Swedish garage rockers Liar Thief Bandit return with new single »Death Pioneer«; out today via The Sign Records!
Swedish garage rockers Liar Thief Bandit return with new single »Death Pioneer«.
»Death Pioneer« is the first single taken from Liar Thief Bandit’s fourth album, »Icon«, which will be released later this spring via The Sign Records.
Stream »Death Pioneer« on all major digital platforms!
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Swedish garage rock trio Liar Thief Bandit is back! Since the release of their acclaimed 2022 mini-album »Diamonds«, the band has toured extensively and has shared stages with notable Swedish rock acts like Graveyard and The Hellacopters. In the summer of 2023, they performed on Sweden’s largest music festival, Sweden Rock Festival.
Liar Thief Bandit now announces the release of their upcoming fourth studio album, »Icon«, set to be released later this spring on The Sign Records. Truly living up to its name, the album is a staple and instant classic on the rock scene, blending everything you would ever wish for in a melodic rock record.
The first single from »Icon« is called »Death Pioneer« and is available on all streaming platforms from the 23rd of February. The band comments: »Death Pioneer« is about the art of preserving a certain legacy. The song pays tribute to a significant and important instigator of contemporary rock music as it’s pointing out what would be necessary to righteously carry the torch onward. Who is the pioneer? Discuss in small groups!
Biography:
What do you get if you blend the melodic essence that helped shape the ’70s and the raw garage revival of the late ’90s with a modern touch of uplifting lyrics and undeniable energy? The answer is Liar Thief Bandit – a power trio born to play live with the sole purpose to carry the torch of all that ever was, is and will be rock’n’roll in its purest form.
Liar Thief Bandit was founded and established in late 2014 in Malmö, Sweden. After humble beginnings in 2015 making demos and playing those first crucial shows, the defining journey took off in 2016 when the self-produced debut album »Gun Shovel Alibi« was released. Extensive touring followed and the band’s DIY-ethics brought them to numerous European countries during 2017. Their lightening, energetic live show caught attention and left the audience wanting more. The hectic tour schedule influenced the three-piece to write, record and deliver their sophomore epos »Straight Ahead« released in August 2018 quickly followed by three European tours putting Liar Thief Bandit on the map as a hard-working rock’n’roll band to reckon with.
With new songs in the making, May 2019 saw the trio doing their 100th show in Hamburg as the premiere of an 18-day tour through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Poland and Czech Republic. The coming fall saw a split 7″ vinyl with Grande Royale released on The Sign Records and a joint tour through Germany and Switzerland supporting the double A-side single. The track »Virtue Not A Vice« left no one doubting the power of innovating riffs and rememberable melodies that makes Liar Thief Bandit stand out in the current rock atmosphere.
The third full-length was recorded during the spring of 2020 in Malmö’s Tambourine Studios inspired by hardships in a hard-working touring band as well as complicated situations in life. The theme throughout the 12 songs touches on philosophies of picking yourself up, taking chances and facing obstacles with a positive state of mind. »Deadlights« was released on May 14th 2021 by The Sign Records.
Always thinking ahead, more music was already on its way. Following the release of »Deadlights«, one of the land’s hardest working rock trios fired up the engine and headed to the outskirts of the small Swedish west coast town Strömstad in the summer of 2021 to record new songs. Seven tracks were laid down in seven days at Tilt Recording Studios with Max Dahlby at the helm known to work with Åskväder, The Drippers and Scumbag Millionaire to name a few. The result: a mini-album with six originals and a cover of Graveyard’s »Ain’t Fit To Live Here«, released by The Sign Records on September 16th 2022.
The band has done over 200 shows touring mainland Europe, the UK and Spain over the last couple of years including support shows for The Bronx, Supersuckers, Hank von Hell, Electric Six, Valiant Thorr among others. A support tour in Sweden with Royal Republic (Live Nation) in 2022, a slot at Sweden Rock Festival 2023 as well as support shows for The Hellacopters and Graveyard count as the latest, biggest achievements.
After a visit at Malmö´s Studio Sickan in the fall of 2023 their fourth full-length album is set to be released in the first half of 2024.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well