Water Liars

Perhaps One Of The Greatest Albums In Misra’s Canon Water Liars’ Debut Was Entirely Unplanned. Recorded On A Whim With One Microphone The Then Unnamed Rock Band – Consisting Of St. Louis MO Songwriter Vocalist Guitarist Justin Kinkel-Schuster And Oxford MS Drummer Producer Multi-Instrumentalist Andrew Bryant – Casually Convened To Play And Record. Over The Course Of Three Days In The Small Milltown Of Pittsboro MS A Series Of Ineffable And Magical Recordings Came Together. It Was One Of Those Seemingly Providential Experiences – Far Too Remarkable To Be Denied. Phantom Limb Was Born. Paste Pop Matters Daytrotter KEXP And More Have All Hailed Justin Kinkel-Schuster During His Tenure Fronting Independent Rock Act Theodore. Some Time Back Misra Planned To Work With Theodore And Assuming The Songs Were Mere Outtakes Under A Different Moniker The Water Liars Demos Initially Got Pushed To The Back Burner. Kinkel-Schuster Pleasantly Persisted However Insisting The Project Was Vastly Different And Must Be Heard. Upon First Listen It Was Very Clear That Something Truly Remarkable Really Had Occurred In The Phantom Limb Sessions. Misra Signed The Band On The Spot. Home To Groundbreaking Debuts By Shearwater Great Lake Swimmers And More The Label Is Excited To Extend This Tradition With Water Liars. After Its Sludgy Intro Album Opener “$100” Blossoms Into A Weary Folk-Pop Gem. “Dog Eaten ” A Gorgeous Acoustic Number Highlighting Kinkel-Schuster’s Inimitable Voice – A Trademark That Earned Him “Best Vocalist” Via St. Louis Main Rag The Riverfront Times – Immediately Follows. Through Its Ten-Song Set Phantom Limb Continues On This Unpredictable Path – Wavering From Fast To Slow Loud To Quiet But Never Once Losing Its Magnetism. Songs Like “Whoa Back ” “Rest ” And “Fresh Hell” Captivate The Listener Until “On The Day” – A Celestial Melancholic Track About One’s Deathday – Closes The Album And An Inadvertent Field Recording Is Heard In The Background. It’s A Beautiful Fortuitous Ending To Water Liars’ Beautiful Fortuitous Debut. Enjoy! read less