LIARS
In 2018 Cameron began working with avant-punk group Liars. He performed on their Australian tour, then in 2019 and throughout 2020 worked on their 10th studio album, The Apple Drop.
Cameron co-wrote and provided additional production throughout the record. He played electric guitar, 12 string guitar, electric sitar, swampura, electric bass, synths, piano and backing vocals.
The Apple Drop was released internationally by Mute Records on August 6 2021.
In 2022 Liars performed significant shows at the Sydney Opera House for Vivid Festival; at Psycho Fest in Las Vegas, and at Essential Tremors in New York City.
In 2024 Liars toured major cities in USA/Canada with Chinese art-punk rockers Re-TROS.
#1 US College Radio charts
- NACC - August & September 2021
praise for The Apple Drop:
“The Apple Drop, one of the year’s best with its warm, off-kilter melodies and smart arrangements – think Radiohead without the coffee-table mithering.” The Guardian
“Somewhere between live band and laptop, Liars’ most refined and accessible album has emerged.” NME
“… Deyell’s multi-talented wizardry (is) chameleon-like, serving as an immaculately fabricated backbone no matter the song’s mood… with this album Liars make a compelling case for another 20 years of existence.” Spectrum Culture
“The Apple Drop boasts a rich sonic palette that brings in string arrangements, embraces the guitar in a way this band hasn’t for more than a decade, and pushes (Laurence) Pike’s crisp, martial drumming to the front of the mix. It sounds absolutely massive… It’s a beautiful, weird, heartfelt and uncanny album” The Quietus
“[T]he production is strikingly rich. Drums that are so crisp they could’ve been recorded by Steve Albini crash away in a sea of synths, sinister guitar licks and other stringed things…Most comparisons are futile when it comes to Liars, however, because they have a tendency not to sound like anybody else on Earth” Record Collector
“Liars have not only been reborn creatively, they’ve emerged with by far the most accessible album of the band’s illustrious career to date.” musicOMH
“(it’s in) spidery guitar lines, doomy riffs and sinister intonations – that Liars’ sulphurous power truly resides, delivering a deliciously unsettling and artful listening experience.” Mojo
