And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead to tour Australia

After many years of abandoning Australia since their last performance at Livid festival in 2002, And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead are finally coming back to perform. Often abbreviated to Trail Of Dead, this bunch of Texans are going to bring their terrifying, anarchic live show to Australia this May.

Since their formation in ‘94, the group have released five albums, achieved overwhelming acclaim and developed a vast fanbase in their 15 years of existence. Their 2002 classic and probably their best album, 'Source Codes & Tags', famously scored a rare 10/10 on Pitchfork, earning the description: “dense, beautiful, intricate, haunting, explosive, and dangerous, this is everything rock music aspires to be.”

They are about to release their sixth album ‘The Century Of Self’, and we at Music Universe have been playing it non stop. Let's just say that we are very big fans of this group and pity those that don't know about them.

Thurs 28 May – The Zoo, Brisbane
Fri 29 May – The Forum, Sydney
Sat May 30th - Corner Hotel, Melbourne VIC

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....Trail of Dead gives us a hint of their future with new EP 'Festival Thyme'

And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead are giving us a sneak peak into their future in the form of 'Festival Thyme', a new EP. The band will release it in the U.S. via their own Richter Scale imprint of Justice Records on October 21 on vinyl and digitally, while Superball Music will handle the album's CD and digital release in the UK and Europe.

'Festival Thyme' contains all new songs, including a peek at an alternate mix of a tune called "Bells of Creation" that will appear on the band's 'So Divided' follow-up, due in January. In addition to the EP's CD and digital releases, there will be a U.S.-only 10" vinyl picture disc that replaces the track "Inland Sea" with a cover of the Replacements' "Within Your Reach". The 10" is limited to an edition of 3000.

10":

A1 Bells of Creation (Machete Mix)

A2 Within Your Reach (Replacements cover)

B1 Festival Thyme

B2 The Betrayal of Roger Casement & the Irish Brigade

CD/digital:

01 Bells of Creation (Machete Mix)

02 Inland Sea (EP Edit)

03 Festival Thyme

04 The Betrayal of Roger Casement & the Irish Brigade

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....Trail of Dead set to release album in September

As the dust settles on the Interscope Records break up, ,And You Will Know Us By the Trail Of Dead have signed with German label Superball Music for their European releases.

The Texas band are currently in the studio recording a new album, slated for a September 2008 release.

A US label deal announcement is expected after SXSW, when the band are to embark on a series of European tour dates.

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