seen their enigmatic bandname, but had I given any thought to what their music sounded like? No, not really.

So, it must have been around the date that this album, Worlds Apart, was released. The only track available for full listen on Napster was the title track. One listen had me hooked. The political statements it thrust forward, combined with the ringing guitar melodies was the perfect mixture of ideas for what I was feeling at that time. Without listening to anything else from the album, aside from a few short 30-second clips, I made sure to buy the record as soon as I could.

And I did.

Trail of Dead, at that point, wasn't normally something I would listen to. Sure, I had grown out of pop-punk bands like Sum 41, or New Found Glory, but I was leaning more towards the funk rock stylings of 311 or the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It's quite plain to see that Trail of Dead reflects these bands in no ways. Their sound is that of an original one, a melancholy, introspective sound.

After a short intro, "Ode to Isis", which some may consider some type of war march, the music is thrown you in the form of "Will You Smile Again For Me?". This is the best way to start the album by all means. It begins with a pounding riff which blasts its way through your speakers/headphones. Suddenly, it slows down and the dreary sound of trumpets welcomes you. Conrad Keely sings warily over the brooding music, and then things are straight when the song is turned into a march, powered by the bass drum and Keely's story-telling lyrics. It ends in the way it began, with the guitars blistering a hole into your skull. By no means is that a bad thing! The whole thing adds up to about seven minutes, and I can guarantee that unlike other long songs, boredom will not set in.

The disc continues with a pair of gems in the aforementioned "Worlds Apart", and the piano-driven "The Summer of '91". Following these two powerful tracks is the majestic "The Rest Will Follow". One of my favorite tracks of the album, with pondering words over an airy guitar track.

The album continues with the frolicking "Caterwaul", but it's followed by the incredible opus, "A Classic Arts Showcase". Lead by a pure '90s riff, followed by a bridge of hopeful uncertainty, then back into the song at full force. Definitely a highlight of the album.

Another nostalgic song is added to the mix, with "Let It Dive". It definitely reminds me of something I've heard before, but I can never put my finger on what. It's not the best song, but it's still one you should listen to.

A change of pace is brought to the fore with "To Russia My Homeland". It's a classical piece, styled to sound like something a Russian composer would err... compose. It's mostly short filler, though, so I tend to skip it most of the time.

Back to the real music with "All White". The song is short, and sometimes feels incomplete, but it's symphonic qualities definitely make it worth a listen. Pounding into the off-kilter rhythms and riffs reminiscent of U2 is "The Best". A good song in all respects, ending with the wailing and sobbing of a woman. This mood is fitting for the final song, "The Lost City of Refuge". The song has a sympathetic mood to it, and it's like nothing I can describe. It's a fitting closer, a good way to wrap up this incredible album.

Overall: 4.5 stars!

It isn't quite 5, so I rounded it down to 4 on Amazon. My recommendation to you would be to buy this album. It fits any mood, happy or sad! Thus far, the best album of 2005!

Listen without prejudice.......2005-05-06

I avoided buying this CD, put off by the early negative reviews, but finally picked up a copy, and I've been listening to it daily. My appreciation grows with each hearing. My advice: Erase "Source Tags & Codes" from your mind and listen without prejudice, several times, before making a judgement. "Worlds Apart" is not as easily accessible as "Source Tags," but it's a beautiful, complex, and compelling work in its own right. You will discover jewels with each listen. Bands that care about their craft sometimes put out ungainly, experimental works that initially confuse their fans, but stand the test of time: I'm reminded of Pink Floyd's "The Wall," or "The White Album," or Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk." "Worlds Apart" falls neatly into that niche. Thank you, Trail Of Dead, for "Worlds Apart"--I'm hearing you.

Great album.......2005-04-19

This band has always done interesting work. Their last album Source Tags and Codes was a masterpiece. They lost a member and there are a lot of expectations on this new album. "Will You Smile Again For Me" is a hard rocking tune much like their previous album. "Worlds Apart" and "Summer 91" recall the dreams of childhood. They reveal and introduce a glam rock fascination, and specifically a 1970s David Bowie influence, in some songs. The yearning and hope in songs like "And The Rest Will Follow" is an improvement. Songs like "Russia My Homeland" has some classical music touches. "All White" sounds like a track off of Ziggy Stardust. Trail of the Dead has always been fans of the classic rock tradition and musicianship. The album ends with the jazzy song "City of Refuge." This album has the hits, the flourishes, and the delivery. You couldn't ask for more. We are not lost.

What they're missing ..........2005-04-12

I understand and even sort of agree with many of the above reviewers who complain that the album is more refined, more polished, more controlled, more mature. Sure, and so was Sgt. Pepper's, Wish You Were Here, OK Computer, Amused to Death and just about every other truly great, great album. This, hands down, is the best new album i've purchased since i bought Radiohead's OK Computer. Hands down. I think a lot of fans were expecting the moments of brilliance in certain songs that ToD displayed before. This is a complete album, not just a collection of songs. Nearly perfect.

