Liars
They Threw Us in a Trench an Threw a Monument on Top
Gern Blandsten / Mute
2001
Rating: 8 headstones out of 10
Ladies and gentlemen, this is dance-punk. Liars, fronted by lanky Aussie Angus Andrew, have created a dancy-arty-punky mess that’s a real joy to listen to. I never dance, yet I can somehow imagine shaking it at least a little bit to these guys live. Their sound comes out akin to both early eighties punk geniuses Gang of Four and current indie darlings Les Savy Fav, but, well, dancier. Not dancy in a techno sort of way, but more in the sense where the bass line and drums are the most prominent instruments in the mix, driving the songs and holding them together while everything else goes this way and that way, doing whatever it pleases. When you add all of the constituent parts together it creates one hell of a treat to listen to.
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