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...And you will Know us by the Trail of Dead

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Topic: ...And you will Know us by the Trail of Dead
Posted By: Icarium
Subject: ...And you will Know us by the Trail of Dead
Date Posted: February 18 2011 at 12:10
for heavy prog or math rock/post rock, I have only their las album  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_of_the_Dead" rel="nofollow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_of_the_Dead  but they clearly have a progressive aproach to their origenal alternative rock foundation, they ceap progressing album after album (as shown in Wiki that their genre tags are leaning more and more towards Art rock and experimental
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they name Yes, Pink Floyd, Neu!, Rush among others as their influence other then alt rock bands, they are one of those Alt bands (like Mars Volta and Radiohead) who have progressed from their former alternative rock style to a more psychadelic prog sound,
 
Trail of Dead pulls lots of influence from heavy prog and psychadelia, + krautrock and noice rock, their live shows are also a psychadelic experience
 
their last album consists of two side long epics one is a 35 min side (dealt in same vein as the Incident by PT and Mew albums), second side is a 16 min epic
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...And_You_Will_Know_Us_by_the_Trail_of_Dead" rel="nofollow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...And_You_Will_Know_Us_by_the_Trail_of_Dead


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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: February 18 2011 at 12:12
they also have a progresslivly long band name LOL

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Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: February 18 2011 at 12:13
They are presently being evaluated by us at crossover.
 
Honestly, despite the impressive references they cite, I don't hear much prog in the music.  Just post-punk.


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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: February 18 2011 at 12:16
I think post rock/math rock is more suited (ot even heavy prog) OR EVEN psychadelic prog

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Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: February 18 2011 at 12:53
Perhaps.

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Posted By: Bonnek
Date Posted: February 18 2011 at 13:21

Strange indeed they would cite those influences, maybe they really want to be on PA? Confused
All I get is Sonic Youth with some occasional flares from early 90s Swans.



Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: February 18 2011 at 16:29
I'm currently enjoying Tao of the Dead but it's not particularly prog music-wise. It has a prog feel in the CD cover, the long multi-part tracks etc but it's really a collection of post-punk songs joined together to make one long one. I've not heard any of their earlier stuff to comment on.


Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 00:13
I'd say crossover prog... same boat as Dear Hunter to my ears


Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: February 22 2011 at 05:03
Not a shred of prog - I bought one album and sent it backto the shop  in disgust as it was punk. Sorry this is a dead loss as far as i am concerned

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Posted By: lensag
Date Posted: April 30 2011 at 13:45
which one did you buy? i don´t like punk in general but those are not punk albums I assure you.  madonna and source tags and code are really great albums.
These new tao of dead is still growing on me but it seems at level of the century of the self and better than so divided


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Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: May 19 2011 at 10:35
Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

Not a shred of prog - I bought one album and sent it backto the shop  in disgust as it was punk. Sorry this is a dead loss as far as i am concerned

It's a little bit funny to see a post like that from someone who has VdGG in his signature - some flexibility? VdGG themselves meddled with punk, and there's at least one long standing forum member here who would claim that Peter Hammill invented that genre.


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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: May 24 2011 at 08:36
^^^ Trail Of Dead are not Prog in any case. VDGG are definitely prog and not particularly punk. Trail Of Dead are very punk like. I had their second latest album and honestly it was not prog at all. Not interested in punk junk.

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Posted By: bowlingisfun
Date Posted: June 06 2011 at 19:10
So when do we know if Trail of Dead's on the Archives?


Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: June 06 2011 at 20:48
They were rejected. 


Posted By: bowlingisfun
Date Posted: June 07 2011 at 19:30
What was the reason?


Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: June 08 2011 at 08:26
The team must have considered the band is not prog. 


Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: June 23 2011 at 05:43
It is unanimous...... they are not prog......close the thread then....

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Posted By: EnderEd
Date Posted: January 04 2012 at 17:43
Muse has an entry? Frost* has an entry? But Trail doesn't qualify??? GMAB

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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: January 04 2012 at 18:10
This has been debated countless times with countless times with countless cases. They were rejected. Until they release a new album, they're not eligible for re-evaluation.

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Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: January 04 2012 at 21:50
Hmmm, I was going to recommend them for Crossover as well.
Oh well!
Ouch


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Posted By: omnichord
Date Posted: April 02 2014 at 02:00
they just released an EP which is part III of a theme started two records ago. The EP is just one song on one side of an LP and the other side is an etching. If that's not prog, its certainly art, and fully awesome.

I vote to reconsider them :)


Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: April 02 2014 at 02:18
haha I just revisited this thread and read my 'Mr Grumpy' posts. Jeesh i was a grumpy old man.... haha. In all seriousness i still cant see ...AYWKUBTTOD as a prog certaintly though they occasionally appear in prog mag I noticed. 

Anyhoo

If anything PR is as close as it gets given the material on thier Tao album but i am not a good one to ask as its not my cuppatea


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