1. Everybody Loves You When You're Dead
2. Mind Pollution
3. Refugee
4. I Belong To Yesterday
5. Paper Heart
6. Get It On
7. Enemy In Me
8. Better Off Alone
9. I Don't Care
10. The Art Of Telling Lies

It took the boys 3 years after Lit Up/Let Down to produce The Art Of Telling Lies. Their line-up remained the same for these recording sessions.

It does appear that a few lessons were learned in the time between their debut and sophomore album:

The Art Of Telling Lies kicks off with Everybody Loves You When You're Dead, showing the influence of the L.A. streets in a great opener.

Following up with nothing but kick-ass songs, the missing next step I mentioned before was definitely taken, and then some...

Mind Pollution proves, to me at least, that the glam revival across the ocean is not necessarily a bad thing to pick up on.
Energy bursts in the verses, anticlimaxing just to build up again, shout-along choruses and angrier playing styles remind of Papa Roach's new style as well as Mötley's reunion work.

This is surely not a band for technique-lovers, but will please anyone who picks up on a flowing groove. This probably leaves a lot of Scandinavian fans wondering, but works perfectly for me.

When recapping the entirety of the disc, you have an improved band and sound with a long road in front of them (and plenty of doors to kick in).

What keeps me from just upping the score from 7 to 8, is Enemy In Me. Every album needs a hit single, and this is the one for sure.
It's not an ear-catcher per se, but when you have a second (and third, and fourth) listen, this songs grows on you for oh so many reasons: the signature lick, the dirtiest vocals heard so far, the tension, ...

I don't feel too comfortable placing them on a higher level than the likes of Crashdiet, but the latter have a few years on Vains Of Jenna so I'm not going to mind that.

8.5/10, not an easy listener but deserving some extra attention nonetheless. To all fans that love bands with "that certain something special", go for it!