LIARS today launch their new track,
“From What The Never Was,” the latest single from the forthcoming album,
The Apple Drop, ahead of its release
August 6 on Mute.
“From What the Never Was” is accompanied by the last in a trilogy of films directed by Clemens Habicht. This interstellar horror prequel covers the time leading up to
“Sekwar” and
“Big Appetite.” In it, we find
Angus Andrew,
Laurence Pike, and
Cameron Deyell traversing deep space when the mission goes terribly wrong. This chapter takes place in the futuristic interiors of
Phoenix Central Park in Sydney, Australia, who commissioned the film. Liars will also perform several album tracks live from this impressive venue, ahead of album release. Follow Liars on their socials (below) for more information.
Watch the film
here.
According to Angus Andrew,
“‘From What the Never Was’ is intended as a moment of recollection within the journey of The Apple Drop
; a point that our traveller has reached which is far from the starting place, but also right back there in memory. The drum sound was appropriated from an old song called ‘We Fenced Other Gardens with the Bones of Our Own.’ In that track, the protagonist is drunk on delusions of grandeur, relishing the power of destruction. Now far removed, that character is weary, remorseful. In preparation for the video, I went back to the ‘Sekwar’ cave to map it three-dimensionally. Instructed by a digital artist in NYC (Dan Moore), I strapped a 360-degree camera to my head and paced the lengths of the cave’s interior. The resulting data was transformed into a wireframe model and featured as a hologram in ‘FWTNW.’ The cave’s positioning right beneath another location manifests the premise of the song. You’re in the “same spot” but understanding it from a completely new perspective. My experience in revisiting that space alone was both psychologically informative and disturbing. The slow, methodical steps required to document the dark depths of the cave’s interior invited the company of bats and of fear.” Director Clemens Habicht elaborates,
“Angus and his crew are subjected to the traumas and melodramas of classic sci-fi tropes, brutalised by the sadism of scenes from films I think I was probably way too young to have seen as a kid. Only Liars would entertain and embrace my trepanning fantasies. Like any mission, this was only possible by the absolute commitment of everyone involved. Special thanks to DOP Tyson Perkins for signing up for another adventure, and to Beau and her team for their absolute generosity and excitement.”Angus goes on to say,
“Clemens’ development of this concept into a prequel video was astounding. The sheer audacity to place us inside a space ship, contending with all that implies, is testament to the courage of his vision. I felt honoured to play a role.” Pre-order
The Apple Drop on limited edition recycled colored vinyl, CD, and digital platforms
here. One of two exclusive color flexidiscs – each featuring an acoustic version of either “Sekwar” or “Big Appetite” – will be available through select independent shops and Mute’s store while supplies last.
MORE ABOUT THE APPLE DROPThe Apple Drop follows 2017
’s
TFCF and 2018
’s
Titles with the Word Fountain – both distinctly solo affairs – but for Liars’ 10th album, Angus chose to expand and embrace collaboration.
“My goal was to create beyond my abilities - something bigger than myself.” The new album finds him working with avant-garde jazz drummer
Laurence Pike, multi-instrumentalist
Cameron Deyell, and lyricist
Mary Pearson Andrew.
“For the first time I embraced collaboration from an early stage, allowing the work of others to influence the work of my own.” For Angus,
The Apple Drop comes from a personal place of realignment and reconfiguration. “
Throughout Liars’ history I have consistently tried to develop new methods of creating music,” Angus says.
“On each project I’ve essentially abandoned previous methods and attempted to instead learn different ways of writing and producing songs. Where once I perceived this journey as a straight line, I’m increasingly realising my trajectory is more akin to a spiral. As new ideas are generated, older ones take on new meaning and evolve further.” There are not many bands that could make looking to the past feel futuristic but here Liars have managed to create an entirely new world – sonically, thematically and lyrically – by doing just that.
MORE ABOUT PHOENIX CENTRAL PARKPhoenix Central Park is Sydney’s newest contemporary performance space promoting genuine artistic risk-taking and unique collaborations that are as bold as the building’s multi-award-winning architecture.
As the singular vision of philanthropist Judith Neilson AM, well-known as the founder and owner of Sydney’s prized White Rabbit Gallery, Phoenix serves as a creative beacon for adventurous artists and audiences alike.
https://www.instagram.com/phoenixcentralpark/ 
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