Festival Thyme

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Festival Thyme
Trail of Dead - Festival Thyme.jpg
EP by
ReleasedOctober 21, 2008
Label Richter Scale Records, Justice Records
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead chronology
Adult Swim Presents: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead on Tour with Dethklok
(2007)
Festival Thyme
(2008)
The Century of Self
(2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (67/100) [1]
Review scores
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AbsolutePunk 77% [2]
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Paste (6.5/10) [4]
Pitchfork Media (6.2/10) [5]
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Spectrum Culture(2.5/5) [8]

Festival Thyme is an EP precursor to the full-length album The Century of Self by the American art rock band ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead. It was released through Richter Scale Records imprint, via Justice Records. [9] [10]

Contents

Track listings

Compact Disc and all other formats
  1. "Bells of Creation" (Machete Mix) – 5:32
  2. "Inland Sea" (EP Edit) – 3:41
  3. "Festival Thyme" – 2:17
  4. "The Betrayal of Roger Casement & the Irish Brigade" – 5:44
Limited edition vinyl picture disc
  1. "Bells of Creation" (Machete Mix)
  2. "Within Your Reach" (Paul Westerberg)
  3. "Festival Thyme"
  4. "The Betrayal of Roger Casement & the Irish Brigade"

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. AbsolutePunk review
  3. The Austin Chronicle review
  4. Paste review
  5. Pitchfork Media review
  6. PopMatters review
  7. The Skinny review
  8. Spectrum Culture review Archived 2012-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "Trail Of Dead Get Ready For "Festival Thyme" « Late Night Wallflower". Latenightwallflower.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  10. Archived September 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine