un-humdrum.

you know how when workers are doing construction right near where you're sleeping and you wake up cranky and ready to kill? well maybe the liars were making too much noise for me to really appreciate what they were trying to do. wait, what were they trying to do?

if their two previous albums were hammers and drills, then, drum's not dead (due out march 21) is at it's softest, spackling, and at it's roughest, a fine sand paper. i'm not saying i could curl up and sleep to this, but this whole less sound more music approach is definite daydream material.

let's face it, we're never ever going to hear any of these songs on commercial radio. mr. you're on fire mr. was their best shot and those days are long gone. still i'm sure accusations of selling out will abound from indie snobs without ears. yeah, the sound is softer and more approachable, but there's still plenty of weird effects and strange incantations to stick with the hip experimental/noise classification. at worst, die-hard fans might be turned off by this unexpected and seemingly wussy turnaround. i suspect they'll get over it. at best, less experienced listeners might scratch their heads at the peculiar sound instead of clawing off their ears in agony.

for international tour dates and other weirdness, go here: http://www.liarsliarsliars.com/