Pitchfork

[Posted Tuesday, October 14th, 2003 04:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

It must have been a frustrating summer for the Liars. Back in July, the band gave us the dismal scoop on the status of their sophomore release: it's done, artwork and all, but the powers that be at Mute Records have decided that no one wants to hear it until next February. So, up until now, the art-punk battlebugs haven't had a whole lot to do but sip grammatically aberrant, albeit incredibly stylish song titles through a kickass crazy straw and date musicians less creative than themselves. While that's certainly a respectable lifestyle, what with the sipping and the dating and the Karen O don't hit us please it'll hurt a lot, the guys in the Liars are in all probability dying to get their new album on the shelves and their critically lauded asses back to the rockin'. And rock they shall!

The band has just announced a handful of shows in the UK (as well as one show each for Boston and New York) where they're likely to be dishing out a taste of their highly anticipated and impossibly distant new album. Including the remaining dates in frontman Angus Andrew's homeland of Australia, the Liars' fall tour schedule appears as follows:

10-15 Melbourne, Australia - Hi Fi MCP Bar
10-16 Melbourne, Australia - Hi Fi MCP Bar
10-18 Brisbane, Australia - Livid Festival
10-30 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
11-11 Bristol, England - Thekla
11-12 London, England - Barfly (XFM session)
11-13 London, England - 291 Gallery
11-14 London, England - 93 Feet East
11-15 Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms
11-16 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tuts
11-30 Boston, MA - TT The Bear's

The Liars' new album, entitled They Were Wrong So We Drowned, is set for release on February 28th, 2004. Happy fucking leap year!