They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

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They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
Studio album by Liars
Released	February 24, 2004
Recorded	May 2003
Genre	Post-Punk No Wave Noise rock
Length	40:42
Label	Mute Records
Producer	David Sitek with Liars
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link NME (6/10) link Pitchfork (6.3/10) link Rolling Stone link
Liars chronology
They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top (2001) They Were Wrong, So We Drowned (2004) Drum's Not Dead (2006)

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned is the second album released by indie rock band Liars, released in February 2004 (see 2004 in music).

The album takes the form of a very loose concept album concerning witchcraft upon The Brocken (a mountain) during Walpurgis Night, and tales of witch trials in the area around the Harz Mountains in Germany. The recording coincided with the band's relocation from the Williamsburg, Brooklyn scene which spawned them to the woods of rural New Jersey, which also inspired the initial direction of the album.

The focus upon the Brocken legends came when one of the band members mistakenly entered "Brocken Witch" into a search engine while researching the song "Broken Witch".

Stylistically, the album lies between the gritty dance-punk of They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top and the ethereal neo-no-wave of Drum's Not Dead. The album received largely negative reviews and sold poorly compared to their debut. However, after the following album, Drum's Not Dead, was released, this album received more attention and the opinion turned more positive.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Broken Witch" – 6:10
2. "Steam Rose from the Lifeless Cloak" – 2:49
3. "There's Always Room on the Broom" – 3:05
4. "If You're a Wizard Then Why Do You Wear Glasses?" – 2:11
5. "We Fenced Other Gardens with the Bones of Our Own" – 5:28
6. "They Don't Want Your Corn - They Want Your Kids" – 2:38
7. "Read the Book That Wrote Itself" – 3:09
8. "Hold Hands and It Will Happen Anyway" – 4:51
9. "They Took 14 for the Rest of Our Lives" – 4:09
10. "Flow My Tears the Spider Said" – 6:12