INTERVIEW: White Lies’ Charles Cave on new album ‘As I Try Not To Fall Apart’

INTERVIEW: White Lies’ Charles Cave on new album 'As I Try Not To Fall Apart'
Credit: Charles Cave

In episode #65 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with White Lies bassist and songwriter Charles Cave to discuss White Lies fantastic sixth album, ‘As I Try Not To Fall Apart’, songwriting, the upcoming tour and much more.

Recorded at Sleeper and Assault & Battery studios in West London, the album sees long-term collaborator Ed Buller, who has worked on many of their albums, including their debut To Lose My Life…, return to produce several tracks along with Claudius Mittendorfer (Weezer, Panic! At The Disco) also producing and mixing the entire album.

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Tracklisting:

1.   Am I Going To Die
2.   As I Try Not To Fall Apart
3.   Breathe
4.   I Don’t Want To Go To Mars
5.   Step Outside
6.   Roll December
7.   Ragworm
8.   Blue Drift
9.   The End
10. There Is No Cure For It

Arguably one of the biggest guitar bands in the UK, White Lies last album, Five, garnered much acclaim in 2019 with a SOLD OUT UK tour including multiple Brixton Academy shows.

Having also released Ritual in 2011, BIG TV in 2013 and Friends in 2016, the past decade has also seen the band establish themselves globally with sold-out tours in Europe and beyond, and they recently announced details of an extensive run of shows in the spring of next year. The full list is as follows:

10.03.22 – NOTTINGHAM – Rock City
11.03.22 – MANCHESTER – Academy
12.03.22 – NEWCASTLE – Boiler Shop
13.03.22 – BIRMINGHAM – Institute
15.03.22 – GLASGOW – SWG3 TV Studio
16.03.22 – LEEDS – Stylus
18.03.22 – BRIGHTON – Chalk
19.03.22 – BRISTOL – Academy
21.03.22 – DUBLIN – Vicar Street
22.03.22 – LIVERPOOL – Grand Central Hall
24.03.22 – NORWICH – UEA
25.03.22 – OXFORD – Academy
26.03.22 – LONDON – Hammersmith Apollo

07.04.22 – PARIS – Le Trabendo
08.04.22 – GHENT – Vooruit
09.04.22 – ANTWERP – Trix
10.04.22 – COLOGNE – Bürgerhaus Stollwerck
12.04.22 – FRANKFURT – Batschkapp
13.04.22 – KARLSRUHE – Substage
14.04.22 – BOCHUM – Zeche
17.04.22 – AMSTERDAM – Paradiso
18.04.22 – GRONINGEN – De Oosterpoort
20.04.22 – ROTTERDAM – Maasilo
21.04.22 – MAASTRICHT – Muziekgieterij
23.04.22 – HAMBURG – Uebel & Gefährlich
24.04.22 – AARHUS – Train
25.04.22 – STOCKHOLM – Berns
27.04.22 – HELSINKI – Helsinki Hall Of Culture
29.04.22 – GOTHENBURG – Pustervik
30.04.22 – COPENHAGEN – Vega

02.05.22 – BERLIN – Metropol
03.05.22 – LEIPZIG – Täubchenthal
04.05.22 – WARSAW – Progresja
05.05.22 – PRAGUE – Lucerna
07.05.22 – VIENNA – Ottakringer Brauerei
08.05.22 – MUNICH – Neue Theaterfabrik
10.05.22 – MILAN – Magazzini Generali
11.05.22 – ROME – Orion
13.05.22 – BARCELONA – Sala Apolo
15.05.22 – SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA – Sala Capitol
16.05.22 – LISBON – LAV
17.05.22 – PORTO – Hard Club
18.05.22 – MADRID – Sala Mon Live
20.05.22 – BORDEAUX – Krakatoa
21.05.22 – RENNES – Antipode
22.05.22 – TOURCOING – Le Grand Mix
24.05.22 – ENSCHEDE – Metropool
25.05.22 – EINDHOVEN – Effenaar
26.05.22 – LUXEMBOURG – Den Atelier

Scottish newcomers VLURE provide support on all UK dates.

Tickets for all shows are on sale now via www.whitelies.com/live

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Mark Millar is the founder of XS Noize and looks after the daily running of the website as well as hosting interviews for the weekly XS Noize Podcast. Mark's favourite album is Achtung Baby by U2.

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