Liars
Music Group By T. Cole RachelOften abrasive but bracingly original.
Out of all the bands to explode out of NYC in the early 2000s, Liars were always the dark horse and, in many ways, the most interesting. (Neither the Strokes nor the Yeah Yeah Yeahs were ever likely to Photoshop themselves into a still from a '70s-vintage gay porn magazine for an EP sleeve, for example.) The trio explore the fringes of what noisy, electronic-driven art rock can sound like, eventually broadening their neo-post-punk musical palette to include elements of prog rock and hyper-conceptual song-cycles. As the band's sound has evolved, Liars have proven themselves to be one of the most bracingly original, if sometimes abrasive and borderline unlistenable, rock bands in America. Whether it be exploring droning krautrock on 2004’s They Were Wrong, So We Drowned or dissecting the virtues of sterile domesticity on 2010’s excellent Sisterworld, Liars are nothing if not compelling. It also helps that incredibly tall front man Angus Andrew remains one of the most charismatic and unpredictable figures in indie rock.
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