Liars
Artist: Liars
Hails From: Brooklyn, Los Angeles
Musical Style: Art Rock, Punk, Experimental
For Fans of: Gang of Four, Sonic Youth, Radiohead
Why you should check them out:
If the apocalypse were slated to begin tomorrow, Liars would very well be the band to sing us out, offering a challenging omen of darkness to come. Their at-times-blistering yet always atmospheric sound captures all the grit and decay that surrounds us. However, while the joy may at first seem difficult to discern, the seizure they induce may well be mistaken for a raucous, celebratory dance, straight into the afterlife.
Background Check:
In 2000, Los Angeles art students Aaron Hemphill and Angus Andrew relocated to Brooklyn, NY where they joined Pat Noecker and Ron Albertson to form Liars. Less than a year later, the incredibly named debut They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top was released, instantly tagging them with the experimental post punk rock label that would follow them for years.
Liars went on to release three more albums as a trio (Julian Gross replacing Albertson and Noecker), each one expertly crafting thumping bass and roiling guitar around pre-recorded programmed drum beats and vicious pockets of noise. Their most recent effort Sisterworld landed this past March.
Sisterworld finds them back in a Los Angeles that has been permanently stripped of its Hollywood sheen. “No Barrier Fun” is a carnivalesque death march blending chimes and strings with an eeriness that leaves you sinking, while “Proud Evolution” buries within it a warning to be careful. Liars throw a lot at us with Sisterworld and while they may lack the immediacy of many bands today, their unique blend of spit-personality punktronica burrows slowly underneath and will get you in the end.
– Eric Quist
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