Liars - "Houseclouds" Video

Just got this Liars jame in video format.

(Ian Anderson)

Stream Liars In Its Entirety On MySpace

Download: Liars - "Houseclouds"
Download: Liars - "Pure Unevil"

Liars are just five days away from releasing their fourth, self-titled, album. Drums Not Dead was one of my favorite albums of recent years, so the anticipation on my part is quite heavy. Well, guess what, gangstas, the wait is over. You can stream the entire new album on the band's MySpace Page. Upon first listen, I have to say that the album is very, very good, but doesn't quite have the earth-shattering impact for me that Drums did.

Still, it's quite admirable that the band has found a happy medium between using more straightforward song structures and keeping their atmospheric, highly conceptual, sonic adventurousness. Of all the songs on the album, I think that "Houseclouds", "Clear Island" and "Cycle Time" are the most clear-cut rock/pop tracks, whereas "Leather Prowler" and "The Dumb In The Rain" resemble Drums material of echoing vocals and booming percussion. Then, there are songs like "Pure Unevil" that effectively combine both approaches. There isn't a moment on Liars that is as sublime as "The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack" or as bloodcurdling as "Let's Not Wrestle, Mt. Heart Attack", but there still is a lot of material here that showcases a band still engaging in fruitfull creativity. My tentative, first listen, grade is B+.

Stream the album here. We've posted two tracks, which you can listen to at the top of the post.

Band Website

(Jonathan Graef)

New Video from Liars

Check out this video for "Plaster Casts Of Everything," from the Liars' self-titled album which is due on August 28th via Mute Records.

(Jonathan Graef)

Three New Tracks From Liars

Download: Liars - "Sailing To Byzantium"
Download: Liars - "Protection"
Download: Liars - "Freak Out"


The last album by Liars, Drum's Not Dead was one of my favorite albums of last year. I loved its utterly unique use of drone and falsetto. Needless to say, I'm looking forward to their new album, called simply Liars, which comes out on August 28th. The band has posted three new tracks on their MySpace page or, if you'd like, you can sample the three tracks in this post. Either way, I'm super excited, as the songs are of a very high quality. This looks like it will be a top ten contender for the year end best. But we shall see. As mentioned before, Liars is due August 28th on Mute records.

(Jonathan Graef)

New Liars Track Premiered By Pitchfork

Liars - Plaster Casts of Everything

Pitchfork posted the first single from the upcoming album from the Liars, creatively entitled Liars. Medigs this track a lot. It's upbeat and more in line with their older material, but with the haunting falsetto of Drum's Not Dead. The new record looks very promising indeed.

(Jonathan Graef)