{"id":767,"date":"2011-02-01T12:59:47","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T12:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=767"},"modified":"2011-07-20T13:51:22","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T13:51:22","slug":"white-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2011\/02\/01\/white-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"White Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How the indie stars kept their cool and found a thundering new sound on latest album <em>Ritual<\/em>. <!--more--><br \/>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-767 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2011\/07\/final_01_AS.jpg'><img width=\"345\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2011\/07\/final_01_AS-345x483.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2011\/07\/final_02_AS.jpg'><img width=\"345\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2011\/07\/final_02_AS-345x483.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2011\/07\/final_03_large_AS.jpg'><img width=\"345\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2011\/07\/final_03_large_AS-345x483.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a cold, dark night at the end of 2010 and White Lies are taking to the stage of east London boxing venue York Hall to showcase material from their highly anticipated second album, <em>Ritual<\/em>. Vocalist Harry McVeigh stands defiantly at the front of the stage, his deep, powerful voice booming through the majority of the record\u2019s ten tracks. The singer is flanked by band mates Jack Lawrence-Brown (on drums) and Charles Cave (bass) while above the stage a coat of arms displays the words \u201cFrom great things to greater.\u201d It\u2019s a motto that could easily describe White Lies themselves \u2013 it quickly becomes apparent that they have taken the grandeur and drama of their 2009 debut, <em>To Lose My Life<\/em>\u2026, and amplified it all to a near-biblical level for their second offering. While playing one of the new tracks, the walls of the venue shake with the bass from the guitars, McVeigh\u2019s vocals thunder over the music and the strobe lights behind the band blaze to a blinding level. It\u2019s pretty transcendental. <\/p>\n<p>When <em>Wonderland<\/em>  meets the band at a later date, we confess to having had something of a spiritual experience. McVeigh\u2019s dismissive: \u201cGod could probably hit five octaves. I can only do three.\u201d So then, despite a chart-topping debut, and overwhelmingly positive reviews for <em>Ritual<\/em>, the guys haven\u2019t let success go to their heads.<br \/>\n\u201cI just think we are very realistic people,\u201d offers Cave. \u201cWe\u2019re very aware that all this could just disappear and if it does we\u2019ll go and do something else with our lives. We don\u2019t have great plans for the future \u2013 we just work in the present and work hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White Lies formed in 2007, since when they\u2019ve supported A-list acts like Coldplay and Jay Z, but now they\u2019re playing their own shows, at major venues. For the new record, the band\u2019s drafted in legendary producer Alan Moulder, who has worked with everyone from Depeche Mode and Placebo to Nine Inch Nails and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and who\u2019s helped to beef up the White Lies sound into something richer, more mature, more layered. Lead single &#8220;Bigger Than Us,&#8221; with its reverby synths and chugging bassline is a prime example. <\/p>\n<p>This is all a far cry from a project that was intended as nothing more than a hobby for three friends to get involved in. \u201cWe never talked about wanting to be a famous, successful band,\u201d continues Cave. \u201cWe just enjoyed making music and got on with it. If we stopped enjoying it, we wouldn\u2019t do it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Accolades followed White Lies\u2019 debut: Q named them Best New Band, Mojo gave them their Breakthrough Award and they also picked up a Best Rock Band trophy from Eskra, a Polish magazine (White Lies have a huge Polish following). Cue: sex, drugs, rock &#038; roll? \u201cTo be quite honest,\u201d says Cave, \u201cI think we do experience the rock star lifestyle, but in 2011 it\u2019s fairly mundane. It\u2019s not very cool to be in a band anymore. From the 60s to the 80s girls were flinging themselves at musicians\u2026\u201d there is a pause while he thinks before concluding tactfully, \u201cit\u2019s not a very justifiable thing to be doing with your life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence-Brown has his own concerns: \u201cThere\u2019s quite a family vibe between us and all our crew,\u201d he says. \u201cIf any of us started doing anything too rock and roll either our crew would take the piss out of us or we would take the piss out of each other. We\u2019d feel a bit awkward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McVeigh simply can\u2019t be bothered. \u201cI don\u2019t even go out when I\u2019ve got time off. I\u2019m a really lazy person that way. I love going to the pub \u2013 that\u2019s one of my favourite places to be but I would never go to a club or anywhere loud. I might go to the odd gig, but that has been kind of ruined for me as we\u2019ve played so many it kind of takes the mystery away.\u201d<br \/>\nSuccess has given the band a golden ticket to some of the biggest events in showbiz, but despite sharing billing with big names and bumping into icons like Yoko Ono and ZZ Top, they\u2019re admirably cool about it all. However, they are not immune to being star struck. \u201cDave Grohl gave me a back rub!\u201d McVeigh says gleefully \u2013 apparently it was part of a plan by their tour manager to \u201cweird out\u201d the front man. \u201cIt didn\u2019t weird me out \u2013 it just made me very excited,\u201d McVeigh continues. \u201cI love Dave Grohl. He\u2019s one of the best drummers in the world and he\u2019s a really nice guy. 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