The Lying Game

White Lies
From: Ealing, London, England
Genre: Alternative rock / Post-punk revival / Indie rock

Formerly known as Fear of Flying, Ealing glum rockers White Lies are already on their way to mega stardom having featured in multiple "ones to watch" polls at the turn of this year, including the BBC's Sound of 2009 poll and the 2009 BRITs Critics' Choice Award. They were also the first British act of 2009 to achieve a number one album with 'To Lose My Life'.

The bands moody melancholic musical style has clearly proved a hit eliciting comparisons with Joy Division, Editors and Interpol, and with songs with uplifting titles like 'Death' it's hardly surprising! However all I can hear is the Teardrop Explodes. Lead singer Harry McVeigh's voice sound so like Julian Cope's it's uncanny, he'd be a shoe in for stars in your eyes as JC!

While White Lies knock spots off most of the current crop of 'indie' bands and their influences sound like a trawl through my record collection their sound is just a little too well produced, a little too clinical, clean and manufactured a little too glossy. This is a common problem with a lot of music today (and I know that makes me sound like your grandad!) which takes it's inspiration from the greats of the past and then produces the life out of it. Music is better raw with the rough edges left in. So if White Lies could scuff it up a little, tone down the sheen and lock the producer in the toilet on their next album then their ascension to rock immortality is assured.

Go Try

MP3 - White Lies - Only Ones Who Know (Arctic Monkeys Cover)
MP3 - White Lies - Nothing Is Forever
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White Lies - Myspace // Website

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White Lies
Farewell To The Fairground