WIXIW

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WIXIW
Studio album by Liars

Publication
(s)

Early June 2012

Label (s) Mute Records

Format (s)

CD , LP

Genre (s)

Avant-garde , electro , new wave

Title (number)

11

running time

43:04

production

Daniel Miller

chronology
Sisterworld (2010) WIXIW -

WIXIW is the sixth studio album by the band Liars and was released on Mute Records in early June 2012 . The album title is a palindrome and stands for wish you .

Reviews

WIXIW has a metascore of 82% based on 33 reviews. This makes it the band's highest rated album to date.

The German music magazine Visions describes the album as the “ calmest and most disturbing ” record by the band. The sound of the album is more electronic than on previous work by the band. John Doran compares the sound of the album in his BBC review with Aphex Twin and Radiohead in Kid-A times .

Track list

  1. The Exact Color of Doubt - 4:07
  2. Octagon - 4:38
  3. No.1 Against the Rush - 5:10
  4. A Ring on Every Finger - 3:18
  5. Ill Valley Prodigies - 2:03
  6. WIXIW - 6:12
  7. His and Mine Sensations - 4:40
  8. Flood to Flood - 3:30
  9. Who Is the Hunter - 3:47
  10. Brats - 3:02
  11. Annual Moon Words - 2:37

Individual evidence

  1. WIXIW drownedinsound.com (accessed August 17, 2012)
  2. Liars metacritic.com (accessed August 17, 2012)
  3. Issue 231, June 2012, p. 109
  4. BBC Review bbc.co.uk (accessed August 17, 2012)