White lies

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White lies
White Lies at Reading Festival (2008)
White Lies at Reading Festival (2008)
General information
Genre (s) Indie rock , post punk
founding 2007
Website whitelies.com
Founding members
Harry McVeigh
Charles Cave
Jack Lawrence-Brown

The White Lies is an English alternative rock - band from the London Borough of Ealing . They are included in the post-punk revival.

history

Two of the members, Charles Cave and Jack Lawrence-Brown, knew each other from school, and later they formed the band Fear of Flying with Harry McVeigh . After finishing school, the “weekend project” turned into a serious music career. They underlined their new ambitions with the new band name White Lies .

At the beginning of 2008 they had their first appearance together, which immediately attracted the interest of record labels and ultimately a record deal. At the end of May, they appeared on the renowned TV show Later with Jools Holland . Festival appearances and several tours of Great Britain and some US appearances followed.

The first single was released at the end of September 2008, the title Death , which brought them their first chart placement. In the BBC's Sound of 2009 forecast , the White Lies landed at number 2. The band's debut album To Lose My Life was released in January 2009 and immediately rose to number 1 on the UK charts.

The song Embrace was created through a collaboration with Chase & Status in 2011 .

On January 28, 2011 her new album Ritual was released in Germany. Bigger Than Us was released as the first single .

The third studio album, Big TV , was released on August 12, 2013. Like the first album, Big TV was also produced by Ed Buller. The album was mixed by Spike Stent, who has also edited records by Madonna , Oasis , Björk and Coldplay .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2009 To Lose My Life DE50 (4 weeks)
DE 		AT57 (3 weeks)
AT 		CH73 (6 weeks)
CH 		UK1
gold
gold

(28 weeks)UK 		US146 (1 week)
US
2011 ritual DE10 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT21 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH15 (6 weeks)
CH 		UK3
silver
silver

(5 weeks)UK 		US95 (1 week)
US
2013 Big TV DE19 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT23 (1 week)
AT 		CH3 (3 weeks)
CH 		UK4 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
2016 Friends DE40 (1 week)
DE 		AT59 (1 week)
AT 		CH50 (1 week)
CH 		UK11 (1 week)
UK 		-
2019 Five DE18 (1 week)
DE 		AT30 (1 week)
AT 		CH15 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK14 (1 week)
UK 		-

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
AT AT UK UK
2008 Death
To Lose My Life 		- UK52 (1 week)
UK
2009 To Lose My Life
To Lose My Life 		- UK34 (4 weeks)
UK
Farewell to the Fairground
To Lose My Life 		- UK33 (8 weeks)
UK
2010 Bigger Than Us
ritual 		AT46 (1 week)
AT 		UK42 (4 weeks)
UK

More singles

  • 2008: Unfinished Business
  • 2011: Strangers
  • 2011: The Power and the Glory
  • 2013: There Goes Our Love Again
  • 2013: First Time Caller
  • 2016: Take It Out on Me
  • 2019: Tokyo

Web links

swell

  1. ↑ BBC Sound of 2009
  2. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  3. ↑ Interview on Big TV (bonedo.de)
  4. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK