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So, first up in our hardly original but quite fantastically executed idea of asking various different people to write a piece on one of their favourite albums released in “the noughties” is Choltida Pekanan with ‘They Were Wrong So We Drowned’ by Liars.

Choltida is the editor of the art, music, fashion and photography webzine, www.supersweet.org and these are her lovely thoughts and memories on said album:

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Liars’ They Were Wrong So We Drowned

I remember when this album first came out, people weren’t used to Liars being… well, Liars. A lot of people thought it was scary; some said it was aggressive. I, on the other hand, thought they were going for the Tim Burton approach and immediately fell in love with it. Yes, it’s a little spooky, but it’s so harmless, cute and very child-like all at once.

I also have the biggest crush on Liars. So much that if we were a band, I really believe we’d be them (or die trying). They’re the kind of band that you can throw anything at, they’ll go for it and come up with the quirkiest results. When they played our Launch Party and Angus slipped “SUPERSWEET” into the lyrics of ‘We Fenced Other Houses With the Bones of Our Own’ and ‘Hold Hands and It Will Happen Anyway’, my heart just melted.

This album, to me, has everything. It tells a story through music, it paints great cinematic pictures with bears and witches running around. And according to Liars, this is also their most political album. I can’t possibly imagine asking for more!

*p.s. Contrary to the perhaps slightly misleading title, this is not the number 1 album of the decade. Oh no, son. It’s simply the one we deemed to post first. Got it? Good.