Liars

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Liars
Singer Angus Andrew, 2008 in New York
Singer Angus Andrew, 2008 in New York
General information
origin New York City , United States
Genre (s) Post-punk , noise rock
founding 2000
Current occupation
Vocals, electric bass
Angus Andrew
guitar
 Aaron Hemphill
Drums
 Julian Gross

The Liars are a New York City rock band formed in 2000 whose music can be described as experimental.

history

The Liars were founded in New York by Australian singer Angus Andrew and guitarist Aaron Hemphill after both had previously studied in California. They got to know Ron Albertson (drums) and Pat Noecker (bass) through an advertisement, who from then on completed the formation. In this line-up, the debut album They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top , released in 2001, was recorded, which met with largely positive criticism. In the New York Times , the style of this album as "was dissonant " radio - Punk called.

In 2002 Albertson and Noecker left the group, adding the drummer Julian Gross. The Liars published in 2004 on Mute Records , the David Andrew Sitek (guitarist of TV on the Radio album) produced They Were Wrong, So We Drowned , was ambivalent recorded and classified as inaudible from one part of the critics, the Internet magazine Pitchfork Media was the The term “ sadistic ” was used to describe the music. When They Were Wrong ... It is a concept album whose theme witches or the Walpurgisnacht is.

The band then moved to Berlin and worked there on the third album Drum's Not Dead , released in 2006 , which was certified in the Guardian to be both more experimental and more accessible than its predecessor. The following year the fourth album followed with Liars .

The band has been on tour with Interpol , Sonic Youth , Blues Explosion , Radiohead , the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Blood Brothers, among others .

Discography

Albums

  • 2001 They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top (Blast First)
  • 2004 They Were Wrong, So We Drowned ( Mute Records )
  • 2006 Drum's Not Dead (Mute)
  • 2007 Liars (Mute)
  • 2010 Sisterworld (Mute)
  • 2012 WIXIW (Mute)
  • 2014 Mess (Mute)

Singles / EPs

  • 2002 Fins To Make Us More Fish-Like, 10 "(Blast First / Mute)
  • 2002 We No Longer Knew Who We Were, 12 "(Sound Virus / Hand Held Heart)
  • 2003 Atheists, Reconsider, 12 "Split with Oneida (VersionCity Records)
  • 2004 There's always Room On The Broom, 10 "(Mute)
  • 2006 It Fit When I Was a Kid (Mute)
  • 2006 The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack (Mute)
  • 2007 Plaster Casts Of Everything (Mute)
  • 2007 House Clouds (Mute)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ They Threw Us ... at Metacritic (77 out of 100, 21 included reviews; as of July 14, 2008)
  2. ^ Jon Pareles: Albums That Bring the Noise , NY Times, February 16, 2004
  3. ↑ Metacritic again , for “inaudible” see below at Spin
  4. ↑ Eric Carr: Liars: They Were Wrong So We Drowned ( Memento of October 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), Pitchfork Media, February 24, 2004
  5. ^ Leonie Cooper: Liars, Drum's Not Dead , Guardian, February 17, 2006

See also

Web links

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