"And just how long did it take for you to understand where your feelings stopped and began writing ..." Conrad Keely sings in the grandiose "Will you smile again", the second track of the new Trail of Dead album Worlds Apart. Designed as a However tribute to Brian Wilson, this line could apply equally well to Trail of Dead and their new work itself. Seldom one encounters a band that wants to be as big and important musically and content, at the same time their music but always makes it sound personal and emotional. The negation of the very tight limits of traditional rock music is not only propagated, it is lived on Worlds Apart Trail of Dead mix whatever you want:. Classic overtures are just as welcome as noise rock, pop appeal and post-rock, electronic elements and Interludes extend anyway already huge sound universe of the band, so that the impression Trail of Dead trying to Worlds Apart truly the greatest number of musical references which may use a rock band to fuse into a coherent whole - what them succeed. Here Conrad Keely, Kevin Allen and Jason Reece, all quotes and love for creating music history in defiance, but a music that is so intrinsically and unmistakably that it is entirely for yourself. In terms of content have Trail of Dead a lot to say. Their lyrics are directed against the apathy and lack of purpose of the media and affluent society, against the policies of the Bush administration, against the currently state of pop culture. This is not entirely new, but rarely these statements were musically better packaged and formulated so intelligent, neither elitist nor striking, way. Here major issues to be negotiated, in which, however, never personal opinion and one's feelings are disregarded. Just as it is possible to write Trail of Dead time-critical texts whose relevance far beyond the here and now goes. The beauty of the music and the lyrics is precisely this tension between time and timelessness awareness. If one lives in a society in which music often still serves the entertainment and sprinkling, a band like Trail of Dead is more important than ever. A band that considers music as an art, which it regards as something significant and treated accordingly respectfully. A band that makes music that is passionate, attention calls that dares to be different, to speak their own language, which is critical protest that will shake without teach who is angry and destructive, but healthy on a, healing manner. In Trail of Dead of self-chosen mission does not end with the prosecution and destruction of the hated, but with the structure and the creation of something new and positive, which is opposed to the old man. Trail of Dead have with Worlds Apart written the perfect soundtrack for all those who are critical of the status quo of the (musical) world whose idealism has gone perhaps shaken but not yet lost.
