...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

Editor's Review:

…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead is the hottest rock commodity to come out of the rich music scene of Austin, Texas in some time, and their third full-length release - their first on a major label - is exactly what fans have been waiting for from this rock quartet. The most attractive thing about …Trail of Dead's music is the combination of melodic and harmonic sonic wash, emotive lyrical delivery and a strangely warped but catchy attention to the tenets of pop songwriting - all wrapped up in a mischievous cloak and sporting a smug sneer.
Though Source Codes & Tags is a new …Trail of Dead album, the band's own tone is unmistakable. Songs like "It Was There That I Saw You" and "Another Morning Stoner" are powerfully conveying, musically angst ridden and vocally cathartic. Other tracks have a much fiercer musical stance, like the outright blitz of "Homage" and the almost danceable "Baudelaire." Still other tunes, like "Monsoon," show the band's Texas roots in good old American rock music. The common thread of the band's overall sound is marked by swirling dual guitar lines, resonant bass tones and drumming that sometimes simply accents the music, and other times makes its presence brutishly known.
…Trail of Dead blends the approachable honesty of indie pop with the ferocious attack of punk rock and the skewed stance of art rock. It's a blend that is rich with layers, deep with detail and gloriously loud.
- Max Sidman


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Record Label Interscope Records Released February 2002

Tracks It Was There That I Saw You Another Morning Stoner Baudelaire Homage How Near, How Far Heart in the Hand of the Matter Monsoon Days of Being Wild Relative Ways Relative Ways Segue Source Tags & Codes