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A stunning achievement and the first exceptionally great album of 2006.
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So come now fans of insidious and wily (yet cerebral) rock, Liars have delivered just what you need... even if you don't realize it yet.
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Alternative PressThe disc may be too weird for people who like their music categorically cut and dried, but adventurous listeners will want to bang Liars' Drum often. [May 2006, p.178]
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UrbUnequivocally recommended for the open-minded among us. [Apr 2006, p.86]
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A manically strange, darkly and violently beautiful, and deliriously pop album.
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Drum's Not Dead is a majestic victory lap, and on all levels, a total fucking triumph.
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This is music that relies entirely on feeling, and while not for everyone it is music at its most impulsively, spontaneously creative.
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With their third album, Liars have succeeded in creating the near-impossible; a conceptual work that speaks to the emotions and the intellect simultaneously.
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Entertainment WeeklyThere's a subtle beauty amid the madness. [24 Mar 2006, p.70]
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Drips with a sense of myth and mystery.
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Perhaps it took a grueling creative journey and a battle with self-doubt to get there, but the end result is a band that has retained its brash experimental flare while discovering its heart.
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Through the course of "Drums Not Dead", you'll endure an unsettling, slightly terrifying experience, the likes of which is rarely committed to record.
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MojoThe trio's chanting, loops and metal-bashing framework is now fleshed out by some beautiful ambient-noise balladry. [Mar 2006, p.106]
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Every minute of the album demands patience and something resembling concentration.
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Under The RadarAdmittedly, the tracks take multiple listens to truly grasp beyond their primal appeal. [#13, p.92]
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Paste MagazineDrum is a challenging listen... But as the songs flow one into the next, a powerful tension builds, released finally by the gorgeous closing ballad. [Apr/May 2006, p.108]
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Despite some tracks that take immediate hold, it's another album that takes a little bit of simmering to really sink in.
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Despite isolated moments of brilliance, Drum’s Not Dead fails to mesh.
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It is clear that Liars are, just now, coming into their own musically, making music that ebbs and flows and might actually invite emotion as much as it does analysis.
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It's true that many of these tracks are not for the casual listener, but that's also not the point.
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Drum's Not Dead is undeniably interesting, but somehow unsatisfying.
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The New York TimesPretentious? Absolutely. But the music can also be genuinely eerie. [27 Mar 2006]
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New Musical Express (NME)Out there, sure--but this is the sort of experimentalism Radiohead scoop plaudits for. [18 Feb 2006, p.35]
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SpinKraut-rock drones run together into one long, thudding hum. [Mar 2006, p.95]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 57 out of 63
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Mixed: 0 out of 63
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Negative: 6 out of 63
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BobROct 16, 2007Having the urge to listen to something different yet excellent? Here it is.
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Sep 2, 2021GODLY MUSIC. Trustith in me when I say the beats drive this primordial masterpiece. This is what our ANCESTORS wanted and needed.
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EricC.Aug 31, 2008