Liars Announce 2008 US Tour, Orgy Ensues

Liars is kinda hit or miss for me, but I really dug that Brocken Witch album. However, I’ve heard their live shows are something of a spectacle. The group recently wrapped up an arena tour in support of Interpol and Liars frontman Angus Andrew described the experience as follows:

“When we last toured the States it was quite royally. Interpol laid out a magic carpet ride that took us from one historic venue to another. The whole experience was a mind-blowing orgy of music and memories.”

Memories, dude. The New York Times was similarly stoked on the experience.

“[Liars] worked the Garden stage like rock stars… with Andrew strutting and gesticulating in a white suit and a big, relentless beat, Liars sounded at home as arena-rock.”

For the Liars US tour, they’ll be cramming that big arena energy into smaller venues, thereby throwing it all up in your face. The group will stop at Slim’s in San Francisco, The Casbah in San Diego (great venue, by the way), Metro in Chicago and Warsaw in Brooklyn on their jaunt across the US. Los Angeles band No Age will be in support. Dates after the jump.

Fri 1/25 Slim’s, San Francisco CA
Sat 1/26 Club Underground, Reno NV
Mon 1/28 Wonder Ballroom, Portland OR
Tue 1/29 Showbox, Seattle WA
Wed 1/30 Neuroiux, Boise ID
Thu 1/31 Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City UT
Fri 2/1 Marqis Theatre, Denver CO
Sat` 2/2 The Bottleneck, Lawrence KS
Mon 2/4 Grinnell College, Grinnell IA
Tue 2/5 Metro, Chicago IL
Wed 2/6 Dionysus Club, Oberlin OH
Thu 2/7 The Tralf, Buffalo NY
Fri 2/8 Paradise, Boston MA
Sat 2/9 Warsaw, Brooklyn NY
Sun 2/10 First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia PA
Tue 2/12 9:30 Club, Washington DC
Wed 2/13 Orange Peel, Asheville NC
Thu 2/14 The Earl, Atlanta GA
Sat 2/16 The Mohawk, Austin TX
Sun 2/17 Hailey’s, Denton TX
Tue 2/19 Launchpad, Albuquerque NM
Wed 2/20 The Clubhouse, Tempe AZ
Thu 2/21 Casbah, San Diego CA
Fri 2/22 El Rey Theater, Los Angeles CA

Tags: Angus Andrew, Brooklyn, Chicago, Interpol, Liars, live music, No Age, San Diego, san francisco, Tour