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''Fools and Worthless Liars'' is the second album from English band Deaf Havana and the first since the departure of founding member Ryan Mellor. The album marks a departure from the band's earlier post-hardcore style of music in favour of a song orientated power pop approach heavily influenced by bands such as Jimmy Eat World as well as the modern British wave of pop punk, largely due to the band's decision not to replace Mellor, who was a screamer. Critics were generally very supportive of this development. ''Fools And Worthless Liars'' was produced by Matt O'Grady (who has previously worked with You Me at Six) and was released on 7 November 2011. The band's frontman, James Veck-Gilodi, has been quoted as saying he struggled to write the album. Much of the album's lyrics are centred on the themes of youth and nostalgia. The album charted at #49 on the UK album charts; this is Deaf Havana's most successful release to date. As a result of the album's success, the band played at larger venues than they had previously and performed at Reading and Leeds Festivals. A deluxe edition of the album is scheduled for release on 22 October 2012, which will include each song performed in a different style alongside the original tracks. ==Background== Deaf Havana were originally a five-piece band, incorporating screaming vocals in their music, as demonstrated on their previous work ''Meet Me Halfway, At Least''. Shortly after the release of this album, vocalist and founding member Ryan Mellor left the band, citing personal reasons, leaving the group without a screamer. It was decided that Mellor would not be replaced; clean vocalist James Veck-Gilodi would become the sole vocalist and act as the band's frontman. This led to a change in the musical style of the group; they moved away from post-hardcore which had characterised their earlier releases towards pop punk and power pop. A demo track, titled "My Life Is Average", showcasing their new, lighter sound, was uploaded to the band's Myspace page shortly after Ryan's departure. In an interview, Veck-Gilodi explained, 'We didn't want to announce Ryan had left, and then have months off, for people to wonder what we were doing. We wanted to get a song out there with just me singing... so people could hear our new sound'. Deaf Havana released a number of other tracks in the period between ''Meet Me Halfway, At Least'' and ''Fools and Worthless Liars'', including "Smiles All Round", which was released as a single on 1 November 2010 and debuted on the Daniel P Carter Rock Show on 21 September 2010. It featured on the soundtrack of the video game Dirt 3 but does not appear on ''Fools and Worthless Liars''. Some songs such as "Little White Lies" (then titled "Pop"), "I Will Try", "Filty Rotten Scoundrel" (then titled "Vines") and "Youth In Retrospect" were frequently played live before the release of ''Fools and Worthless Liars''. "Home Sweet Home" was played live but did not feature on the album. On 20 May 2011, Deaf Havana uploaded a music video, directed by Jon Stone and featuring footage from Hit The Deck Festival, for the track "The World Or Nothing" to YouTube. It was the first song from ''Fools and Worthless Liars'' (although the album title had not yet been announced at the time) to be officially released, although it was not released as a single. The title of the album was made public on 23 September 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fools and Worthless Liars」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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