Fools and Worthless Liars

Fools and Worthless Liars
Studio album by Deaf Havana
Released 6 November 2011
Genre Pop Punk
Alternative Rock
Label Wolf At Your Door, BMG
Producer Matt O'Grady
Deaf Havana chronology
Meet Me Halfway, At Least
(2009)		 Fools and Worthless Liars
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Kerrang! [1]
Rock Sound [2]
Punktastic [3]
Ourzone Magazine [4]
Glasswerk Favourable[5]
Ultimate-Guitar.com [6]

Fools and Worthless Liars is the second album from English post-hardcore band Deaf Havana. Fools And Worthless Liars was produced by Matt O'Grady (You Me at Six, Architects) and was released on 6 November 2011.[7] The album marks a departure from the band's earlier Post-Hardcore style of music in favour of a song orientated power-pop rock approach heavily influenced by bands such as Jimmy Eat World as well as the modern British wave of pop punk.

Despite an 18 month struggle to write the album, the majority of "Fools and Worthless Liars" was written and demo'ed in a ten day period at some point in 2010. Recording began on 19 February 2011 and lasted until the album was completed in late summer 2011. 18 songs were recorded for the album. Several earlier written songs played live prior to the album do not feature on the record, the most notable of which is the absence of intended first single "Smiles All Round". However, some songs such as "Little White Lies" (then titled "pop"), "I Will Try" and "Youth In Retrospect" were aired frequently in the live environment.

The album charted at Number 49 on the UK album charts. The band are set to tour Europe with Skindred in December 2011 in order to promote the album.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by James Veck Gilodi and Tom Ogden. All Lyrics written by James Veck Gilodi unless specified.

Fools and Worthless Liars [8]
No. Title Length
1. "The Past Six Years"   2:58
2. "Youth in Retrospect"   3:22
3. "I Will Try"   3:44
4. "Little White Lies" (feat. Portia Conn) 3:14
5. "Anemophobia"   4:15
6. "I'm a Bore, Mostly"   3:20
7. "Hunstanton Pier"   4:50
8. "Filthy Rotten Scoundrel" (Lyrics by James Veck Gilodi and Matthew Veck Gilodi) 2:54
9. "Things Change, Friends Leave and Life Doesn't Stop for Anybody"   3:18
10. "Leeches"   2:55
11. "The World or Nothing" (Lyrics by James Veck Gilodi and Matthew Veck Gilodi) 3:37
12. "Nelson's County"   2:02
13. "Fifty Four"   3:48
14. "Cabin Fever" (iTunes bonus track) 2:41

Personnel

The following personnel contributed to Fools And Worthless Liars:

Deaf Havana

Other Musicians:

Regular lead guitarist Chris Pennells and bassist Lee Wilson did not perform on the album due to work commitments.

Production

Chart

Chart (2011) Peak
position
UK Album Chart 49
UK Rock Album Chart[9] 1
UK Indie Albums Chart[10] 9

Singles

The first single "I'm A Bore, Mostly" was released on 9 October 2011.[11] The video for the single was released on 3 October 2011.[12]

Chart performance

Chart (2011) Peak
position
UK Rock Chart[13] 26

References

  1. ^ Kerrang! review
  2. ^ Rock Sound review
  3. ^ Punktastic Review
  4. ^ Ourzone Review
  5. ^ http://www.glasswerk.co.uk/reviews/national/9926/Deaf+Havana
  6. ^ http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/deaf_havana/fools_and_worthless_liars/index.html?no_takeover
  7. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/fools-and-worthless-liars/id475825979
  8. ^ Fools And Worthless Liars Tracklisting.
  9. ^ "Top 40 Rock & Metal Albums Archive". Official Chart Company. 19 November 2011. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/11/2011-11-19/. Retrieved 14 November 2011. 
  10. ^ "Top 40 Independent Albums". Official Charts Company. 19 November 2011. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/13/2011-11-19/. Retrieved 14 November 2011. 
  11. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/im-a-bore-mostly-single/id467442177
  12. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h-SAdTo8T0
  13. ^ "TOP 40 ROCK & METAL SINGLES ARCHIVE". theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart. 17 April 2011. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/10/2011-10-22/.