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White Lies (band)
White Lies are an English post-punk revival band from Ealing, London. Formerly known as Fear of Flying, the core band members are Harry McVeigh (lead vocals, guitar), Charles Cave (bass guitar and backing vocals), and Jack Lawrence-Brown (drums). The band performs live as a five-piece, when they are joined by Tommy Bowen and Rob Lee. White Lies formed in October 2007, after writing songs that they felt didn't suit their original band. After delaying their first performance for five months to build up media hype, they earned a recording contract with Fiction Records days after their debut. The release of singles " Unfinished Business" and "Death" led to tours and festival appearances in the United Kingdom and North America, including a headline performance at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend and a place on the 2009 ''NME'' Awards Tour. At the beginning of 2009, White Lies featured in multiple "ones to watch" polls for the coming year, including the BBC's ''Sound of 2009'' poll and th ...
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Ealing
Ealing () is a district in West London, England, west of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Ealing. Ealing is the administrative centre of the borough and is identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan. Ealing was historically in the county of Middlesex. Until the urban expansion of London in the late 19th century and early 20th centuries, it was a rural village. Improvement in communications with London, culminating with the opening of the railway station in 1838, shifted the local economy to market garden supply and eventually to suburban development. By 1902 Ealing had become known as the "Queen of the Suburbs" due to its greenery, and because it was halfway between city and country. As part of the growth of London in the 20th century, Ealing significantly expanded and increased in population. It became a municipal borough in 1901 and part of Greater London in 1965. It is now a significant commercial and retail centre with a developed night-time econom ...
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BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, hip hop and indie, while its sister station 1Xtra plays black contemporary music, including hip hop and R&B. Radio 1 also runs two online streams, Radio 1 Dance, dedicated to dance music, and Radio 1 Relax, dedicated to chill-out music; both are available to listen only on BBC Sounds. Radio 1 broadcasts throughout the UK on FM between and , digital radio, digital TV and BBC Sounds. It was launched in 1967 to meet the demand for music generated by pirate radio stations, when the average age of the UK population was 27. The BBC claims that it targets the 15–29 age group, and the average age of its UK audience since 2009 is 30. BBC Radio 1 started 24-hour broadcasting on 1 May 1991. According to RAJAR, the station broadcasts to ...
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North Ealing Primary School
North Ealing Primary School is a community primary school founded in August 1911 and situated on Pitshanger Lane, Ealing, London. History By the turn of the 20th Century the population of Ealing was expanding fast, and so a program of school building was undertaken. North Ealing school was the last of the 5 state schools to be constructed during this period, on the account that most of the children in its catchment area attended independent schools. The architect for this and the four others schools was the local borough surveyor and engineer Charles Jones. Pupils It takes in students of both genders, from ages 4 to 11. It will be completely a 3 form school by 2015. It currently has around 650+ students in total and also includes a nursery. Notable former pupils include footballer Peter Crouch and actress Honor Blackman Honor Blackman (22 August 1925 – 5 April 2020) was an English actress, known for the roles of Cathy Gale in '' The Avengers''Aaker, Everett (2006). ''E ...
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Pitshanger Village
Pitshanger (sometimes referred to as Pitshanger Village) is a small but busy local suburb, centred on the shops in Pitshanger Lane, located about 1 mile north of Ealing Broadway in west London. First mentioned in 1493, possibly meaning an area of sloped woodland frequented by birds. It contains numerous small independent shops, several cafes, two pubs, two churches, a school, and a park (Pitshanger Park), and is often taken to also include parts of the nearby Brentham Garden Suburb. Amenities Pitshanger Lane (originally Pitshanger Road) is one of the busiest roads in Ealing, and provides a wide range of shops. The Pitshanger Village Library has recently been improved and the Lane is furnished with touch-screen computers. A Methodist and an Anglican church are both located at the end of the Lane. Due to its large size and possession of a Bösendorfer grand piano, St. Barnabas (Church of England) is the venue for, besides the usual services, a series of classical music concerts ...
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As I Try Not To Fall Apart
''As I Try Not to Fall Apart'' is the sixth studio album by British post-punk band White Lies. The album was released on 18 February 2022 through PIAS. The Bonus Edition of the album was released on 21 October 2022 and features 4 additional tracks. The album had four singles released ahead of its release: the title track, "I Don't Want to Go to Mars", "Am I Really Going to Die", and "Blue Drift". Bonus Edition tracks "Trouble In America" and "Breakdown Days" were also later released as singles. Track listing Personnel White Lies * Harry McVeigh – lead vocal, guitar, keyboards * Charles Cave – bass guitar, keyboards * Jack Lawrence-Brown – drums, percussion Production * Claudius Mittendorfer – producer (tracks 1, 2, 5–7 and 10) and mixing * Ed Buller Edmund Wilbur Hudson "Ed" Buller (born 9 August 1962 in Reigate, Surrey) is an English record producer and former musician. He has primarily worked with English bands including Suede, Pulp, The Raincoats an ...
