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Q MagazineAug 20, 2013There's a sense of make or break here, but it's clear what they deserve. [Sep 2013, p.109]
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Aug 12, 2013White Lies have just enough elegance and intrigue beneath the bluster to carry it off.
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Aug 8, 2013Yes, they are working with a previously-explored aesthetic, but they are molding it into a beautifully-original product, per a vision that refuses to forget music’s former greatness.
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Aug 12, 2013With Big TV, White Lies combine the urgent passions of their debut with the conceptual ambitions of their sophomore effort and by doing so, make the best album of their career.
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Aug 7, 2013The concept is interesting, it fits well with the sonic ambitions of the band, and for the most part it flows effectively and has good changes of timing and pace.
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Alternative PressAug 7, 2013Even songs in White Lies' comfort zone--namely the brooding ballad "Change," which wears its Joy Division influences proudly--feels more confident. Only the cringe-inducing "First Time Caller," whose lyrics riff on the tired "first-time caller/long-time listener" radio phrase, truly drags down Big TV. [Sep 2013, p.94]
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Aug 7, 2013Despite said retro parallel, White Lies do sound like a band firmly in the present, utilising electronic samples with classic valve-driven guitar chords to accompany the trademark baritone of McVeigh.
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Under The RadarAug 28, 2013White Lies' third album Big TV is very much business as usual for the London band. [Aug-Sep 2013, p.101]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 36 out of 39
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Mixed: 2 out of 39
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Negative: 1 out of 39
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