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A REASON
A REASON

iberty Lies are a hard rock band hailing from the West Midlands with a wealth of skill and power.
LThe five piece, consisting of Shaun Richards (lead vocals), Josh Pritchett (guitar), Adam Stevens
(drums), Liam Billings (guitar) and Adam ‘Wolfie’ Howell (bass) have spent the last few years touring with
the likes of Skillet, Black Spiders and Shinedown. We got ahold of Adam (Stevens) and Shaun to chat about
growing up, finding a reason to believe and what the future holds for Liberty Lies.

t is crazy to think back to how we place. As a band, you spend a lot of time writing of it and have expanded our live
“Iwere then,” Adam Stevens tells us, critiquing yourself when things don’t go shows in ways that we never anticipated
talking about Liberty Lies’ first ever gig on your way. We have just got to the point now doing. Liberty Lies in 2015 is definitely a
the back of a trailer. “I just remember feel- where we try our best and know that some better place to be!”
ing numb to it all, and just getting up there people won’t like what we do and that is
and playing the songs as we’d practiced. fine.” peaking of Liberty Lies in 2015, the
On that first gig we played two original The band's more recent release is a Sband have just signed to booking
songs and the rest were just random cov- four-track EP entitled 'Fracture', which was agency TKO UK. “Ian from TKO did our
ers by whoever our favorite bands were at released in January. “We spent a lot more Birmingham headline show on the run we
the time... Green Day, AC/DC etc…” Ten time demoing ‘Fracture’ than we did on any- did earlier in the year and I think he was im-
years later, we're here. “We are at a com- thing else,” Adam tells us. “‘Circles’ was pressed with us then,” Adam tells us. “We
pletely different extreme now, where our the first song we wrote when Bill joined the have badgered them for years to try and get
sets are always practiced to as close to per- band, and we had several different us on various tours, so I think they were
fection as we can, but we still try and cap- recorded versions of it. When we sat writ- probably aware of us for a while. We spoke
ture a spontaneity in our performances. It ing the title track, it all seemed to come to- with Ian when we supported Heaven’s
keeps it fun for us, but we can ensure that gether really quick and painless, which Basement a couple of months ago. Due to
we are giving a consistent performance rarely happens with us. I just remember sit- delays, we had our set cut massively and
every time we get on stage!” ting in the practise room, feeling really had a load of sound problems, but I think
Liberty Lies released their first full- proud of what we had written. It has trans- he was impressed that we just got on with
length album titled 'Reflections' back in lated into one of our favorite songs to play it and tried to remain professional.” Adam
2013. It's packed with killer tracks such as live as well.” continues, “A good agent is essential for
'Someone Else' and title track 'Reflections'. So what changed between 'Reflections' any band that wants to be busy. We used to
“’Someone Else’, alongside ‘Reflections’, and 'Fracture'? “I don’t think we necessar- book our own shows and it was so tough,
were written as a story of a man who was ily feel reborn, we have just grown up a lot,” it was becoming harder and harder for us
just at his lowest point and just couldn’t says Adam. “It has only been a few years to tour. We are really excited about where
find his way in life. We based the song since we released our debut album, and lis- this deal could take us!”
around a few people we knew rather than tening to it back, we can all hear things that Outside of the band, Liberty Lies have
about ourselves, but I think it is definitely we wouldn’t do now. The band is a much personal goals that they want to achieve in
something that we have all been able to re- more professional outfit to what it was a 2015. We ask vocalist Shaun Richards if he
late to. I think we are all becoming more few years ago. ‘Fracture’ represents that. achieved his goal of passing his driving
comfortable as we get older and finding our We used a lot of wider influences in the test. “Yes! I have passed my driving test. I
LIBERTY LIES