Liars Return With First Album and Song in Five Years — SkimNews
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- Angus Andrew announced Liars' first album in five years, "A Ban on Plastic Bag Bans," out March 5, 2027 via Mute.
- The title references a real Michigan law that preempts local plastic bag bans; Andrew moved to Kalamazoo and cited a toxic air crisis from a packaging factory, telling press "It wasn't just the environment that was polluted. It was also my mind."
- Lead single "Ice Pick, Kalamazoo" arrives with a music video Andrew shot on 3D camera at the city's No Kings rally.
- Since 2021's "The Apple Drop," Andrew has launched the No Gold label and the Essential Tremors experimental festival series.
- October tour dates span 13 European cities, including a front-to-back performance of 2006's "Drum's Not Dead" at Poland's Unsound festival for that record's 20th anniversary.
Why it matters: The album title is taken from a Michigan law that preempts local plastic bag bans, and Andrew shot the lead video at a No Kings rally — a sharp pivot toward explicit political commentary for a project long rooted in experimental noise. Five years on, Liars returns reframed as a vehicle for civic anger, not just sonic experimentation.
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