Sisterworld is the follow up to Liars‘ self-titled (2007) and was written and recorded in Los Angeles by Liars and Tom Biller (Kanye West, Beck). It’s the first Liars album to be recorded entirely in the US since 2004’s They Were Wrong, So We Drowned and sees Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill and Julian Gross taking inspiration from fringe characters lured to Los Angeles and the resulting subcultures and alternate spaces that they generate.
Clarence Carter / Patches The more song-oriented Liars’ albums become, the more a song that tells a literal story like this seems the ultimate challenge to produce. For me, writing lyrics that are bare and clear with their meaning is such a scary thing. I have to try and overcome this fear anew with every song.
The first note on the standard musical scale is “do” which is the last note also, representing what’s new and what’s old, giving the musicians and artist the latitude and longitude to re-invigorate any musical genre, from blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, bebop, doowop and hip-hop. This is the musical genesis of French duo, The Do, who stormed into our iPods with their brilliant album, A Mouthful.
Radiohead / I Will This is sort of a religious track. Someday it could be sung in churches. Radiohead is full of grace!
Amaya Laucirica was born into the rural solitude of Millicent, South Australia. She discovered music was more than a mere distraction, subsequently moving to Melbourne to expand her musical prospects where she recorded a rough five track demo CD. This was to become the basis for her debut album, Sugar Lights. The recordings gained the interest of several notables, including Mick Harvey, who offered assistance with arrangements, and Peter J. Moore, who mastered the album in Canada. Moore has previously produced the Cowboy Junkies, Neko Case and Emmylou Harris.
The Chills / Pink Frost I was reading about this song somewhere and downloaded it, as you do these days. I fell in love with that lo-fi dark rhythmic sound. It kinda has an up drum beat but the lyrics are so dark. I went out and bought the record — Kaleidoscope World — on vinyl, which is a collection of their early singles. It was the first for me of the Flying Nun bunch, and I’ve had a curiosity for New Zealand pop music ever since.
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