Fools and Worthless Liars is the second album from English band Deaf Havana and the first since the departure of founding member Ryan Mellor.

As a result of the album's success, the band played at larger venues than they had previously and performed at Reading and Leeds Festivals.

Deaf Havana were originally a five-piece band, incorporating screaming vocals in their music, as demonstrated on their previous work Meet Me Halfway, at Least.

Shortly after the release of this album, vocalist and founding member Ryan Mellor left the band, citing personal reasons, leaving the group without a screamer.

[citation needed] A demo track, titled "My Life Is Average", showcasing their new, lighter sound, was uploaded to the band's Myspace page shortly after Ryan's departure.

On 20 May 2011, Deaf Havana uploaded a music video, directed by Jon Stone and featuring footage from Hit The Deck Festival, for the track "The World Or Nothing" to YouTube.

[citation needed] It was recorded at Regal House Studio in Cambridgeshire,[9] and produced by Lee Batiuk, with Chris Pennells and Lee Wilson involved in the recording process unlike the original release, after the band were inspired to experiment with their sound by performing at St Pancras International railway station as part of the Station Sessions.

Fools and Worthless Liars was Produced and Engineered by Matt O'Grady at his home studios in Woking Surrey, and mixed by John Mitchell.

Despite an 18-month struggle to write the album, the majority of Fools and Worthless Liars was written and demoed in a ten-day period at some point in 2010.

[14] Several earlier written songs played live prior to the album do not feature on the record, the most notable of which is the absence of intended first single "Smiles All Round".

Frontman James Veck-Gilodi has spoken at length about the themes of each song on the album, describing them as 'very personal and each is a small story that depicts a part of my life'.

[13] "I'm a Bore, Mostly" also deals with the topic of underachievement, with James explaining that the song is about 'the mundane daily routine I had when I was living in London.

[13] Norfolk is the home county of Deaf Havana and many of the songs on Fools and Worthless Liars focus on the members childhoods' in the area.

James has revealed that he is 'constantly battling with the fact that I'm constantly growing older' and how the pair 'wish we could go back to the days where... our biggest worry was whether our maths homework would be in on time'.

The song 'covers the way that lies eat away at my brain and cause me to almost lose my mind, yet I still keep making mistakes and bad decisions', according to James.

Ian Winwood, writing for Kerrang!, expressed some reservations about the 'generic' nature of some of the choruses, but also remarked that 'there are also moments when Fools and Worthless Liars is quite superb, and represents a stark stride forward for its creators'.

He agreed with many other critics that Fools and Worthless Liars was an opportunity for Deaf Havana to showcase their ability, but felt that 'the band appear dreary and fail to get out of second gear' on the album.

Prior to Slam Dunk Festival, an event which took place in May 2011, vocalist James Veck-Gilodi announced that the band were 'going to play four or five new songs this weekend'.

[24] Songs that would later feature on Fools and Worthless Liars were also played live at Hit The Deck Festival, in April 2011, and when the band supported Feeder and You Me at Six in February and October respectively.

On 6 November, the day before the album was due to be released, they played Fools and Worthless Liars in its entirety at the Barfly, a small venue in London, alongside an acoustic set.

We've spent the last year or so writing and recording the album and been lucky enough to have some amazing support shows... but to be able to go out and play songs from Fools and Worthless Liars and headline is going to be great'.

The following personnel contributed to Fools And Worthless Liars: Regular lead guitarist Chris Pennells and bassist Lee Wilson did not perform on the album due to work commitments.