Track Listing

1. Plaster Casts Of Everything
2. Houseclouds
3. Leather Prowler
4. Sailing To Byzntium
5. What Would They Know
6. Cycle Time
7. Freak Out
8. Pure Unevil
9. Clear Island
10. Dumb In The Rain
11. Protection

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11612 in Music
• Released on: 2007-08-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Amazon.co.uk
The fourth, self-titled album by New York’s Liars finds them back on the map after two albums, 2004’s They Were Wrong, So We Drowned and 2006’s Drum’s Not Dead, that saw the band journey deep into the experimental wilderness. It’s important to understand, though, that in the world of Liars, weirdness is relative. So while Liars might be lyrics on songs about witches and twilit percussion experiments, these eleven tracks of spooked, discord-heavy rock, clanking grooves and skronky garage crunch suggest this band still have little to no interest in pandering to the mainstream. Primarily, it’s a shift in energy: on the rockiest track here, "Cycle Time", they marshall white-hot guitar riffs and caterwauling vocals in a way that recalls The Rapture’s pre-disco masterpiece Out of the Races and onto the Tracks; "Freak Out", meanwhile, could almost be a lost track from the Jesus and Mary Chain’s Psychocandy sessions, with 60s psychedelia tearing along in a dust cloud of feedback. If there’s a problem here, however, it’s the presumably intentional underproduction, which leaves tracks like "What Would They Know" sounding tinny and cheap. A shame, because elsewhere, Liars sees this band forging bravely onward. --Louis Pattison

CD Description
Fourth album, following 2006's 'Drum's Not Dead', from experimental Aussie-American art-rock quartet. Largely eschewingthe screes of fractured noise and dense, tribal percussion that characterized that album, here they turn in a set of actual songs, replete with melodies and everything, that have won early praise from fans and critics alike and drawn comparisons with Oneida, Pavement, Guided By Voices, Jesus & MaryChain and even Beck. Includes the single 'Plaster Casts Of Everything'.

Customer Reviews

Brilliant, but not for everyone ...
... this is the Liars most accessible album since 'Monument'. 'Drowned' and 'Drum' were way out on the experimental scale, but were refreshing in the sense that this was a band who really didn't give a **** about the commercial side of the music business. They were making 'noise' to suit themselves and if anyone else happened to like it then fair enough. Thats what makes them interesting, although sometimes hard to listen to.

'Liars' is about as conventional as this band are likely to get. The album even has proper songs, with strong references to Garage Rock, Punk Funk and the Jesus and Mary Chain in particular.

I love it. I love the fact that this band are making music for themselves instead of pandering to the industry.

It's not for everyones tastes thats for sure, but if you have an open mind about your music I'm certain that you'll find much of interest on 'Liars'.

I wouldn't normally write a review but...
sometimes you really need to counter the hopeless idiocy of some people. This album is far from the tuneless dirge attested to by a previous reviewer, in fact it is full of relatively straightforward garage rock encassed within Western song structures of around 3 to 4 minutes in length, but complete with the sense of power and menace one associates with Liars output. This record is for anyone with an interest in music which demands proper listening and gives no quarter (see my pun Zeppelin boy) touching on not just garage, but krautrock, fuzz, noise and ambience. My advice to anyone is to start at the start with They Threw Us In A Trench... and work through the fantastic back catalogue of Liars always involving experiments in music, from the funk-punk Mr Your On Fire Mr to the understated rhythmic beauty of The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack. Most wholeheartedly recommended for fans of Deerhunter, No Age and Aninmal Collective, but maybe not those who think that Smoke On The Water is God's gift to man.

Dire
Quite simply one of the worst albums I've ever heard. Neutrals: I strongly recommend you listen before buying. Luckily, I only paid 50p for the album. I have since deleted it from my iPod. Tuneless dirge.