i love the song worlds apart. the HEY FUCK YOU MAN! at the beginning mixed really loud, "look at those cunts on mtv," references to the twin towers... im pretty sure hes taking the piss
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 18:54 (nine years ago) link
lol i'm listening to tao of the dead for the first time and the best two songs on here are jason reece too ("weight of the son," "ebb away")
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 20:19 (nine years ago) link
meanwhile tao of the dead fucking rules
Always appreciated the relative bluntness of the alt-nihilism in stuff like "worlds apart" and "let it die" - though when the 'fork is already having raver's remorse that kind of directness can be used against you (see Travistan)
― da croupier, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 20:46 (nine years ago) link
it actually warms my heart to see ilm talking kindly about trail of dead right now, awwww you guys... 🐱
― help computer (sleepingbag), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 20:47 (nine years ago) link
I haven't heard any of the albums after Century Of Self, but now I feel like I should check those.
― Marty8501 (Marty Innerlogic), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 21:23 (nine years ago) link
This was one of my favorite songs for a very long time. Nothing after this EP really stuck with me, though I haven't listened to recent records closely. It seemed like after this EP they suddenly were trying too hard to be "epic" or "deep" or angsty. Overall they came off much much less mature sounding to me from then on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYMY4Ak24JM
― Evan, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 21:49 (nine years ago) link
The recent albums are vv different from the mid-period stuff, somehow both proggier and much more disciplined
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 21:57 (nine years ago) link
not to mention way less vocal/lyric-driven than before, a good move imo
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 22:01 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I'm going to check out the most recent again for sure.
― Evan, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 22:02 (nine years ago) link
their cover art is totally hilarious
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 20 August 2015 14:54 (nine years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61jr9gk8r1L.jpg
― ciderpress, Thursday, 20 August 2015 15:14 (nine years ago) link
It looks like the cover art of a bad steam-punk themed RPG for Dreamcast.
― Evan, Thursday, 20 August 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link
a new 12-book fantasy sci-fi series for middle-grades readers
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 20 August 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I can't defend that cover. The album's really good though.
― Hamsters of Misfortune (ultros ultros-ghali), Thursday, 20 August 2015 18:31 (nine years ago) link
What's to defend? As gt says, it's hilarious.
― ledge, Thursday, 20 August 2015 18:56 (nine years ago) link
Re: Crowning of a Heart - not to be that guy, but I like the demo better:
https://youtu.be/OWNh1LOUxx8
― Vernon Locke, Friday, 21 August 2015 06:38 (nine years ago) link
Oh that's great! I didn't know it existed. At first it sounded a bit too shy, but once it started picking up I realized why it can be preferable.
― Evan, Friday, 21 August 2015 14:37 (nine years ago) link
um
the new album is *fucking amazing*
― Yul Brynner playing table tennis with a deviled kidney (imago), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 16:59 (nine years ago) link
first half of it at least
― Yul Brynner playing table tennis with a deviled kidney (imago), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
anticipating some sort of extra-ludicrous blowout format for album 10
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
I like hearing this band's name to the melody of the first line of the verse of Head Over Heels by Tears for Fears
― five six and (man alive), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 18:16 (nine years ago) link
do these guys still smash all their equipment at the end of every show?
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 18:33 (nine years ago) link
yep, the new album still rules
i even like the second half now
― avant-garde, sissy bounce, zombie rave, aquacrunk, warlock, oceangrunge, (imago), Thursday, 12 November 2015 16:16 (eight years ago) link
Saw them perform for the first time yesterday, even though I've been listening to them since the early 00's. Fantastic show, they seemed to be having a really good time, too. Lots of personal favourites were played:
The Opening CrescendoAll Who WanderIt Was There That I Saw YouInto the Godless VoidIsis UnveiledDon't Look DownChildren of the SkyHow Near How FarBells of CreationLet It DiveWorlds ApartWeight of the Sun (Or the Post-Modern Prometheus)Ebb AwayHomageClair de LuneCaterwaulWill You Smile Again?Relative WaysMistakes & RegretsAnother Morning Stoner
They came back for an encore, think it was a song from the last album (possibly "Blade of Wind").
― willem, Friday, 28 February 2020 10:21 (four years ago) link
The sound was good? I saw them on the Madonna anniversary tour and the mix was atrocious, but I'd love to give them another crack live.
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 28 February 2020 10:36 (four years ago) link
Yeah I heard about sound issues during last year's ST&C "jubilee" tour. Yesterday's sound/mix was great - I even thought the volume could've been cranked up a bit but that was easily solved by getting closer to the stage. I'd say give it a go if you get the chance!
― willem, Friday, 28 February 2020 16:21 (four years ago) link
They broke up?
Conrad Keely announced via an Instagram post in March 2023 that "the Trail is closed", and later clarified that the band had no plans to either tour nor make any more music in the traditional sense, citing a disastrous final tour, exhaustion, and the inhospitable state of the music industry towards smaller bands as the main drivers behind their decision.[2]
― behold the thump (ledge), Thursday, 5 October 2023 09:13 (eleven months ago) link
Their last tour does sound like a nightmare: https://www.patreon.com/posts/73901821
― behold the thump (ledge), Thursday, 5 October 2023 11:22 (eleven months ago) link
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― Evan, Thursday, 5 October 2023 12:03 (eleven months ago) link
Works for me in chrome on desktop and phone?
Are all the trail of dead fans on holiday? I'm going through their whole catalogue (albums anyway), two to go. Do they have a bad album? No. Do they have a nadir? Absolutely not, fuck you pitchfork. Do they have a bad song? I'm not sure that they do. Astonishing band, incredible body of work. Why didn't I try and see them live? (I did once, at an ATP, I don't think I saw a proper tour, lol my memory). RIP.
― behold the thump (ledge), Friday, 6 October 2023 12:55 (eleven months ago) link
OK yeah it was just my phone at the time.
― Evan, Friday, 6 October 2023 13:24 (eleven months ago) link
I've listened to XI half a dozen times over the last few days, it's absolutely one of their best. As grandiose and prog as anything they've done but not unleavened with humour (fuck the potatoes!), a dash of punk, a flirting with psych / krautrock. 22 songs, impeccably sequenced, no duds, nothing superfluous.
― behold the thump (ledge), Monday, 9 October 2023 09:06 (eleven months ago) link
That ATP show was pretty amazing all told, I only saw them a couple of times outside that including a really early show (I think the s/t had just come out, or was about to) where they were pretending to trash their kit at the end of the set and a guy got up on stage and actually did push all the amps over, which led to a giant fist fight between the band, their roadies, and some of the crowd.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 9 October 2023 11:23 (eleven months ago) link
lolll i saw them in new york once where they “trashed” their gear and i remember thinking that i would know them by the trail of unimpressed roadies
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 9 October 2023 11:36 (eleven months ago) link
I've been a fan the whole ride, really bummed if this is truly it for them but that tour does sound rough. The only time I caught the, live was at Lollapalooza one year when they played early in the day's blistering heat but they still put on a killer set.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 October 2023 15:18 (eleven months ago) link
i was technically brother-in-law to their touring guitar tech for a while and he had some wild war stories from the road. this was back in the late 2000s-early 2010s.
one for the "when you like the wrong album" thread: i will always have a soft spot for the worlds apart and so divided material. even though i don't know the whole catalogue that well, i have to agree with ledge in that i've always been impressed by their consistency. crazy the amount of hype they had at one point.
― the adventures of Yari and ixa. (Austin), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 00:12 (eleven months ago) link
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― calstars, Saturday, 25 May 2024 21:41 (three months ago) link