After two albums that reinstituted Trail of Dead’s primordial crash-and-burn guitar carnage, with IX, the band is confident enough to take another stab at the cinemascopic, candelabra-lit pop that defined Trail of Dead’s muddled mid-period output. This time, though, they possess a lesson-learned sense of restraint.
TRACK LISTING:
1. The Doomsday Book
2. Jaded Apostles
3. A Million Random Digits
4. Lie Without a Liar
5. The Ghost Within
6. The Dragonfly Queen
7. How To Avoid Huge Ships
8. Bus Lines
9. Lost In the Grand Scheme
10. Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears
11. Sound of the Silk