Leading UK music journalist Mick Mercer proclaimed the band his discovery of 2007 (with both albums sitting in his subsequent annual top ten lists), Blaine L. Reininger of genre-transcending legends Tuxedomoon collaborated on their second album, Don Letts spun tracks on BBC6, and Brett Anderson (Suede) asked CWNN to open for him at the launch of his album ‘Slow Attack’.
Having provided the music for two blacker than black comedies at the Edinburgh Festival (‘Moz and the Meal’ and ‘Bored Stiff’), it’s fitting that Cult With No Name then turned their attention to cinema for their first DVD release, ‘Lightwerx: The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari’. Cult With No Name’s compulsive and compelling soundtrack extends their ability to instantly create evocative moods over 51 breathtaking minutes, on a journey that takes in mystical ambience, nerve-shredding distortion, popular and unpopular song, electronica, and vast, futurist soundscapes.
In the fall of 2010, CWNN returned with their 4th studio album, ‘Adrenalin’. From the haunting piano-led croon of ‘This time (or any other)’, to the grandiose choral washes of ‘Make a list!’, to the thundering faux-discaux of ‘The All Dead Burlesque Show’, ‘Adrenalin’ is simply a breathtakingly original song cycle. Building on their considerable achievements to date, and deftly hinting at everyone from Scott Walker to Sparks to Tuxedomoon (sometimes across a single song), CWNN have presented an album that’s as much of interest for its lyrical wordplay as its musical dexterity.
'Above as Below', Cult With No Name's fifth album, was released in January 2012. For the first time, it saw the band collaborate with a number of outside artists. Kelli Ali (ex-Sneaker Pimps) contributed extensively, including co-writing the song 'Shake Hands with the Devil'. Other contributors included Bruce Geduldig and Luc van Lieshout of Tuxedomoon, ex-Stranglers and Peter Gabriel guitarist John Ellis and Meg Maryatt of 17 Pygmies. The cover art and packaging for the album was designed by David Bowie and Damien Hirst collaborator Jonathan Barnbrook and manufactured using a letterpress. Dance music icon Mark Moore (S'Express) described the album as possessing 'such warmth, such style, such bliss'.
2012 also saw CWNN contribute the opening track to a remix album from the legendary German band S.Y.P.H., which features ex-Captain Beefheart guitarist Gary Lucas and Rambo Amadeus, amongst others. In early 2013, Kelli Ali released her fifth solo album 'Band of Angels', which saw the band co-write and perform on two songs including the epic 'Eternity'. The band's sixth album, 'Another Landing', was released in April 2014 on the band's own CWNN Music label. The album again saw the band collaborate with Tuxedomoon members Blaine L. Reininger, Bruce Geduldig and Luc van Lieshout, Kelli Ali and John Ellis, as well as Japanese electronica artist Coppe'.
CWNN's music has been compared to Roxy Music, Tuxedomoon, the Pet Shop Boys, Colin Newman, The Nits, David Sylvian, early Elton John and Scott Walker, amongst others. They have supported the likes of ex-ZTT artist Anne Pigalle, Lene Lovich, Anne Clark and Client. The band were nominated for the UK's Exposure Music Awards in 2011.
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Lies-All-Lies-All-Lies
Cult With No Name Lyrics
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Ten years from now, and what we'll have found is certainty
We won't need to think, all done with a blink of an eye
No need for cars, we'll have reached for the stars for an eternity
I predict, they predicted
I predict, they predicted
And they're lies-all-lies-all-lies
Lies-all-lies-all-lies
And they're lies-all-lies-all-lies
Lies-all-lies-all-lies
Ten years from now, and what we'll have found won't be complete
They said it'd be done, but time's ticking on again
So, here's a device at some stupid price for you and me
I predict, they predicted
I predict, they predicted
And they're lies-all-lies-all-lies
Lies-all-lies-all-lies
And they're lies-all-lies-all-lies
Lies-all-lies-all-lies
And they're lies-all-lies-all-lies
The lyrics to Cult With No Name's song "Lies-All-Lies-All-Lies" speak to the theme of deception and false promises. In the first verse, the lyrics suggest that in ten years' time, humanity will have discovered certainty, eliminating the need for thought. This may be seen as a metaphorical representation of a society seeking easy answers and relying on technology or external sources to provide them. The reference to reaching for the stars might symbolize the pursuit of grandiose dreams and ambitions, but ultimately being trapped in an eternal cycle of unfulfilled promises.
The repetition of "I predict, they predicted" in the chorus emphasizes the idea that these false claims and lies have been foreseen by those in power. It suggests a cynical perspective that those in authority often make empty promises and manipulate the truth for their own agenda.
The second verse continues the theme of unmet expectations. Despite the initial claim that in ten years, something significant would be achieved, the reality is that it remains incomplete. The mention of a device being sold at a high price implies that people are being exploited or fooled into believing in the false progress that is being touted.
Overall, "Lies-All-Lies-All-Lies" highlights the notion of disillusionment with systems of power and the constant stream of misinformation that individuals encounter in society.
Line by Line Meaning
Ten years from now, and what we'll have found is certainty
In the future, we will supposedly have all the answers and absolute certainty.
We won't need to think, all done with a blink of an eye
Our thinking and decision-making will become effortless and instantaneous.
No need for cars, we'll have reached for the stars for an eternity
Cars will become obsolete as we achieve unimaginable progress and explore the cosmos indefinitely.
I predict, they predicted
I am making a prediction which aligns with what others have forecasted.
And they're lies-all-lies-all-lies
However, all these promises and predictions are nothing but falsehoods and deceptions.
Ten years from now, and what we'll have found won't be complete
Despite the anticipated progress, what we discover in the future will still be lacking or unfinished.
They said it'd be done, but time's ticking on again
The authorities or experts claimed that everything would be accomplished, but time continues to pass without fulfilling those promises.
So, here's a device at some stupid price for you and me
Instead, they offer us a new overpriced gadget that serves as a distraction or consolation.
And they're lies-all-lies-all-lies
Once again, the claims made by those in power are all deceitful lies.
Writer(s): Erik Stein, Jonathan Boux
Contributed by Samuel S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@aengusappleseed3325
Perfect gold.
@CultWithNoName
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@georgeionita9690
nice !