Liars’ unsettling creepy-crawler of an album, Sisterworld was one of my favorite albums of 2010, so I’m thrilled to hear that their new album, WIXIW (pronounced “wish you”) is coming out next week.

WIXIW seems to be a real departure from Sisterworld, with moody, anxious synthpop replacing the violent sonic onslaught of their last record. After recording WIXIW in Los Angeles, the group relocated to Brooklyn to shake things up creatively, as they told DAZED:

DAZED: As a group you move around a fair bit – Brooklyn, Berlin – would you say you draw a lot from location for your art/music?
Liars: It depends entirely on the type of project we undertake. In some instances our goal is to engage and react to our environment and on other projects we look to alienate and isolate ourselves from what’s going on around us.

DAZED: Why the name ‘Liars’? Would you say that being an artist is to be honest or dishonest?
Liars: I think it’s important for an artist to be honest with themselves in terms of what they are interested in and what types of ideas they wish to pursue, i.e. good artists follow their instincts. But in terms of the work created I see no reason to impose any kind of practical moral guidelines or sense of right or wrong that could potentially inhibit the development of the work. Personally, I think pure honesty lacks imagination.

DAZED: You seem to embrace confusion and ambiguity in the messages and themes of your music – why is that? How does that affect your approach to making music? What are you seeking to achieve through music if not clarity?
Liars: I think clarity is one dimensional and boring. I’m much more interested in the innumerable possibilities of misunderstanding and misinterpretation. Today’s information age is fraught with the overbearing knowledge of detail – so our approach is less about delivering finite answers and more about developing interesting questions.

“No. 1 Against The Rush,” the first single from WIXIW, is out on Mute Records today. The album, with artwork designed by John Weise, will be available on CD, deluxe vinyl (with CD) and limited edition vinyl with silk screened embossed covers hand dipped in black wax by the band on June 4 in the UK and June 5 in the US. You can stream the entire album at DAZED Digital.

The video fro “No. 1 Against The Rush,” directed by Todd Cole in Los Angeles.