…And You Know Us by the Trail of Dead Nominated for TWO Independent Music Awards!
The Century of Self was released in February 2009 on the bands Richter Scale Records imprint via Justice Records and earned them raves from the media. Spin gave the album 4 stars and wrote these Texans gracefully balance the dynamic alt rock of 2002′s Source Tags & Codes with their more recent multimovement epics while USA Today said Self‘s shambolic guitars, punishing beats, nervous energy and striking choral arrangements add up to an intriguing aural experience and New Yorks Vulture Blog called the album epic .
As for the nod given to The Century of Selfs album art, package and design, once again the band utilized the talents of founding member Conrad Keely. Keely began drawing Japanese action heroes just before his third birthday and was originally hoping for a career as a Marvel comic artist. However, art took a backseat to music when Keely discovered piano at age 12. When Keely co-formed And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead with Jason Reece in 1995, he began to morph his love for art and music by designing the bands album cover art and CD booklets.
