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And You Will Know Us by the
Trail of Dead rating : 9 |
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This is one of the best albums released so far this year. The first two albums of this Texan band had me interested
but not impressed, even though one could feel that there was some big
potential within the band. "Mistakes & Regrets" was a great
single. Before talking about the music i just want to tell you how
cool i think these guys are. They break stuff on stage, switch instruments,
are permanently drunk, actually know something about art and seem to be
friends with every cool band out there.
So. I got "Sources, Tags & Codes."
According to Conrad Keely (guitar/vocals/drums) this is the album they've
been wanting to release since long. It features nice discreet arrangements
and a bunch of high-quality songs. They're all good. No kidding. It is a
collage of very different songs that succeeds in making sense in the
end.
By listening to
"Sources, Tags and Codes" I've felt like I'd just discovered the
best hidden US rock'n'roll secret. Melodies are there, more
controlled and disciplined than in the band's two first albums and the fury
is there as well, coupled with neo-romantic lyrics ("It's ok, I'm a saint, I
forgave your mistakes" --Relative Ways) and voices on the edge of
breaking apart. Voices. Cause there are three songwriters in AKWKUbtToD, an
ambiguous multi-headed beast that cannot be understood as easily as you
could understand most of today's bands. And what you thought was going to be a
cool punk record with screams and stuff ends up being a fascinating piece of
work made by one of the most promising bands out there.
-Barbara H.