Fools and Worthless Liars
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| Studio album by Deaf Havana | ||||
| Released | 7 November 2011 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, emo-pop, pop punk, folk punk | |||
| Length | 44:09 | |||
| Label | A Wolf at Your Door, BMG/Chrysalis | |||
| Producer | Matt O'Grady | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Alter the Press! | 4.5 / 5 |
| Dead Press! |   |
| Glasswerk | Favourable |
| Kerrang! |   |
| Ourzone Magazine | |
| Punktastic |  |
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Fools and Worthless Liars is the second album from English band Deaf Havana and the first since the departure of founding member Ryan Mellor. The album marks a departure from the band's earlier post-hardcore style of music in favour of a song orientated power pop approach heavily influenced by bands such as Jimmy Eat World as well as the modern British wave of pop punk, largely due to the band's decision not to replace Mellor, who was a screamer. Critics were generally very supportive of this development.
Fools And Worthless Liars was produced by Matt O'Grady (who has previously worked with You Me at Six) and was released on 7 November 2011. The band's frontman, James Veck-Gilodi, has been quoted as saying he struggled to write the album. Much of the album's lyrics are centred on the themes of youth and nostalgia.
The album charted at #49 on the UK album charts; this is Deaf Havana's most successful release to date. As a result of the album's success, the band played at larger venues than they had previously and performed at Reading and Leeds Festivals. A deluxe edition of the album wes released on 22 October 2012, which included each song performed in a different style alongside the original tracks.
Deaf Havana were originally a five-piece band, incorporating screaming vocals in their music, as demonstrated on their previous work Meet Me Halfway, at Least. Shortly after the release of this album, vocalist and founding member Ryan Mellor left the band, citing personal reasons, leaving the group without a screamer. It was decided that Mellor would not be replaced; clean vocalist James Veck-Gilodi would become the sole vocalist and act as the band's frontman. This led to a change in the musical style of the group; they moved away from post-hardcore which had characterised their earlier releases towards pop punk and power pop. A demo track, titled "My Life Is Average", showcasing their new, lighter sound, was uploaded to the band's Myspace page shortly after Ryan's departure. In an interview, Veck-Gilodi explained, 'We didn't want to announce Ryan had left, and then have months off, for people to wonder what we were doing. We wanted to get a song out there with just me singing... so people could hear our new sound'.
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