I talked with Angus Andrew about his band's latest release, the self-titled Liars.

We also discussed what it's like touring while you have a near-crippling back injury, and the strange journey undertaken by his copy of Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection.

Liars' new aesthetic bares an approachable underbelly with a surprisingly humane, almost welcoming, sheen. Floating along on Andrews' falsetto, the organ-drenched closer, "Protection," sounds almost tender, leaving the impression that the future may yet unmask the fact that Liars' veneer of misanthropic noise was, from the outset, always the band's ultimate deception. --Jason Kirk, Amazon.com

For more about Liars, please visit their web site