Cruel Liars by Mightmare
Sonically, there are a few things we got right in the 90’s–stompy rage fueled queer bands, hazy uber-pedaled guitar, poeticism to be yelled full chested towards the windshields of our 2nd (or 3rd, or 4th) hand vehicles. More generally, there was also a lot we got wrong. Sarah Shook’s new solo project, Mightmare, finds a way to roll the sounds we couldn’t live without into a response to the things we couldn’t live with, confronting their habits and the rules they live by in the process. Loved for their work in Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Shook’s Cruel Liars brings crispy clean, country twanged vocals to the table alongside the furiously urgent need to express themselves. The record marks the process of finding meaning in spaces outside of gender or drinking or protocol, and slingshots itself towards something both conceptually remarkable and a simply exhilarating, embodied knockout.
Tracklist
| 1. | Come What May | 3:24 |
| 2. | Saturn Turns | 3:15 |
| 3. | Cruel Liars | 3:33 |
| 4. | Red | 3:10 |
| 5. | Enemy | 3:09 |
| 6. | Make It Work | 4:03 |
| 7. | Easy | 3:27 |
| 8. | Sure Thing | 3:24 |
Videos
Credits
Written, composed, arranged, produced and performed by Sarah Shook.
Aaron Oliva provided additional bass tracks on Make It Work, Red, Come What May, Cruel Liars, Saturn Turns, and Sure Thing.
Mixed by Ian Victor Schreier at Kaleidoscope Mixing And Mastering.
Mastered by Brent Lambert at The Kitchen Mastering.
License
All rights reserved.
Mightmare is the solo project of River Shook, a queer non-binary writer, composer, producer and performer, most known for fronting punk country band Sarah Shook & the Disarmers.
Mightmare's debut album "Cruel Liars" will arrive via Kill Rock Stars on October 14th, 2022 and is available to pre-order now.