Be Sure to catch Liars @ El Rey Theatre on 4/10/10
And read this interview as well.
Angus Andrew: We wanted to make a dark record. I think there’s a lot of music going on right now that’s so optimistic and flowery, like it’s a celebration. I don’t know what they’re celebrating! We often feel like we’ve got to be the people who are like “Is there anyone else out there who’s not feeling so rad as some of this music is pretending to be?”
Pitchfork: I feel like a lot of music in this past year that got a lot of notice was like, “It sounds like going to the beach!”
Angus Andrew: Oh my God!
Aaron Hemphill: And the world is falling to pieces!
Angus Andrew: …I think we are possibly genuinely envious of people who can somehow block out everything that’s going on in the world and make music that is so happy. And it sucks because you don’t want to be the guys who are like, “Oh, but everything sucks.” It doesn’t. But it’s just not as flowery as its coming across as, and I don’t know if that stuff is born out of maybe, you know, Barack Obama, this new thing… (read more)
Be Sure to catch Liars @ El Rey Theatre on 4/10/10
And read this interview as well.
Angus Andrew: We wanted to make a dark record. I think there’s a lot of music going on right now that’s so optimistic and flowery, like it’s a celebration. I don’t know what they’re celebrating! We often feel like we’ve got to be the people who are like “Is there anyone else out there who’s not feeling so rad as some of this music is pretending to be?”
Pitchfork: I feel like a lot of music in this past year that got a lot of notice was like, “It sounds like going to the beach!”
Angus Andrew: Oh my God!
Aaron Hemphill: And the world is falling to pieces!
Angus Andrew: …I think we are possibly genuinely envious of people who can somehow block out everything that’s going on in the world and make music that is so happy. And it sucks because you don’t want to be the guys who are like, “Oh, but everything sucks.” It doesn’t. But it’s just not as flowery as its coming across as, and I don’t know if that stuff is born out of maybe, you know, Barack Obama, this new thing… (read more)
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Still loving that tree-mirror-triangle imagery.
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And read this interview as well.
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Man, the dudes in Liars feel so much! They can’t block out the world like all those other bands! Their pain is so...
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1) Music doesn’t have to reflect the reality of the world. 2) the world’ been “Falling Apart” since World War II. I...
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think you aren’t miserable enough, so they’re determined...be the Lars Von Trier of the...
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