And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - The Century of Self [mp3-128-2009]

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, Pt. 1
11. Ascending
12. An August Theme
13. Insatiable, Pt. 2


Title: The Century of Self
Artist: And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Store Date: 17 feb 2009
Upload Date: 10 feb 2009
Label: Justice Records
Genre: Indie
Cover: front
Bitrate: 128 kb/s, joint stereo


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. Halcyon Days combines lilting, cathedral-size vocals, colossal guitars, and an organ coda without sounding bloated; the poppy surge of Fields of Coal has Conrad Keely musing about a fatal prophecy between rousing sailor chants; and the double-vocal punisher Ascending (featuring Brooklyn zanies Dragons of Zynth) and slow-burning ballad Luna Park showcase Trail of Dead at their unvarnished, poignantly roaring best.