…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead have announced their first album in two years. The record, titled XI: Bleed Here Now, is out July 15 via Dine Alone. The first two singles from the LP are “No Confidence” and “Salt in Your Eyes,” and you can hear them below.
Trail of Dead co-founders Conrad Keely and Jason Reece produced XI: Bleed Here Now with Charles Godfrey, who co-produced the band’s 2020 album X: The Godless Void and Other Stories. On the new album, Keely sang, played guitar, keyboards, and piano, and provided programming. Reece also contributed vocals, as well as drums and guitar. Additional XI contributors include Alec Padron, Ben Redman, A.J. Vincent, and John Dowey, as well as Amanda Palmer and Spoon’s Britt Daniel.
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XI: Bleed Here Now:
01 Our Epic Attempts
02 Long Distance Hell
03 Field Song
04 Penny Candle
05 No Confidence
06 String Theme
07 Kill Everyone
08 Growing Divide [ft. Britt Daniel]
09 Pigments
10 Golden Sail
11 A Life Less Melancholy
12 Taken by the Hand
13 Contra Mundum
14 Darkness Into Light
15 Water Tower
16 Sounds of Horror
17 Protest Streets
18 The Widening of Gyre
19 Millenium Actress [ft. Amanda Palmer]
20 Salt in Your Eyes
21 English Magic
22 Calm as the Valley