Book of Lies (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Book of Lies
Type = studio
Artist = End of Fashion


Released = September 27 2008
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Capitol/EMI
Producer = Magoo, Andy Lawson
Reviews =
Last album = "End of Fashion"
2005
This album = "Book of Lies"
2008
Next album =
Misc = Singles
Name = Book of Lies
Type = studio
single 1 = Fussy
single 1 date = August 30, 2008

"Book of Lies" is the second album released by Australian indie rock band, End of Fashion. The album was released on September 27, 2008 on Capitol/EMI. It was recorded in Perth, Western Australia, co-produced by Magoo (Midnight Oil, Powderfinger, Regurgitator) and Andy Lawson (Little Birdy) mixed by Tim Palmer (U2, The Cure, Robert Plant) in Los Angeles and mastered by Stephen Marcussen (REM, Rolling Stones, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty).

Bass player, Tom King, explained that Magoo provided the inspiration for the album's title.

"It started off with Magoo keeping a journal in the studio, which we dubbed 'the book of lies'."cite web|url=http://www.communitynews.com.au/OurNewspapers/WesternSuburbsWeekly/tabid/74/Default.aspx |title=Back in Fashion|publisher=Western Suburbs Weekly|last=Wilkinson|first=Chris|date=2008-09-23|accessdaye=2008-09-28]

In an interview with Xpress Magazine lead singer, Justin Burford, explained

"The biggest point of difference between the first record and this one is the time we took preparing. The preparation time for the first album was like, a couple of years on the road. So we were basically like a garage pop band who went into a studio. Dennis didn't really give us the chance to develop or grow beyond that. It was like what we knew went onto the record. This time it was... like an exam. We studied way harder, just the preparation was far more intense. Once we had a pretty good idea of what everything was going to sound like, we didn't need much time in the studio, because we had spent six months working on the demos."cite web|url=http://www.xpressmag.com.au|title=Everyday I write the book|publisher=Xpress Magazine|last=Gordon|first=Bob|date=2008-09-25|accessdate=2008-09-28]

"There's a chemistry with this group of people that for some reason works really well, we enjoy making music together. When we hear songs we just run into these three year old kids running around grabbing instruments going "it could sound like this! It could go like this!" It's awesome fun."- Rodney Averena

The band recently completed the music video for the first single, "Fussy", which was directed by Natasha Pincus (who also directed the award winning video for Paul Kelly's "Gold Told Me To"). The video sees Burford as the demented killer and his bandmates as the cling-wrapped victims.

"It’s more of a narrative – it’s less personal than the other songs on the record. It’s a pretty startling video clip… but when you work with people you’ve got to let them make the judgment and run with it." - Rodney Aravena [cite web|url=http://darrynking.blogspot.com/2008/09/end-of-fashion-interview-with-rodney.html|title=End of Fashion:interview with Rodney Aravena|publisher=The Wasteland|last=King|first=Darren|date=2008-09-24|accessdate=2008-10-01]

"It's pretty creepy, a little bit "Wolf Creek". - Tom King

The single was released at the end of August 2008 and peaked at #19 on the ARIA singles charts. [cite web|title=Australian Top 40 Charts|publisher=top40-charts.com|url=http://top40-charts.com/song.php?sid=24449 |accessdate=2008-10-01]

Track Listing

All songs written by Justin Burford, except where noted [cite web |title=Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA)|publisher=APRA |url=http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt |accessdate=2008-09-30 Note: requires user to input title, e.g. BISCIT]
# "Biscit" - 2:41
# "Kamikaze" - 4:01
# "Down or Down" - 3:20
# "American" - 3:05
# "Force of Habit" - 4:20
# "Dying for You" (Julian Hamilton, Justin Burford) - 3:32
# "Fussy" - 4:17
# "Bullets" - 4:01
# "Trust" - 3:25
# "Exotica" - 3:48
# "Burning in Neon" - 2:54
# "Walk Away" - 5:35

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