News: Liars new album imminent (and we've heard it!)

Fitting somewhere neatly in-between 'Drum's Not Dead' and an album a 'proper band with instruments' would put together (yeah no shit!), the self-titled new album from NY heroes of the no-wave avant-garde underground electronic-experimental-punk scene (phhew) Liars is imminent! And we here at uberpingpong have heard it! And we are very excited!

Released on August 28th, it moves in a Deerhunter-esque direction that is, at times, shoegazey enough to sound quite blissful. But don't worry the chorus' are few and far between, and the signature rhythmic, circling construction of the songs is ever-present. Its better than Drum's Not Dead in our opinion (and we all know how good that was!). If that album was "their most inspired and innovative pieces of work to date" (Pitchfork) then this album brings the art-punk outfit away from just impressionistic noise and (loosely) into the world of the song.

Sneak peek:
- "Plaster Casts of Everything" is so rocking that it was made for a messy night on the dancefloor.
- "Houseclouds" sounds like Beck's 'New Pollution' on a serious acid trip with a Jungle Brothers drumbeat. Seriously.
- Moments of Stone Roses laziness can be found on "Sailing to Byzantium" - very nice.
- "What Would They Know" sounds like something from the deepest of Joy Division archives (genuinely! and not in the 'apparent' way that Editors and Interpol are described as being similar). Dark, claustrophobic, Ian Curtis lives on and it could possibly evoke nightmares.
- "Freak Out" contains a Pulp Fiction-esque bass line.
- "Clear Island" is electro-punk (think a psychotic Prodigy with bi-polar disease).
- And it all sails sweetly off into the sunset via the synth-scape that is "Protection".

"Liars" by Liars will drop on the usual formats on August 28th via Mute Records.

Tracklisting:
1. Plaster Casts of Everything
2. Houseclouds
3. Leather Prowler
4. Sailing to Byzantium
5. What Would They Know
6. Cycle Time
7. Freak Out
8. Pure Unevil
9. Clear Island
10. The Dumb in the Rain
11. Protection

Stream & Download audio:
You can stream various Liars tracks here: myspace.com/liarsliarsliars as well as download the track Sunset Rodeo (released on the Warm & Scratchy compilation last year).

MP3 download:
Liars - 'It Fit When I Was a Kid' (Crystal Castles Mix) [Free download courtesy of spinner.com]