Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster lived in St. Louis at the time and was playing with a band called Theodore.
A year later, on March 5, 2013, Water Liars released their sophomore effort, Wyoming, on Big Legal Mess, an independent label in Oxford, Mississippi, with affiliations to Fat Possum Records.
According to Paste magazine, "The self-titled release maintains the band's raw aesthetic, emphasizing their evolution since Wyoming without feeling over-produced or manufactured.
Finding art in contradiction, Water Liars combines violent, vivid lyrics with sentimental undertones, making for a rough yet deeply moving collection of songs that not only make for great listening, but incite a kind of curiosity in the listener that can only be attributed to this multi-dimentional lyricism.
"[10] The band's "lost album" was released on July 3, 2020 on Kinkel-Schuster's newly launched record label Constant Stranger.
Originally recorded in 2015 with Matt Pence at Echo Lab in Argyle, Texas, the 10-track album was never released due to a series of mishaps, including their label collapsing.
[11] “Roll On” was produced and recorded as a platform to launch the band towards more commercial success, while staying true to their style and songwriting traditions.
[12] Matt Ruppert, writing for These Subtle Sounds, describes the album as "a rock and roll record, writ large and as thunderous as a lightning-bright hailstorm, alternating between crashing and calm.
[1] They are also influenced by many Southern writers, including Barry Hannah, Frank Stanford, and Flannery O'Conner.