…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead offer an almost garage/glam-flavoured approximation of Sonic Youth’s poppier tunes (think Teenage Riot…) and some of the best The Mars Volta-releases. See, …Trail of Dead from Austin, Texas make major-label rock that – crucially – has brains. Conrad Keeley and his fellows rain down guitar blows more deadly than any number of 100-sided dice. Their boundless energy and melodic hardcore dirge is utterly compelling. This is a band whose allure is primal, as loud as a temper tantrum in rock ‘n’ roll can be. Their audience comes to their shows to see guitars and vocal chords torn to shreds and that’s exactly what they’ll get. Powerful! Very powerful indeed!