White Lies – Harry McVeigh, Charles Cave, and Jack Lawrence-Brown – have today announced details of their seventh album, Night Light, which is released via Play It Again Sam on Friday, November 7.
Having previously released “Nothing On Me“, the West London based trio have today shared “In The Middle’” the latest single to be lifted from the long-player.
The album’s closer and its most propulsive track, “In The Middle” flies with a Motorik rhythm, pulsing synths, driving bass and soaring vocals, before fittingly reaching a crescendo with an instrumental outro that fizzes with musical instinct and inter-band telepathy. Talking about the track, the band said:
The lyrics to the verses for “In The Middle” have been written in notebooks for nearly a decade, waiting for the right vessel, which has finally presented itself in this hypnotic and locomotive piece of music. It’s a song about moving, not necessarily moving on, but moving to another emotional place needed for growth. It also gives you another taste of our musical growth on this forthcoming album where we fully let our hair and scalps down to embrace a more experimental side of arrangement. And, by the way, it’s a saxophone, not a flute.
White Lies approached their seventh album, Night Light, with a fresh method: mastering the songs live before recording them. Inspired by the 1970s live-performance TV show The Midnight Special, the trio decided to rehearse and refine the tracks together in a room before entering the studio – a reversal of the process of finding the true spirit of songs only after touring them.
The band wrote much of the album in McVeigh’s London flat, opting for simplicity over gear-heavy setups. They focused on songwriting and chemistry, relying on their 17-year musical bond to shape the album’s energy. For the studio sessions, they recruited keyboardist Seth Evans, not just as support but as a creative collaborator.
During recording the band embraced a live, communal recording style, playing together to capture a raw, emotional sound. Tracks like “Nothing On Me” and “All The Best” show their musical boldness, while songs like “Everything Is OK” and “Juice” highlight their emotional depth and melodic strength.
Night Light spans progressive rock, disco, and synth-driven soundscapes, showing a band both confident and creatively energized. The album closes with the pulsating “In The Middle“, showcasing their unity and matured artistry.
Now 16 years into their career, White Lies have fully embraced who they are as a band, delivering one of their most cohesive and inspired works to date. As McVeigh reflects, “We finally know what we’re doing.”
Finally, having released their much loved & lauded debut, To Lose My Life… in 2009, White Lies have arguably become one of the biggest guitar bands in the UK – the last two album tours saw them sell out multiple Brixton Academy shows and the Hammersmith Apollo in London – and the past decade has also seen the band establish themselves globally with sold out tours in Europe and beyond, including a sold-out show at Mexico City’s 10,000 capacity Pepsi Center in 2023.
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