My Cup" transitions over the course of its length from blues to skate metal, with two middle eight sections. "Rhythm & Blues Alibi" was written by Ball while attending university; Ottewell saw it as "taking the piss out of R&B music" and "the band and probably me, particularly!". Ball was playing guitar with a Zoom Sampletrak sampler, when Gray suggested using some of the parts from it as the song's bridge section. Gray described the song as being a dig at a lot of "landfill RnB in the late-90s, but we were also saying that we were dicks appropriating black culture". "California" is a slow-building song that incorporates droning, and switches to a boogie; throughout this, the song details escaping California. The song was while backstage during a show with Mojave 3 at the Troubadour in West Hollywood. The closing track, "Devil Will Ride", uses a vocoder and marching band horns, concluding with a Beatlesque fadeout. Ball said the song was known under the working title of "God's Big Spaceship". Release Gomez embarked on a tour of the US in April and May 1999, where they were supported by Mojave 3; they cancelled shows in Europe to focus on the US. On 20 June 1999, Liquid Skin was announced for release in three months' time. "Bring It On" was released as the lead single from the album on 28 June 1999. Two versions were released on CD: the first with "Dire Tribe" and "M57", while the second included "Chicken Bones" and "Step Inside". They then appeared at the Glastonbury, T in the Park and V Festivals over the next two months. "Rhythm & Blues Alibi" was released as a single on 30 August 1999. Two versions were released on CD: the first with "The Best in Town" and "So", while the second included a "pre-mellotron" version of "Rhythm & Blues Alibi", "ZYX", and a live version of "Tijuana Lady" (under the name "Tijuanalaska"). Liquid Skin was released through Hut Records on 13 September 1999; its US release occurred a week later. Coinciding with this, the band went on a tour of the US and then the UK in October and November 1999. "We Haven't Turned Around" was released as a single on 8 November 1999. Two versions were released on CD: the first with "Flight" and "Rosemary", while the second featured an "X-Ray" version of "We Haven't Turned Around", "Gomez