…AYWKTBTTOD are musically a band under the terror of noise from Conrad Keely’s head and I think the band are just getting better at interpreting music and taking it all to a different level much in the same way the Stones did in the 70’s but this time for indie rock. Christ they’ve been keeping at for 10 years with no big hit but still manage to raise the proverbial bar to the point where indie snobs get noise bleeds and then break their neck after it was jammed in their ass (crude but fair- I know). I would be pretty bored if every record they made sounded what the early adopters discovered and then abandoned.

Trail of dead are yet another band in ‘rebellion’ and that is pretty much what they’ve have always been about (breaking live shit etc) so it is no surprise they leaked their album to stick it to the man. The conspirators may bring-up it up as something
more calculated by the band, label or management to create a buzz (ok i’m starting the rumor but see how easy brilliant marketing spin control can be?) But will they remember? Will the kids care 2 months from now? Granted, I was able to get most of record for free on various blogs, so please grab some free mp3 while you can:

hype.non-standard.net | Neiles life | I guess I’m floating

So Divided has secured it’s spot in my top 11 for 2006 and if they could only remove some other undeserving crap from the airwaves we could say we’ve witnessed some justice.