aaamusic | On 20, Jun 2012

Liars – Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill and Julian Gross – announce a UK & European tour in October including London’s Scala on 16th October. The dates follow an incredible run of dates around the release of ‘WIXIW‘ that saw Liars play a series of intimate shows, including Field Day and a riotous sold out XOYO show.

 

The October UK tour sees Liars performing as a three-piece, and follows the release of their critically acclaimed sixth studio album, ‘WIXIW’ (pronounced “wish you”), the follow up to ‘Sisterworld’ (#9 in the NME’s Albums of the Year 2010). The band then return to Europe for a tour that includes Pitchfork’s Parisian festival on 3 November. Full dates below, on sale from Wednesday 20 June.

 

‘WIXIX’ was recorded in LA, self-produced by the band with additional production from Daniel Miller and mixed by Tom Biller. It’s an album that is hard to shake, tough to pin down, and impossible to get out of one’s head even after an initial listen. Simultaneously the most accessible and most challenging release from these iconoclasts, it is both a summation of Liars’ work up to now, and a complete break from anything you’d ever heard the band do previously.

 

Watch a video of Liars talking about Side A of ‘WIXIW’, track by track and keep your eyes peeled for Side B, coming later this week…

 

Watch the video for the first single, ‘No. 1 Against The Rush’ and listen to Vince Clarke and Matmos’ remixes.

 

LIARS LIVE DATES

 

10 Oct – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club

11 Oct – Glasgow, SW3

13 Oct – Norwich Sound & Vision Festival, Norwich Arts Centre

14 Oct – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms

15 Oct – Cambridge, Junction

16 Oct – London, Scala 

18 Oct – Birmingham, Rainbow Warehouse

20 Oct – Oxford, Gathering Festival, The Bullingdon

21 Oct – Manchester, Sound Control

23 Oct – Berlin, Festsaal Kreuzberg

24 Oct – Heidelberg, Karlstorbahnhof, Club K

25 Oct – Strasbourg, La Laiterie

27 Oct – Bologna, Locomotiv

28 Oct – Milan, Magazzini Generali

29 Oct – Zurich, Abart

30 Oct – Munich, 59 to 1

31 Oct – Vienna, Szene

2 Nov – Brussels, Botanique

3 Nov – Paris Pitchfork Festival, Grande Halle de la Villette

4 Nov – Cologne, Underground

5 Nov – Amsterdam, OT301

6 Nov – Hamburg, Hafenklang 11 Nov – Melbourne, Harvest Festival  17 Nov – Sydney, Harvest Festival 18 Nov – Brisbane, Harvest Festival