Average customer rating: great EP Gotta have it... Eh.. 3.7 stars Trail of Dead Continues to Rock Hard And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

Relative Ways And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | CD Singles | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Secret of Elena's Tomb Source Tags & Codes Worlds Apart Worlds Apart/Back In New York City/Porpoise Song Worlds Apart (Collectors Edition CD + DVD) ASIN: B00005RKUH Release Date: 2001-11-06

Tracks:

1. Relative Ways
2. Homage
3. Blood Rites
4. The Blade Runner

Customer Reviews:

great EP.......2005-03-13

I just wanted to comment on what kyle had to say. he undoubtedly doesn't know what good music is. because nickelback and creed are two of the worst bands around, just corporate radio bull***t. trail of dead are far better musicians than anything that plays on the radio period. from source tags & codes to worlds apart, their sound resembles sonic youth, but over all they got their own style and are one of the great punk indie bands, that nothing that plays on the radio can stand up against. so take your fred durst bull***t and compare it with something else, oh and go get yourself a brain.

Gotta have it..........2002-09-04

HAHA, ...'s review is really funny. Creed and Nickelback...this band sounds nothing like the [stuff] you hear on the radio today...thank god! Fred Durst musical genius? Oh my god shoot me now. Go get this album and while you're at it check out Modest Mouse, Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Tortoise, GYBE, Arab Strap...

Eh.. 3.7 stars.......2002-04-21

Don't get me wrong, "Relative Ways" and "Homage" are awesome songs, but the other two songs drag down the quality of this ep.

"Relative Ways" is a great song, but "Another Morning Stoner" should of been the first single off of the new cd. "Homage" is one of the most chaotic songs TOD have recorded, starting of violently fast, then slowing down for the chorus.

However, the next two songs, "Blood Rites", and "The Blade Runner", are not good. "Blood Rites is a halfway decent song, while "The Blade Runner" is not a song.

So, if you want the first two songs, buy the AMAZING new "Source Tags and Codes", but if you're a completist, go for this.

Trail of Dead Continues to Rock Hard.......2002-02-27

You know, The Trail of Dead is definately a band that's not for idiots, like Kyle. Creed and Nickelback? Come on! That is exactly what this band is against and they show it. Their songs are complex dark and melodic, but still have that indie rock feel. The vocals are smart, and they're not a coorporate tool. Screw Fred Durst. Also, if you've ever seen this band live, you'd be a true believer. They bring the house down and you'll also need to watch out for flying instruments. Kyle can't even spell.

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead.......2002-02-14

Judging from Kyle Piercey's review, you should DEFINITELY go out and buy this band's music...

Average customer rating:

Instant Live: Majestic Theater - Detroit, MI, 4/20/05 ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Manufacturer: Instant Live Rec. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B000EU1P96 Release Date: 2006-05-09

Tracks:

1. Ode to Isis
2. Will You Smile Again For Me?
3. It Was There
4. The Best
5. Worlds Apart
6. Days of Being Wild
7. Caterwaul
8. Aged Dolls
9. Claire De Lune
10. Totally Natural
11. Heart in the Hand of the Matter
12. How Near How Far
13. Richter Scale Madness

Album Description

This album is a live recording of the 4/20/05 performance at the Majestic Theater in Detroit, MI

Average customer rating:

So Divided ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000JRYMT4 Release Date: 2006-11-20

Tracks:

1. Intro: A Song Of Fire & Wine
2. Stand In Silence
3. Wasted State Of Mind
4. Naked Sun
5. Gold Heart Mountain Top Queen Directory
6. So Divided
7. Life
8. Eight Day Hell
9. Witches Web
10. Segue: In The Realms Of The Unreal
11. Sunken Dreams
12. Witches Web

Album Description

UK pressing of the American Alterna-Rockers' 2006 opus features one bonus track: 'Witches Web' (Original Version). Pioneering Austin-based rock band And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead return with their third and most compelling full-length yet. So Divided packs a hook-laden punch, as equal parts anthemic guitar, layered orchestration, and bitingly introspective lyrics crash and interweave. Polydor.

Album Details

Trail of Dead Return with their Fifth Album, their Third for Interscope. It's the Follow Up to 2005's "Worlds Apart", which was Described as "a Heroic Monster of an Album" by Rolling Stone and "a Triumph" by Q, who Saw Fit to Award it Four Stars. This Album is Produced by Long-term Collaborator Mike Mccarthy, who Has Worked with Fellow Austin Bands Spoon and Sound Team. As Usual, the Distinctive Artwork is Supplied by Frontman Conrad Keely. This Version Includes the Song "Witches Web".

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