The band worked with Tim Simenon aka Bomb The Bass resulting in the release of the Clear Cut-EP on Morr Music. Lali Puna did some remix work with Two Lone Swordsmen and Lowfish as well. Being the great live act they are, Lali Puna played in places as distant as Bratislava, San Francisco, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Barcelona’s Sonar festival. Most of 2001 was spent working on their second album, which finally appeared as Scary World Theory in September of that same year. Artistically as well as commercially, this album was even more successful than its predecessor. They also released a remix-7-inch for Morr Music’s „a number of small things“-label and they have been touring Germany and Europe extensively at the end of 2001. In the fall of 2002 Lali Puna went on their first US-tour and shared a van with Morr Music label mates and friends Styrofoam and Opiate.
A few months later Florian Zimmer left Lali Puna in order to focus on his main project Iso68. The new keyboarder is named Christian Heiß. In the summer of 2003, Lali Puna released their Left Handed-EP on Morr Music, which displayed a significant musical progression as Lali Puna started using electric, distorted guitars which could not be heard on earlier releases. This helped shaping a yet more diverse and dynamic sound without neglecting Lali Puna’s past regarding their fragile and beautiful electronic compositions. All the way through 2003 Valerie Trebeljahr and Markus Acher have been busy writing new material for their third full-length album, which was recorded at the Uphon Studios and eventually has been mastered at famous Abbey Road Studios in London in December 2003. Faking The Books, as it is called, will be released in April 2004 on Morr Music, followed by an extensive European tour. Plans for the future include a remix 12-inch featuring some of Lali Puna’s most favourite artists as well as their second North America tour in fall 2004.
The story of Lali Puna is inextricably linked to that of the Morr Music label itself. The band's classic Tridecoder album was the second ever release on the imprint back in 1999 and set a new template for electronic rock music that's remained in place ever since. In parallel, Morr and Lali Puna have evolved from humble, experimental beginnings before eventually coming to represent the vanguard of modern pop.
Fronted by singer and keyboard player Valerie Trebeljahr, Lali Puna's line-up is completed by drummer Christoph Brandner (also of Tied & Tickled Trio), keyboard player Christian Heiß and Markus Acher - an artist already highly regarded for his work as part of The Notwist. Over a decade of recording together this band have continued to grow in strength, confidence and studio expertise, cuing up a triumphant return to full operational capability on Our Inventions. The album's title was in place early on, helping inspire the sonic template for what's surely Lali Puna's most sophisticated and emphatically electronic collection of work to date. More than ever these songs place the group at the cutting edge of their art, facing up to the onset of an abstract, digitised future whilst retaining a timeless sense of musical ingenuity and endeavour.
It took fellow Weilheim luminaries The Notwist until their sixth album to finally reach worldwide recognition, breaking through with 2002's Neon Golden. Now, with Our Inventions, Lali Puna seem poised to crossover in a similarly incendiary fashion. In an age when the very notion of an album seems like an outmoded conceit, Lali Puna are a band that both demand and amply reward the investment of their audience over a full-length narrative. Our Inventions is a defiantly complete listening experience - one that exudes craftsmanship and captures the band at the peak of their powers as songwriters.
December 2009
Faking The Books
Lali Puna Lyrics
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And now we try to forge ourselves
We've been done before
And now we try to forge ourselves
I'll be true again
But until then I fake the books
'Cause everybody knows
This ain't heaven
Until everybody knows
We've been wrong before
There is a lot that we survived
We've been wrong before
There is a lot that we survived
I'll be true again
But until then I fake the books
'Cause everybody knows
This ain't heaven
Until everybody knows
The song Faking The Books by Lali Puna is a contemplative number that deals with themes of deception, self-examination, and rebuilding of one's own identity. The repeated refrain of "We've been done before, And now we try to forge ourselves", speaks to the fact that the person singing the song has been through difficult times before, and is using that experience to rebuild themselves. The line "I'll be true again, But until then I fake the books" is particularly insightful, as it speaks to the idea of "fake it till you make it". The person recognizes that they are not where they want to be yet, that they are not being true to themselves yet, but they are working towards it. They are faking it until they can truly be themselves.
The line "This ain't heaven, Until everybody knows" is another important line in the song. It speaks to the fact that true happiness is not achieved until others know the real you, until you are truly being yourself. The idea that you can only be truly happy when you are honest with yourself and the world around you is a powerful one, and this song speaks to it effectively.
Overall, Faking the Books is a song that speaks to the struggles that we all face in rebuilding ourselves after difficult times. It acknowledges that it takes time and effort to truly be true to yourself, but that it is necessary to be truly happy. It is a poignant reminder that even though we may have been "done before", we can still forge a new path for ourselves and find success and happiness.
Line by Line Meaning
We've been done before
We have experienced failure before in our lives.
And now we try to forge ourselves
We are attempting to shape and create a better version of ourselves after our past failures.
I'll be true again
I will be honest and genuine in my actions and behavior once more.
But until then I fake the books
However, until I can truly be honest, I will pretend that everything is okay.
'Cause everybody knows
Because everyone is aware that things are not perfect and there is still work to be done.
This ain't heaven
This is not a perfect or ideal situation.
Until everybody knows
Until everyone acknowledges and accepts the shortcomings and imperfections in our lives.
We've been wrong before
We have made mistakes in the past.
There is a lot that we survived
Despite our mistakes, we have persevered through difficult times.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: MARKUS ACHER, VALERIE TREBELJAHR
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