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Band Feature; Lying B*st*rds

One of Liverpool’s newest bands, Lying B*st*rds, are an amalgamation of members from Broken Men, 69 Watts, and Jimmy and The Revolvers – and the results have proved both extremely exciting and intriguing. This wasn’t necessarily meant to happen; the band are not the end product of years – or even months – of hard work and careful planning and refinement, but simply a spontaneous coming together of four musicians.

A couple of rehearsals later and it was straight into their first gig; sometimes the best ideas just come out of nowhere, and no amount of meticulous attention to detail can produce the same kind of results. Lying B*st*rds have the feel of a happy accident, and their Habitual Sabotage EP is a promising and mouthwatering appetizer from a band who sound like they could be capable of great things.

This is Lo-Fi pop at its purest, with all the demos recorded using a laptop mic, Garageband and an acoustic guitar, and the band’s vocalist and creative force Henry Pulp has managed to fashion these, undeniably rough, but brilliant little diamonds out of the pile of coal he had sat in front of him.

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“Head to Tokyo” immediately hits with you with its tin can-funk guitar riff leading the way into a mix of audio samples that are reminiscent of groups like Primal Scream and Big Audio Dynamite, and a lead guitar from John Dean that provides a sort of euphoric backdrop to the track. Pulp’s wailing vocals are coated in reverb, which results in them blending seamlessly into the mix with the other instruments, such as Fash Carter’s offbeat bass that keeps driving the track forward, and Ash Michael’s steady drums which hold all these wild elements together with dedicated conviction.

Equally the other tracks “Lifeboat” and “Freebase & Mainline” are further examples of this experimental formula proving its potency, and leave you – somewhat unreasonably at this juncture – wanting more from the band. We can only wait and see what comes from any future experiments from Lying B*st*rds, but a chance to see them improvising some of these ideas live at Constellations on 3rd July is not to be missed. You just might get to hear that next little diamond.

For more info & upcoming gigs for Lying B*st*rds visit the Milk Presents Facebook Page & Twitter.
Listen to Lying B*st*rds on Soundcloud.

Sean Ferguson

Editor

Founder and Editor, Clare Deane, shares her passion for all the amazing things happening in Liverpool. With a love of the local Liverpool music scene, dining out a couple of times a week and immersing herself in to all things arts and culture she's in a pretty good place to create some Liverpool Noise.

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