With their forthcoming sixth album, As I Try Not To Fall Apart due this Friday (18th February) on PIAS, White Lies have shared new album cut, “Blue Drift” and announce a limited edition gold cassette album format, limited to 300 copies and only available via the band’s store (order here).
The band’s Charles Cave says of “Blue Drift“: “Dare I say it this is another tip-toe into a more progressive-rock realm. The song feels very much a nighttime drive to me, winding empty roads, foreign air creeping in through the window. It’s a song about being humbled by the mind’s ability to lift us up and bring us down. It’s grand, full of longing and bombast, but there is an uneasiness to it too. It never quite resolves. This is going to be HUGE when we play it live!” Listen below…
As I Try Not To Fall Apart was recorded at Sleeper Sounds and Assault & Battery studios in West London, and sees long-term collaborator Ed Buller, who has worked on many of their albums including their debut To Lose My Life…, return to produce several tracks along with Claudius Mittendorfer (Weezer, Panic! At The Disco) also producing and mixing the entire record.
The album can be pre-ordered HERE
Watch the videos for previous singles “Am I Really Going To Die“, “As I Try Not To Fall Apart” and “I Don’t Want To Go To Mars“.
Arguably one of the biggest guitar bands in the UK, White Lies last album, Five, garnered much acclaim in 2019 with a SOLD OUT UK tour including multiple Brixton Academy shows.
Having also released Ritual in 2011, BIG TV in 2013 and Friends in 2016, the past decade has also seen the band establish themselves globally with sold out tours in Europe and beyond.
The band will embark on an extensive UK/EU tour next month, including a newly added date at Gloucester Guildhall. The full list is as follows:
09.03.22 – GLOUCESTER – Guildhall
10.03.22 – NOTTINGHAM – Rock City
11.03.22 – MANCHESTER – Academy
12.03.22 – NEWCASTLE – Boiler Shop
13.03.22 – BIRMINGHAM – Institute
15.03.22 – GLASGOW – SWG3 TV Studio
16.03.22 – LEEDS – Stylus
18.03.22 – BRIGHTON – Chalk
19.03.22 – BRISTOL – Academy
21.03.22 – DUBLIN – Vicar Street
22.03.22 – LIVERPOOL – Grand Central Hall
24.03.22 – NORWICH – UEA
25.03.22 – OXFORD – Academy
26.03.22 – LONDON – Hammersmith Apollo
07.04.22 – PARIS – Le Trabendo
08.04.22 – GHENT – Vooruit
09.04.22 – ANTWERP – Trix
10.04.22 – COLOGNE – Bürgerhaus Stollwerck
12.04.22 – FRANKFURT – Batschkapp
13.04.22 – KARLSRUHE – Substage
14.04.22 – BOCHUM – Zeche
17.04.22 – AMSTERDAM – Paradiso
18.04.22 – GRONINGEN – De Oosterpoort
20.04.22 – ROTTERDAM – Maasilo
21.04.22 – MAASTRICHT – Muziekgieterij
23.04.22 – HAMBURG – Uebel & Gefährlich
24.04.22 – AARHUS – Train
25.04.22 – STOCKHOLM – Berns
27.04.22 – HELSINKI – Helsinki Hall Of Culture
29.04.22 – GOTHENBURG – Pustervik
30.04.22 – COPENHAGEN – Vega
02.05.22 – BERLIN – Metropol
03.05.22 – LEIPZIG – Täubchenthal
04.05.22 – WARSAW – Progresja
05.05.22 – PRAGUE – Lucerna
07.05.22 – VIENNA – Ottakringer Brauerei
08.05.22 – MUNICH – Neue Theaterfabrik
10.05.22 – MILAN – Magazzini Generali
11.05.22 – ROME – Orion
13.05.22 – BARCELONA – Sala Apolo
15.05.22 – SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA – Sala Capitol
16.05.22 – LISBON – LAV
17.05.22 – PORTO – Hard Club
18.05.22 – MADRID – Sala Mon Live
20.05.22 – BORDEAUX – Krakatoa
21.05.22 – RENNES – Antipode
22.05.22 – TOURCOING – Le Grand Mix
24.05.22 – ENSCHEDE – Metropool
25.05.22 – EINDHOVEN – Effenaar
26.05.22 – LUXEMBOURG – Den Atelier
Scottish newcomers VLURE provide support on all UK dates.
Tickets for all shows are on sale now via www.whitelies.com/live
White Lies are: Harry McVeigh (vocals / guitar), Charles Cave (bass) & Jack Lawrence-Brown (drums).
