Without doubt Water Liars are one of our favourite discoveries of the past few years, and they provided no less than three tunes in our Top 100 tracks of 2013 – the most by any one artist, whilst Wyoming was near the very top of our album lists.

So it is fair to say that their new self-titled album, due on February 4th is one of our most anticipated of the year. The first taste comes with single I Want Blood, another absolutely top-notch track that sets its stall out within the first few bars “Come a long, long way from nowhere” before it struts and rolls defiantly through to its conclusion over three perfect minutes.

“My sisters were the heavens / My brothers were the depths / Now I’m rolling into battle with a smoke between my lips…”

You can pre-order from Fat Possum records here.