Swedish rockers Liar Thief Bandit to release fourth full-length album »Icon« on May 24th via The Sign Records!

Swedish rockers Liar Thief Bandit will release their fourth full-length album »Icon« on May 24th, 2024 via The Sign Records.

Listen to the first two singles »Death Pioneer« and »Retaliation« below!

Tracklist:
01. The Ultimate Sign
02. Death Pioneer
03. Dying Efforts
04. It All Goes Away In The End
05. Recoil
06. Retaliation
07. Red Out Of The Blue
08. Traces Of Use
09. Can’t Slow Me Down
10. Residence Sorrow
11. Icon

Courtesy of The Sign Records:

The new album »Icon« by Sweden’s Liar Thief Bandit is something else. After 200 shows and numerous landmark anthems, everything has led up to the fourth full-length album that truly lives up to its name. »Icon« is a staple and instant classic on the rock scene, blending everything you would ever wish for in a melodic rock record. The raw and pure elements are caught on tape in a live setting to capture the true essence of the band, the melodies are added with clinical precision. The heartfelt lyrics set the tone to deliver a melancholic and insightful message. From the first intense second to the last, you’ll be overwhelmed with a dynamic soundscape rarely witnessed in this genre. Every element serves its purpose musically as well as lyrically. The listener should be prepared for an 11 track long journey through exceptional audible environments, dark passages and hopeful awakenings.

»Icon« was recorded, produced and mixed at Studio Sickan in Malmö by the multiple award-winning Joakim Lindberg who has worked with The Dahmers, Terrible Feelings, Nightmen, Black River Delta, Solen, Arre! Arre! among many others. »Icon« is released by The Sign Records on May 24, 2024. The album is released on black vinyl, transparent orange vinyl, and digitally. For fans of: The Hellacopters, Turbonegro, Kiss, Danko Jones, Foo Fighters, Thin Lizzy.

Photo by Ville Juurikkala

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