White Lies announce new album and UK tour

White Lies announce new album and UK tour

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White Lies announce new album and UK tour
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After three consecutive Top 5 albums, White Lies can now announce that they will release their fourth album ‘Friends’ on October 7th. The first release under a new deal with BMG, ‘Friends’ follows their #1 debut album ‘To Lose My Life…’ (2009) as well as ‘Ritual’ (#3, 2011) and ‘Big TV’ (#4,2013).

With ‘Friends’, White Lies haven’t so much abandoned their trademark synth-rock sound as given it a spring clean by exploring new sounds. For many reasons, it felt like a fresh start. The trio were temporarily without a label after a bout of record company reorganisation. Rather than re-sign straight away, they decided to start ‘Friends’ under their own steam without the pressure of a deadline or a budget, or even the guidance of a producer.

Whatever sound each song suggested, White Lies went with it. Hence, when ‘Hold Back Your Love’ and ‘Is My Love Enough’ sparkled with disco grooves, they embraced it. When the beautiful ballad ‘Don’t Fall’ jettisoned their signature sound entirely, leaving only frontman Harry McVeigh’ssumptuous, sonorous vocals to connect it to White Lies of old, they stuck with it. Similarly, when the triumphant ‘Summer Didn’t Change A Thing’harked back to the arena-ready rock of their debut, they didn’t mind.

The changing nature of relationships is a recurring theme throughout the album.

In the past couple of years, we’ve noticed friends’ life situations causing them to make big decisions – marriages, kids, moving out of London,” says bassist and lyricist Charles Cave. “Friendships have begun to feel adult and our perception of time has changed. As kids, if you didn’t see a mate for a fortnight, you’d wonder what was wrong. Now you might not see someone for six months and it doesn’t matter.”

‘Friends’ has been launched with the brand new single ‘Take It Out On Me’ which is available now and impacts on August 12th. It’s a track which started as an experiment in which Cave aimed to write a chorus using just numbers.

“Right up until we recorded the song it was called 89-1-3,” he says. “It was inspired by a lunatic on Instagram who kept commenting on a friend’s photos in pseudo Biblical verse. From his profile I discovered he lived in a remote cabin with a rough-looking dog. He posted weird videos in which he quoted random numbers. As a challenge, I turned them in to a song. The only problem was that it went so well everyone said it should be the first single, so I relented and gave the chorus real lyrics.”

 

‘Friends’ was recorded in Bryan Ferry’s private studio in London’s Olympia and was self-produced by the band. White Lies enlisted the help of an expert team including Grammy Award-winning engineer James Brown (Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys), David Wrench (Caribou, FKA twigs) on mixing duties and long-term collaborator Ed Buller who contributed additional production.

The ten-track album will be released on CD, vinyl, picture disc, digital download and streaming formats, as well as a special box set edition which will include a cassette and four exclusive bonus tracks. Pre-orders are now open at all retailers including White Lies’ official store, iTunes andAmazon where ‘Take It Out On Me’ is available as an immediate download.

White Lies – completed by drummer Jack Brown – can also announce details of an extensive UK and European tour which stretches from lateSeptember through to the start of December. It includes a major homecoming show at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on November 22nd.

The band’s full tour schedule is:

September

28th – Turkey, Istanbul, Babylon

30th – Greece, Thessaloniki, Principal Club Theatre

October

1st – Greece, Athens, Iera Odos

13th – Netherlands, Amsterdam, Paradiso

14th – Netherlands, Nijmegen, Doornroosje

15th – France, Paris, Trabendo

17th – Luxembourg, Atelier

18th – Belgium, Brussels, AB

21st – Germany, Frankfurt, Gibson

22nd – Germany, Osnabruck, Rosenhof

23rd – Germany, Cologne, Kantine

25th – Denmark, Copenhagen, Vega

26th – Sweden, Stockholm, Debaser

27th – Norway, Oslo, Rockefeller

29th – Denmark, Aarhus, Train

30th – Germany, Hamburg, U&G

31st – Germany, Berlin, Huxleys

 

November

2nd – Poland, Gdansk, Stary Manez

3rd – Poland, Warsaw, Progesja

4th – Czech Republic, Prague, Lucerna Music Hall

5th – Austria, Vienna, Ottakringer Brauerei

8th – Croatia, Zagreb, Tvornika Kulture

9th – Germany, Munich, Fabrik

10th – Switzerland, Zurich, Kauflauten

11th – Switzerland, Lausanne, Metropop Festival

13th – Italy, Rome, Orion

14th – Italy, Milan, Fabrique

16th – Spain, Barcelona, Razzmatazz

17th – Spain, Madrid, Arena

18th – Portugal, Lisbon, CCB

22nd – UK, London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire*

24th – UK, Nottingham, Rock City

25th – UK, Manchester, Albert Hall

26th – UK, Liverpool, Arts Club*

27th – UK, Glasgow, O2 ABC*

29th – UK, Birmingham, O2 Institute*

30th – UK, Leeds, Stylus

December

1st – UK, Bristol, O2 Academy*

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