White Lies tease their new album “Five”
- by Roger Rodríguez
- in Reviews
White Lies, the post-punk English band, known for the successful “To Lose my Life” record, and their follow-up “Ritual.”, have very recently released a new single for their upcoming album “Five”, expected to be released on February, 2019.
The single is the third one released from this upcoming record, and is titled “Finish Line”, released on the 4th of December, 2018. It features an acoustic guitar intro, vocals with a subtle reverb, which is more noticeable through the end of the song, and a powerful bass guitar with the characteristic tone that fans have become accustomed to.
The first single released called “Time to Give”, a very electronic piece which features the brilliant mid-range delivery of singer Harry McVeigh, and a very long build-up to a climax with higher vocals. We can also find a very electronic, yet oddly organic collection of synthesizers, and some time-signature experimentation, which we hadn’t gotten from White Lies before.
The Second single called “Believe It”, has a very classical song structure, and the vocals are on point, but not very flashy. The intricacies of the song can be found in the bass licks, and in the particular choice of synth sounds that we find in the middle of the song. Definitely, Believe It is a much more traditional White Lies sound, but still carries on the electronic aesthetic that we can find in the previous singles.
These three vastly different songs point to a very experimental White Lies record, which we have received only in limited quantities, with innovation in sounds and prominent basslines, but never in the form of new song-structures or odd time-signatures. Indie fans do love a bit of weirdness, and if the whole record is as great as the singles released, success is very likely among the fans of the English aggrupation.
The album “Five” has not gotten much hype from big-name musical media, but it is definitely something that we fans have been expecting since “Time to Give” was released on the 16th of September, 2018. Definitely a record which is expected to break a lot of the paradigms that White Lies has as a rock/post-punk band, and moving them to the more experimental side of things, which many musicians have been driven to in the past couple years.
Expect a full review when the record is out, and until then, we can only listen to the singles and enjoy what White Lies has to offer.
