After the sudden and unexpected departure of the band's main vocalist Ryan Mellor, the now quartet decided to carry on with their love of music and in Nov 2011 saw the release of their new full album 'Fools and Worthless Liars' after nearly three years after 'Meet Me Halfway At least' was the talk of the town.
The album opens up with 'The past six years' which may come as somewhat of a surprise to previous Deaf Havana metal fans. It's narrative and heartfelt lyrics sung by vocalist James Veck-Gilodi, talks about how his friends have grown up whilst he's still unemployable, the band is still grafting away trying to achieve more recognition and his perpetual bitterness and jealousy towards friends Mike (Lower Than Atlantis) and John (Young Guns) in terms of what they've achieved compared to himself.
The whole album is a collection of stories from part of James' life and growing up which is a massive change of direction from their earlier work. Other tracks in the album such as 'I'm A Bore, Mostly' talks about James' humdrum daily routine whilst living in London, 'Hunstanton Pier' references his close friend who sadly passed away and also how all of his friends and family have all accepted the fact that they're now adults whilst he (James) still tries to bring out his childhood for as long as he can.
Since we first laid our ears on 'Smiles All Around', we knew these weren't the same boys who once sung that song about friends. Over the past three years they've matured greatly and have produced a belter of an album with meaning and such sensitivity. It's good to know that with maturity, writing a great rock album hasn't escaped Deaf Havana and Fools and Worthless Liars is a prime example of that.
7.3/10
Daniel Mburu - 8/01/12
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