Watch: White Lies 'Death'; download Crystal Castles remix

just seen some hater threads and it was also a chance to do something of interest and to plug Colder who i adore...

and you are certainly right on their sound, I think comparing them to Joy Division would tarnish Joy Division's legacy!

"Are a White Lies lover or a hater?"

I think there's a word missing somewhere!

I know a fair few people on DiS who like their music, including me.

Where? I remember the 'waaaa no one likes CC!' thread a while back. I don't like them as people but think their music is good in places.

can't stop playing the album. the haters soon become lovers with this band, or so i've found.

Nah, I don't think they're more interesting than many bands with the same level of success as them - at least, I'd be curious who you were making that comparison with. However, I'm all for a CC remix. If they lived on a remix act that'd suit me down to the ground.

Anyhoo, off to download that remix now, then.

Weird to see Colder crop up again after all these years. Is he releasing a new album or something?

_

shits on every White Lies track

It's a shame Fear of Flying didn't get this much industry backing

white lies sound a lot more echo and the bunnymen than joy division to me. i think it's alright, caught my attention whilst I was playing darts late last night anyway.

it was disgusting. :)

DiS seemed to love them before the whole 'copying' debacle, now it hates them. I thought the album was good, not amazing (apart from Untrust Us, which is brilliant). So the it seems to me that the lovers have become haters, not the other way around.

We were as nice as can be to them, really.
We let them use our drums, bass amp, guitar amp, keyboard stand and attempted to engage them in some small talk to break the ice a bit.

In return they made no acknowledgement of our presence other than to make comments about the lack of a crowd we'd pulled, left the venue both nights without even saying a simple 'thanks' for letting them use our gear.... and the singer, whilst a couple of us where sat at the merch table, walked over and threw an empty fag packet on the table and snarled at us.

Yeah, we were total dickheads towards them. Or... quite the opposite.

I would like to dismiss White Lies as a bunch of second-hand, heard it all before bunch of plagiarists, but there is no getting away from it, Death is a brilliant song.

And I have a feeling White Lies are just the most hyped of a bunch of bands who could emerge clad in black over the next year as the recession bites. I've just found this band with similar tastes http://www.myspace.com/zenarcademuzik