Lanterns Light the Way
San Diego’s Lanterns might have a luminescent name, but they have yet to enjoy the spotlight.
Despite high-profile gigs with bands like Matt and Kim, …And You Will Knows By the Trail of Dead, and These Arms Are Snakes, the four-piece has operated mostly under the local radar. But, thanks to a critically-acclaimed EP and two crucial shows on the horizon, all of that is set to change for the band. (more…)
Black Heart Prog Session?
Hey, San Diegans, let’s level with one another. We all know that, on February 17th, indie prog-rockers …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead are coming out with a new album, titled The Century of Self.
Some people (mostly their publicists) are saying it will send the band into the stratosphere, a place Trail of Dead is not unfamiliar with, thanks to 2002′s Source Tags & Codes. Others (perhaps privacists) think that it’ll keep them terrestrial and do little more than confirm that the band has indeed made a new record.
While those two sides wrangle, you can feast your greedy little ears on tracks 10 and 13, respectively, ”Insatiable One” and “Insatiable Two”—as well as the rest of the album—right here.
Comprising equal parts goodness and brevity, the songs evoke the musical stylings of black-hearted San Diego son Pall Jenkins and, moreover, are evidence that Trail of Dead’s new release will not be a complete waste of time, wherever it may put them.
