Kaiser Chiefs’ Ricky Wilson has hit back at journalists who have slammed the band’s new album calling them “wrong” and “liars.”

The band’s second effort has received a damning response from many quarters, with Gigwise labeling it “the sound of a band hitting a creative brick wall.”

But Wilson is defiant in the face of adversity, saying that the band believe they have made “a great record.”

He told 6music: “I don’t want to sound big-headed, but anyone who says they don’t like the new album is just lying. It’s weird, we know it’s good.”

WilsoN went on to explain that the Kaisers were fully expecting some kind of back-lash and that they didn’t feel any pressure making the album.

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