After the release of Jackknifed & Slaughtered in 2010, The Tenebrous Liar are back with their release for 2011.
‘Out’ is a rather brief encounter, only stretching to just under two and a half minutes. Heavy, simplistic riffs graze over the drums and the moan of front-man, Steve Guillick on a track that has a strange likability factor to it.
The band show their more subdued side on the track, ‘The Sickness’, the first time we hear Guillick singing and it’s not too bad. Bluesy guitars accompany the erratic drums, but this is a track that is far too brief.
‘Desire’ has to be one of the highlights from a very patchy album. A nice steady rhythm and some seedy guitar work attached to some fantastically monotonous vocals and we have a track that could slot in nicely to a motion-picture.
As the album progresses we begin to see less and less of the heavy, effects laden band that started this album. Instead, we’re presented with a group that have produced a surprising assortment of westernised classics, which is only too appropriate on a track called ‘Western Skies’, which has all the brooding tumult of Mogwai.
‘Realise’ combines the band’s solid rock effort with all the slow-release that’s been developing throughout the album, but it grows far too repetitive and the songs culminates with a tedious period of static.
The Tenebrous Liar’s album is pleasantly surprising. The album started off with a precedent hat the band were a rock band through and through. However, as the album develops we see a matured and established sound being produced from the band. Although it’s inconsistent in quality and tedious at some points, Run Run Run offers a few decent tracks that are still worth a listen.
