Thalia Zedek

Sat., June 14, 9 p.m., $10, with Major Stars and Neighbors on the Moon, Khyber, 56 S. Second St., 215-238-5888, thekhyber.com.

by Sam Adams

rock/pop

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Thalia Zedek has spent most of her solo career raging against her demons, but her new solo album, Liars and Prayers, turns that anger back on the outside world, particularly the lame-duck leaders who have lied and prayed the country into a death spiral. "Don't talk to me," she howls on "Begin to Exhume." "I can't believe anything." Shot through with public and private disillusionment, Liars approaches the noisy fury of Zedek's work with the Boston quartet Come, returning bassist Winston Smith to the fold, while retaining the mournful piano and keening violin of her previous solo records. Zedek's raspy slur is the voice of one who's been to the dark side and come back, beaten but alive. It's not a journey you'd want to repeat, but you can't tear yourself away as she tells the tale.

Sat., June 14, 9 p.m., $10, with Major Stars and Neighbors on the Moon, Khyber, 56 S. Second St., 215-238-5888, thekhyber.com.