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White Lies

ARTIST · POST-PUNK / INDIE

White Lies

Baritone gravity over motorik lift—every chorus aims for ceiling plaster cracks.

  • Post-punk revival
  • Indie rock

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Biography

To Lose My Life… debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart in late indie boom.

Death and Bigger Than Us balanced gothic lyric titles with FM-read hooks.

Later albums widened electronics without abandoning rhythm-section drive.

High-bitrate streams separate bass DI thump, synth brass, and dual vocal air.

White Lies grew out of the band Fear of Flying in Ealing. Harry McVeigh, Charles Cave, and Jack Brown formed the trio. To Lose My Life… (2009) went to number one in the UK with Death, Farewell to the Fairground, and To Lose My Life.

Ritual (2011), Big TV (2013), Friends (2016), Five (2019), and As I Try Not to Fall Apart (2022) followed. Their dark, synth-heavy sound has been compared to Joy Division and Echo & the Bunnymen.

Interesting facts about White Lies

  • 01 English indie rock band formed in Ealing, London in 2007.
  • 02 To Lose My Life… (2009) reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.
  • 03 Death (2009) became a top-five UK single during the post-punk revival wave.
  • 04 Grew out of the band Fear of Flying.
  • 05 As I Try Not to Fall Apart was released in 2022.

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