Coming from years in his long-running rowdy bar band Theodore, St. Louis songwriter/guitarist Justin Kinkel-Schuster met up with drummer/multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bryant in Pittsboro, Mississippi, and on a whim the duo recorded some of Kinkel-Schuster's spare compositions. Mere days later, Theodore disbanded, with most of the group re-forming into a new combo called Demonlover and Kinkel-Schuster relocating to Mississippi, where he and Bryant officially formed Water Liars. The off-the-cuff recordings the duo made were cleaned up somewhat and became their debut album, Phantom Limb, released in February of 2012. The band toured constantly throughout the next year and a sophomore album, Wyoming, saw release in early 2013. ~ Fred Thomas