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Lost Songs

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

Lost Songs

Eighth studio album from Austin, Texas alt.rock band led by Jason Reece and Conrad Keely

ADM rating[?]

7.4

Label
Superball Media
UK Release date
22/10/2012
US Release date
22/10/2012
  1. 9.1 |   A.V. Club

    Even at its most polarizing, Trail Of Dead has never lacked thrilling ideas. But with Lost Songs, it’s rekindled the raw, unflinching spirit that, a decade ago, placed the group among rock’s elite
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  2. 9.0 |   The Fly

    ‘Lost Songs’ is a noisy manifesto; a deafening return to the beginning of the Trai
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  3. 9.0 |   The Digital Fix

    One of the most thrilling, raucous rock records of the year
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  4. 8.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Turn on. Tune in. But for god’s sake, just don’t drop out
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  5. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    A Trail Of Dead record that sits high alongside their earlier work
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  6. 8.0 |   All Music

    While it may be a shade less inspired than The Tao of the Dead, this is a solid, rugged album
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  7. 8.0 |   Q

    Lost songs is...Trail Of Dead's big chance to be found again. Print edition only

  8. 8.0 |   Art Rocker

    This record is about recalibrating, not redefining, their sound
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  9. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    A frenetic, committed album oozing passion at every turn, and the world would be poorer without it
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  10. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Hearing Trail of Dead on this form should appeal to die hards whilst those perhaps put off by their grander latter-day flourishes may also find plenty to return to the fold for
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  11. 8.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    Lost Songs is brash and sincere, a caterwauling beast of chunky guitar chords and drums that never give you a chance to breathe
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  12. 8.0 |   Pitchfork

    Lost Songs in turn reminds us that Trail of Dead excel at more than just apocalyptic, drum-set-toppling, thrash-and-burn
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  13. 7.8 |   Paste Magazine

    The Texas rockers have emerged refreshed, seemingly, and as vibrant-sounding as they’ve been in quite some time
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  14. 7.0 |   NME

    When the vitriol is squeezed into Fugazi-via-My Bloody Valentine-via-Sonic Youth swagger, as on the mighty ‘Catatonic’, it’s admirable
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  15. 5.0 |   Under The Radar

    The directionless nature of the songs leaves them feeling half-formed
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  16. 4.0 |   musicOMH

    With Lost Songs, Trail Of Dead certainly have their hearts in the right place; sadly, though, that’s the best one can really say about this album
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  17. 4.0 |   PopMatters

    These tracks really aren’t that bad, but it’s hard not to have the echoes of savvier songwriting in your head when listening to a group like Trail of Dead, whose history has shown them to be more sophisticated musicians than the ones present on Lost Songs
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