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White Lies' third studio album, 2013's "Big TV", found the band building upon the darkly anthemic sound of their first two albums with an added songwriting maturity.
In many ways, "Big TV" has all of the characteristics White Lies fans had come to expect from them including driving post-punk beats, evocative guitar lines, chilly synth parts, and McVeigh's prophetic baritone croon. Impossibly, they sound even more engaged and clear-eyed than on the ambitious, stylised "Ritual". With that album, White Lies seemed to put a song's overall production sound ahead of the song. The opposite is true with "Big TV", and songs like the title track and the poignant ballad "Change" are deeply moving, emotionally resonant songs that still retain all of White Lies' penchant for arid, '70s sci-fi movie-inspired atmosphere.
Also engaging are several euphoria-inducing tracks like sparkling lead single "There Goes Our Love Again" and the sweepingly romantic, orchestral synthesiser-tinged "First Time Caller." Elsewhere, White Lies dive headlong into the deep sea electro-disco of the Giorgio Moroder-inspired "Get Even," and lift our hearts cloud-ward with the pulsing Echo and the Bunnymen-esque dance-rocker "Be Your Man." Ultimately, with "Big TV", White Lies combine the urgent passions of their debut with the conceptual ambitions of their sophomore effort for an engaging, far-reaching epic.
Deluxe editions include live renditions of iconic tracks and rare gems.
Tracklist
LP
A1. Big TV
A2. There Goes Our Love Again
A3. Space i
A4. First Time Caller
A5. Mother Tongue
A6. Getting Even
B1. Change
B2. Be Your Man
B3. Space ii
B4. Tricky To Love
B5. Heaven Wait
B6. Goldmine
Deluxe 2LP
A1. Big TV
A2. There Goes Our Love Again
A3. Space i
A4. First Time Caller
A5. Mother Tongue
A6. Getting Even
B1. Change
B2. Be Your Man
B3. Space ii
B4. Tricky To Love
B5. Heaven Wait
B6. Goldmine
C1. Big TV (Demo)
C2. There Goes Our Love Again (Small TV Version)
C3. First Time Caller (Small TV Version)
C4. Mother Tongue (Demo)
C5. Tricky To Love (Demo)
D1. First Time Caller (Live)
D2. Getting Even (Live)
D3. Be Your Man (Live)
D4. Big TV (Live)
D5. There Goes Our Love Again (TORN Remix)
Deluxe 2CD
CD1
1. Big TV
2. There Goes Our Love Again
3. Space i
4. First Time Caller
5. Mother Tongue
6. Getting Even
7. Change
8. Be Your Man
9. Space ii
10. Tricky To Love
11. Heaven Wait
12. Goldmine
CD2
1. Big TV (Demo)
2. There Goes Our Love Again (Small TV Version)
3. First Time Caller (Small TV Version)
4. Mother Tongue (Demo)
5. Tricky To Love (Demo)
6. First Time Caller (Acoustic)
7. Getting Even (Live)
8. Be Your Man (Live)
9. Big TV (Live)
10. There Goes Our Love Again (TORN Remix)