Liars is the fourth studio album by the band Liars, released on August 28, 2007. It was recorded at Planet Roc, Los Angeles and was produced by the band and Jeremy Glover. Influences on the album included OMD, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and the Cure.
Liars was preceded by a week by the single release of "Plaster Casts of Everything". The single release of Plaster Casts was accompanied by a videoclip. The song "Freak Out" was #91 on Rolling Stones list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.(December 11, 2007).. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-21. Original link here
"Plaster Casts of Everything" was listed in Pitchfork Media's "Top 500 songs of the 2000s" at #248.
The track "Leather Prowler" was used as the instrumental for "Leather Head" by Tyler, The Creator for his alternative hip-hop collective OFWGKTA's mixtape Radical.
Track listing "Plaster Casts of Everything" – 3:56 "Houseclouds" – 3:21 "Leather Prowler" – 4:25 "Sailing to Byzantium" – 4:02 "What Would They Know" – 3:11 "Cycle Time" – 2:16 "Freak Out" – 2:30 "Pure Unevil" – 3:52 "Clear Island" – 2:38 "The Dumb in the Rain" – 4:21 "Protection" – 4:30
Personnel Liars Angus Andrew – vocals, guitars, backing vocals Julian Gross – drums, backing vocals, percussions Aaron Hemphill – guitars, synthesizers, programming, backing vocals Jeremy Glover – bass (track 4, 6 & 8)
'Liars' Session EP On October 24, 2007, four tracks were available for free download from Liars' MySpace page.
The track list is composed of demo versions of the following songs from the album: "Cycle Time" – 2:24 "Houseclouds" – 3:27 "Pure Unevil" – 3:58 "Plaster Casts of Everything" – 4:02
References
External links Pitchfork: Liar's Fourth Album Revealed!