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- Record Label: Superball Music
- Release Date: Nov 11, 2014
- Artist(s): IX
- Summary: The ninth full-length studio release for the Austin-based alternative rock band was produced by Chris "Frenchie" Smith.
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- Record Label: Superball Music
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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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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Q MagazineOct 29, 2014Here they find wonderful refuge in stability. [Nov 2014, p.102]
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Nov 10, 2014IX sees the Texans at their most focused and thrilling.
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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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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 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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Oct 20, 2014It at least proves that Trail of Dead are by no means a spent creative force, but they’re going to have to try harder to recapture the genuinely visceral energy of their classic records if they’re ever going to reach beyond their own fanbase again.
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