- Record Label: Superball Music
- Release Date: Nov 11, 2014
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Dec 23, 2014With IX, Trail of Dead consolidates its stance as one of the ‘aughties’ most consistently interesting prog bands.
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Classic Rock MagazineDec 16, 2014It gets a bit samey, as if noise alone is enough of a statement of intent. Thankfully, things pick up in the second half. [Dec 2014, p.104]
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MagnetDec 10, 2014IX strips down the layers and offers walls of noise, but cushions the blow with moody interludes. [No. 116, p.53]
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Nov 20, 2014If there's a thread connecting TOD's discography, it's cinematic ambition, a musical grandeur grounding both the post-punk of 2002's Source Tags & Codes and the lush art pop of 2005's Worlds Apart, career milestones the pair. IX evolves that tradition, though it surfaces through different channels.
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Nov 11, 2014Messy, occasionally repetitive, and short of excellent, but strong enough in its best moments to show that …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead haven’t stopped challenging themselves and their audience.
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UncutNov 10, 2014Like 2011's Tao Of The Dead, IX is a big thing, which sometimes rings rather hollow. [Dec 2014, p.71]
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Nov 10, 2014IX sees the Texans at their most focused and thrilling.
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Nov 10, 2014While both sides [of the album] are well executed, neither makes as much of an impact as it has in the past. It may not be ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead's most exciting album, but there are still enough bright moments here to keep fans engaged.
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Nov 7, 2014The strongest moments on IX, like on any of the band's albums, are those that manage to create a vast rock sound by building elements up to impressive climaxes before bringing them crashing down.
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Alternative PressNov 6, 2014Musically, IX is less threatening then previous albums, but that doesn't mean it's any less potent. [Dec 2014, p.104]
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Nov 3, 2014It may not be an outright classic like Source Tags & Codes, but it finds the band at their most measured yet. And, it feels important--not epic, but important.
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Q MagazineOct 29, 2014Here they find wonderful refuge in stability. [Nov 2014, p.102]
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Oct 21, 2014IX is a finely detailed exercise in establishing and exploiting excitement levels, at points telegraphing its trajectory but always delivering substantial payoffs.
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Oct 21, 2014TOD are, miraculously given their longevity, still managing to remain interesting.
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Oct 20, 2014If you’re new to Trail of Dead, this might be a good place to begin your investigations, and if you’ve lost track of them since their critical and commercial peak, then ‘Sound Of The Silk’ and IX as a whole is as good a way as you’ll find to rediscover this consistently fantastic band.
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Oct 20, 2014While the band may have struggled in the past to reconcile their post-hardcore roots with their art-rock ambitions, more often than not, IX marks the spot.
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