No Lies with Carolina Liar
This group reminds me of The Killers first CD. I didn't care for their second one. Every track on this CD is worthy of a listen and I didn't reach for the skip button once on my iPod. This is rare. In today's "marketing gimmick" rich music industry, this group's music just comes across as fresh and "genuine". Something that is hard to find. This isn't a product where you feel like you paid all that money for one good song that you leave on repeat. At some points during the musical journey, you almost feel like you are back in the 80's, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. The vocals aren't quite strong enough to deserve 5 stars. But 5 stars aren't easily given. I am happy to have found this diamond in the rough.

Liar No, Not ready for prime time?-Yes
I bought this CD because of a recommendation by written published review.
Many times when I first play a new CD, I find that I don't quite like it or "Get it" and must listen to it a couple of more times before it flows for me. So I kept trying and trying and just when I thought, "well this one's not too bad", I would begin to realize that I was trying even more than normal to like it or get it or to understand it. I just could not connect. Portions of most songs were out of key at times and the very production seemed to scream low budget.

Holy COW People - this is the REAL DEAL!
Wake up People! Maybe a hint of British Rock, a hint of 80's synth pop rock, w/ an alternative twist of lime, the REAL DEAL! Freshest sounding CD I have heard in a LONG time. Ever get pissed because you buy a CD with one, maybe two good songs? EVERY SONG is killer here! Buy it, download it, whatever - get it!

Short changed?
This was a nice surprise discovered on my iTunes recommendations list, however, Amazon has left off the last 3 songs of the album!!! Why do they play these games with us?

There's Something Happening Here...
...what it is ain't exactly clear.

True enough, Stephen Stills.

But this album makes one thing VERY clear:

Carolina Liar commands our attention.

The musical essence of the album is anthem rock, but it's hardly a "back in the 80's tonight" anachronism. From the opening acoustical guitar riff of "I'm Not Over," which explodes into the choral pronouncement, "I'm not over, I'm not over you just yet," through the extraordinary rock-gospel hybrid "Show Me What I'm Looking For," ("Save me, I'm lost. Oh Lord, I've been waiting for you. I'll pay any cost. Save me from being confused. Show me what I'm looking for, show me what I'm looking for, oh, Lord." A prayerful lyric driven by an addictive hook which I, a recently divorced man, find empowering) through the concluding love-and-devotion anthem "When You are Near" ("When you are near me, when you are here, I see all that I'm made of, and all that I am. When you are near.") this album, while drawing on past forms, remains contemporary and wonderfully inspirational.

Speaking of inspiration, good music can certainly serve as a carrier. You can be up and down, over and out, and knowing not one thing, when almost miraculously one of today's media sources (in this case an online music service) will direct you toward a previously unknown artist whose music finds your core.

Suddenly, here's this stranger, pouring his artistic passion through your speakers, enriching you, and applying a balm to your wounds.

He is the creator, hoping his music will matter; you are the listener, confirming it does. Together you are a team on a mission.

Once you embrace the sound, once your attention is fully engaged, you are able to listen more closely to what is being communicated (they're called "lyrics") and suddenly your troubles are confronted and made manageable. Your heart seems to lose 15 pounds; the hollow ache dissipates. Long deceased dance moves are suddenly resurrected, emerging passionately from the tomb of forgotten memory to find expression in a competent-but-still-needs-work tribal explosion around the computer room. (Both cats, all attitude when terrorizing smaller creatures, cowardly skulk away, seeking any available cover.) You, however, continue to celebrate your sudden lack of inhibition for the most basic reason: You're having fun!

Reviewers have expressed wonder that Chad has been safely swept to shore by a wave of popular acceptance after years spent sailing on the frustrating Sea of Obscurity.

It has been written that suffering creates perseverance, and perseverance produces character, and character looks always toward hope.

I have a feeling Chad went through much suffering and developed a great deal of character-building perseverance before "Carolina Liar" became a reality, a reality undoubtedly founded upon HIS hope.

Now that Chad Wolf and "Carolina Liar" have arrived, OUR hope is simple:

Stay with us for awhile.