…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead – The Century of Self

By their name alone, …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead are often mistaken for a hard core death-metal band, perhaps with good reason. But death metal wasn’t on the menu when the guys set up to play an exclusive set in the Street Date studio last week.

Conrad, Jason and Kevin took time out from a week-long media blitz to play us a few tracks off new album The Century of Self. With only a keyboard and two acoustic guitars the guys laid down a stripped-bare set very different from what their ear-splitting live shows typically entail. Check out these exclusive live versions of Bells of Creation and Insatiable.

Bells of Creation

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Insatiable

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The guys also sat down for an interview and gave us a peek inside their creative process with this new album. Here’s Conrad and crew on the formation of The Century of Self:

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…and on Sigmund Freud’s connection to the band (hint: it’s how the new album got its name:

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Spin :: 4 stars (out of 5)

After the proggy overindulgence of their previous two albums, these Texans gracefully balance the dynamic alt rock of 2002’s Source Tags & Codes with their more recent multimovement epics.

Rolling Stone :: 2.5 stars (out of 5)

Austin’s Trail of Dead have spent years trying out various combinations of sober art rock and ballsy loudness. Their indie-released sixth album skews dark and noisy

Tracklist

1. Giants Causeway
2. Far Pavillions
3. Isis Unveiled
4. Halcyon Days
5. Bells of Creation
6. Fields of Coal
7. Inland Sea
8. Luna Park
9. Pictures of an Only Child
10. Insatiable (One)
11. Ascending
12. An August Theme
13. Insatiable (Two)

photo credit: Uglynoid

photo credit: Uglynoid

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