They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
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| They Were Wrong, So We Drowned | ||
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| Studio album by Liars | ||
| Released | February 24, 2004 | |
| Recorded | May 2003 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 40:42 | |
| Label | Mute Records | |
| Producer(s) | David Sitek with Liars | |
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| 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 (February 2004) is the second album released by art rock band Liars.
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 whilst 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.
[edit] Track listing
- "Broken Witch" – 6:10
- "Steam Rose From the Lifeless Cloak" – 2:49
- "There's Always Room on the Broom" – 3:05
- "If Your a Wizard Then Why Do You Wear Glasses?" – 2:11
- "We Fenced Other Gardens With the Bones of Our Own" – 5:28
- "They Don't Want Your Corn - They Want Your Kids" – 2:38
- "Read the Book That Wrote Itself" – 3:09
- "Hold Hands and It Will Happen Anyway" – 4:51
- "They Took 14 for the Rest of Our Lives" – 4:09
- "Flow My Tears the Spider Said" – 6:12