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Five (White Lies Album)
''Five'' (stylised as ''FIVE'' or ''⠋⠊⠧⠑'' in Braille) is the fifth studio album by British post-punk band, White Lies. The album was released on 1 February 2019 through PIAS. Following the tour for their previous album, ''Friends'', White Lies began writing material for their fifth studio album, and entered the studio to record in the Spring and Summer 2018. The album and corresponding lead single, " Time to Give" were jointly announced on 17 September 2018. Three more singles and two music videos were released prior to the February release of the album, including " Believe It" and "Tokyo". On review aggregator sites such as Album of the Year and Metacritic, ''Five'' has enjoyed the highest aggregate ratings of any album the band has released. Background and recording During the fall of 2017, the ''Friends Tour'' wrapped up, and towards the final month of touring, White Lies began writing new songs for their next studio album. In an September 2017 interview with ''D ...
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Friends (White Lies Album)
''Friends'' is the fourth studio album by English indie rock band White Lies. It was released by BMG on 7 October 2016 on digital download, vinyl LP and CD. A special box set was also issued via the band's website and official store containing two coloured cassettes, the first containing the album and the second with four bonus tracks on side C and four demos on side D. The box set also contained a download code on a "credit card" and a cheque-book A cheque, or check (American English; see spelling differences) is a document that orders a bank (or credit union) to pay a specific amount of money from a person's account to the person in whose name the cheque has been issued. The pers ... style booklet with photos, lyrics and maze games. Track listing Personnel * Harry McVeigh – lead vocals, guitar * Charles Cave – bass guitar, backing vocals * Jack Lawrence-Brown – drums * Richard Wilkinson, White Lies - producer * Phil Parsons - engineer * John Davis - ...
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Big TV (album)
''Big TV'' (stylised as ''BIG TV'') is the third studio album by the British indie rock band White Lies. It was released on 12 August 2013 by Fiction Records in the UK and Europe, and on 20 August 2013 in the US (Harvest Records) and Canada (Universal Music Canada). The album was produced by Ed Buller at ICP Studios in Brussels, Belgium On 18 August 2013, the album debuted at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart. In an interview with ''NME'' in January 2013, bassist Charles Cave said that the album was the band's most melodic record, but continued the definitive White Lies sound. The album follows a story of a couple who leave a provincial area for a big city and, according to Cave, the idea of equality in a relationship is a recurring theme. ''Big TV'' was the first White Lies album to feature 12 rather than 10 tracks, two of which ("Space I" and "Space II") are instrumental interludes. Formats and packaging The album was released as both as a regular CD and a deluxe 2CD hardback ...
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Ritual (White Lies Album)
''Ritual'' is the second studio album by the British Indie rock band White Lies. It was released on 17 January 2011 by Fiction Records. The album was produced by Alan Moulder and Max Dingel, at the Assault & Battery Studios in London. The art direction and design were done by Tom Hingston Studio, featuring the Hartridge twins, Alice and Jessica, on the cover. The album's lead single, " Bigger than Us", was released on 3 January 2011. A ''Ritual'' short film was released, containing three songs from the album: "Bad Love", "Holy Ghost" and "Bigger than Us". As of January 2012, UK sales stand at 95,000 copies according to ''The Guardian''. Track listing Critical reception ''Ritual'' was met with mixed reviews from contemporary music critics. On review aggregator website, Metacritic, ''Ritual'' has an average score of 60 out of 100, indicating "mixed reviews" from 24 reviews. ''Album of the Year'' gave ''Ritual'' an aggregate score of 54 out of 100 based on 23 critic reviews ...
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UK Albums Chart
The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on Fridays (previously Sundays). It is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 (top 5) and found on the OCC website as a Top 100 or on UKChartsPlus as a Top 200, with positions continuing until all sales have been tracked in data only available to industry insiders. However, even though number 100 was classed as a hit album (as in the case of The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums) in the 1980s until January 1989, since the compilations were removed this definition was changed to Top 75 with follow-up books such as The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums book only including this data. As of 2021, the OCC still only tracks how many UK Top 75s album hits and how many weeks in Top 75 albums chart each artist has achieved. To qualify for the Offi ...
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To Lose My Life
''To Lose My Life...'' (also known by extended title of ''To Lose My Life or Lose My Love'', or shortened as ''To Lose My Life'') is the debut album by the British indie rock band White Lies. It was released on 19 January 2009 by Fiction Records. The album was produced by Ed Buller and Max Dingel, and was recorded at ICP Studios in Belgium and Kore Studios in London. The album produced four singles: " Unfinished Business", "Death" and " To Lose My Life", prior to its release, and " Farewell to the Fairground" in the months following. "Death" was reissued in June 2009, with "From the Stars" appearing as iTunes's " Single of the Week" during December 2008. The album was released in the United States on 17 March 2009. History and production The album was recorded at ICP Studios in Brussels, Belgium, and Kore Studios, Acton, west London. It was produced by Ed Buller and Max Dingel, who previously worked with Suede, the Killers and Glasvegas. Further mixing was completed by Alan ...
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BRIT Awards
The BRIT Awards (often simply called the BRITs) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain", or "Britannia" (in the early days the awards were sponsored by Britannia Music Club), but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trusts Show. In addition, an equivalent awards ceremony for classical music, called the Classic BRIT Awards, is held in May. The awards were first held in 1977 and originated as an annual event in 1982 under the auspices of the British record industry's trade association, the BPI. In 1989, they were renamed The BRIT Awards. Mastercard has been the long-term sponsor of the event. The highest profile music awards ceremony in the UK, the BRIT Awards have featured some of the most notable events in British popular culture, such as the final public appearance of Freddie Mercury, the Jarvis Cocker protest against Michael Jackson, the height of a high-pr ...
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