White Lies

The White Lies (Previously Fear of Flying) are a band from Earling, England. Their sound is kind of like a fusion of The Killers, Franz Ferdinand and Interpol with some Joy Division thrown in (The vocalist - Harry McVeigh sounds a bit Ian Curtis.) I can't believe that I have not listened to them earlier...just as I started to think that it was getting near impossible to find other artists that I like, here come the White Lies.  Their music is a solid dance rock - it has a good beat with sprinklings of synth and Harry McVeigh's voice completing it all. Their album To Lose My Life...(2008) is infused with organ every now and then and gives the impression of a sort of dark euphoria. Their most recent album - Rituals (2011) has a little more of a darker sound and is more mature than To Lose My Life, with more soaring melodies and contemplative lyrics than the dance-rock of To Lose My Life. Rituals, to a certain degree, reminds me of Florence + The Machine at points, employing some of the same part whimsical writing techniques. As a whole, the sound of Rituals is a little heavier and when breaks of light do come through in the music, it's a brilliant triumph.