- Record Label: Dine Alone
- Release Date: Jan 17, 2020
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Jan 17, 2020A quarter century after they formed, X: The Godless Void and Other Stories is triumphant proof that they're as passionate as ever.
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Feb 21, 2020Summation of their best recorded moments, X echoes the pulverizing claustrophobia of Source Tags & Codes (2002) and sheer aggression of bone-crushing 1999 debut Madonna, erecting walls of drill-bit noise and floating ennui codas.
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Classic Rock MagazineJan 14, 2020A consolidation of their strengths--muscular guitars that alternate from hardcore styling to more sensitive deliver--and a greater sense of melody. [Feb 2020, p.90]
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Jan 16, 2020‘Children of the Sky’ and ‘Gravity’ both prove that its possible for the duo to summon up genuine atmosphere without bogging down the songs with overcooked compositions. There’s still the odd experimental misstep - the meandering ‘Eyes of the Overworld’ in particular - but for the most part, ‘X…’ is endearingly light on its feet in a manner that suggests a real rejuvenation in Conrad and Jason’s creative partnership.
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Jan 14, 2020All in all, while sometimes dragging and repetitive, there are enough moments of epic tension-resolving buildups and sonically interesting tracks that make this album worth checking out.
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Kerrang!Feb 4, 2020The Texans still sound like a band capable of stealing hearts forever. [1 Feb 2020, p.55]
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Jan 15, 2020X is their 10th album, and although some of the youthful bombast contained in the likes of Richter Scale Madness or Perfectly Natural might have been toned down somewhat, the band has managed to retain the essence of what made them such an exciting proposition back at the end of the 1990s.
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Jan 24, 2020Elaborate but rarely ostentatious, The Godless Void is a true revelation from a band 25 years into the game—the rare Trail of Dead record that lets Keely’s shell-shocked performances chart the necessary emotional peaks without needing the music to follow suit.
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Jan 14, 2020Despite how many years have passed and how many other artists have come and gone, Keely, Reece, and company still do a particular thing very well; that alone makes X: The Godless Void and Other Stories worthy of acclaim.
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Q MagazineJan 14, 2020Another rewarding helping of tuneful art-rock that moves their initial Sonic Youth fixations into far more expansive fields. [Feb 2020, p.108]
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Rolling StoneJan 14, 2020Their 10th album sounds as though they had been sitting on it since [1994]. [Jan 2020, p.84]
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UncutJan 27, 2020Trail Of Dead have always made music to get lost in and this one's a maze. [Mar 2020, p.23]
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