White Lies ready 'Five' album and Euro tour for next year

Exciting news. I was pleased to see the band, which I first interviewed for their debut album, again at Coachella a few years back. Read on for more info...

White Lies have announce details of their new album entitled Five due for release on Feb. 1, 2019, marking a decade of their existence while cementing their new home at [PIAS] Recordings. The band have also shared a new recording, "Time To Give". Listen to it HERE.

The band will embark on a European tour starting in January. Ticket pre-sale starts on Wednesday via the White Lies mailing list before going on general sale at 9 a.m. BST on Friday. Full European dates listed below.

Regarding Five, the band explains; “This is a milestone record for White Lies. It marks our decade as a band, which has pushed us to expand our sound and reach new territory artistically - it marks the start of a new and exciting chapter for us."

The writing and recording process took place in both sides of the Atlantic including Los Angeles, where they worked on new material with old acquaintance Ed Buller - producer of two previous White Lies albums including the band’s chart-topping debut To Lose My Life and third release Big TV. 

Engineer James Brown (Arctic Monkeys, Foo Fighters), along with renowned producer Flood, who can also be heard contributing synths and keys on a couple of tracks, and Grammy Award recipient Alan Moulder (Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails, The Killers), having worked on the band’s first two albums, returned to mix the album.

Featuring lyrics from bassist and primary songwriter Charles Cave, Five will be available on ltd edition vinyl, vinyl, CD and digitally. He says, “I guess it’s true what they say, Five really IS the magic number.”

White Lies are: Harry McVeigh (lead vocals, guitar), Charles Cave (bass, b/vocals) and Jack Lawrence-Brown (drums)

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES:

1/13 - BRIGHTON Concorde UK
2/1 - BRISTOL SWX UK
2/3 - LEEDS Academy UK
2/4 - NEWCASTLE Boiler Shop UK
2/5 - GLASGOW QMU UK
2/7 - LIVERPOOL Olympia UK
2/8 - MANCHESTER Albert Hall UK
2/9 - NOTTINGHAM Rock City UK
2/11 - EDINBURGH Liquid Rooms UK
2/13 - CAMBRIDGE Junction UK
2/14 - LONDON Forum UK
2/15 - BIRMINGHAM Institute UK
2/18 - AMSTERDAM Paradiso NL
2/19 - NIJMEGEN Doornroosje NL
2/20 - BRUSSELS AB BE
2/22 - COLOGNE Kantine DE
2/23 - BOCHUM Matrix DE
2/24 - HAMBURG Markthalle DE
2/26 - STOCKHOLM Berns
2/27 - OSLO Rockefeller Music Hall NO
3/1 - AARHUS Train DK
3/2 - COPENHAGEN Vega DK
3/3 - BERLIN Huxleys DE
3/5 - WARSAW Proxima PL
3/6 - POZNAN Zamek PL
3/7 - PRAGUE Roxy CZ
3/8 - VIENNA Ottakringer Brauerei AT
3/10 - ZAGREB Culture Factory HR
3/11 - BOLOGNA Estragon IT
3/12 - LAUSANNE Docks CH
3/13 - ZURICH Dynamo CH
3/15 - MUNICH Neue Theatre DE
3/16 - LEIPZIG Werk 2 DE
3/18 - WIESBADEN Schlachthof DE
3/19 - PARIS Trabendo FR
3/20 - LUXEMBOURG Den Atelier LU
3/21 - EINDHOVEN Effenaar NL

Five track listing:

1. Time To Give
2. Never Alone
3. Finish Line
4. Kick Me
5. Tokyo
6. Jo?
7. Denial
8. Believe It
9. Fire And Wings