to White Lies. Only because I want to know what gave you the confidence to change your band name, image and sound, and not go to university. I just think none of our hearts were totally into the idea of university. Every time it came about we thought are we doing this just because we’re meant to? We were really passionate about music. We were very lucky as we wrote Unfinished Business, Farewell To Te Playground, and Death within about two months and recorded them all. I remember
sometimes watch that back and think I certainly don’t remembering it happening in real time. It was an outer body experience that went by so quickly. But it’s really nice to have those sorts of things so easily available on the internet, so I can take a look and remind myself at any point. Tere are highlights every week.
Do you feel like you’ve changed much as musicians through the process of making such a pop-driven album? A few days ago we were in Cologne
So what can we expect from your gigs? Are you putting on a show for the eyes and ears, or do you just strip it back to the instruments on this tour? It’s absolutely not stripped back in any way, shape or form. We’ve put everything into it that we possibly can, creatively and financially. Tis is, I think, a bigger show than the one we took to Wembley on the last tour, but we’re taking it to the size of venues like Te Roundhouse, London, and Norwich UEA. It’s going to be good and definitely not what people are used to in those sized venues. But we get a kick out of doing that, why not? We want people going away thinking we’ve totally exceeded their expectations. I think we’re playing better then we ever have so that will tick boxes, but you know, the light show is pretty insane.
Now lastly, you’ve had sold out shows here before in Norwich, and you’re playing at the UEA when you come in December. Do you look back to previous gigs in towns when you arrive, or see each night as something new?
listening to Death, and our now manager said ‘I don’t think you don’t quite realise what you’re onto here’. It was hearing stuff like that made us think we didn’t suck after all of those years! And we went from there. It’s testament to it as we play Death and Unfinished Business at the end of the set. Tey’re the songs people want to hear, and they carry really well all around the world. I’m glad we went with our gut instinct.
thinking we’ve totally exceeded their expectations.
We want people going away
Te last interview you had with us at Outline Magazine saw you going into your second album. You’ve come a long way over the past five years, have there been any highlights for you? Headlining Wembley Arena was a massive highlight, and will always be a massive highlight. Tere is footage online of ‘Death’ at Glastonbury. I
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and I honestly think we played the best set in our whole career. It was a really passionate and professional performance by all of us. I get such a kick out of that, as in my heart I still feel like a 15 year-old kid practicing in Jack’s bedroom. It’s only through meticulous practice, not teaching, that we got this far. When you hit your stride in a show and you actually feel like a professional musician – I suppose we are but I don’t feel like it – there’s no feeling like it.
You have memories; you do remember how things went last time. But on this tour everything feels fresh and feels new. We’re excited and really joyous on stage at the moment. We’re having more fun playing than ever before. We’re trying to treat everything like it’s a new chapter.
Philippa Askew
MORE INFORMATION White Lies are playing Norwich UEA 14th December, with support from
Frankie Rose. Charles is promising us something special, and I don’t think he’s telling us lies now…
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