White Lies have announced details of the release of their debut album. To Lose My Life will be released through Fiction Records on Monday January 19th 2009.
The tracklisting for the 10-track album, to be released on CD & vinyl, is as follows:
1. Death
2. To Lose My Life
3. A Place To Hide
4. Fifty On Our Foreheads
5. Unfinished Business
6. E.S.T
7. From The Stars
8. Farewell To The Fairground
9. Nothing To Give
10. The Price Of Love
Recorded at ICP studios in Brussels during the summer of 2008 with acclaimed producers Ed Buller (Pulp, Suede) and Max Dingel (The Killers, Glasvegas), the album will be preceded by a single, the album’s title track To Lose My Life, on January 12th.
The band recently completed a sell-out headline tour of the UK, including their biggest headline show to date at London’s Koko, before spending December on tour with Glasvegas. The two bands reunite for the 2009 Shockwaves NME Awards Tour in January 2009, after which White Lies support The Cure at the NME Big Gig at O2 Arena on 26 February.
2009 Shockwaves NME Awards Tour
29 January - Liverpool University
30 January - Glasgow Academy
01 February - Newcastle Academy
03 February - Sheffield Academy
04 February - Birmingham Academy
08 February - Leeds Academy
10 February - Lincoln Engine Shed
11 February - Nottingham Rock City
12 February - Norwich UEA
14 February - Cardiff University
15 February - Bristol Academy
16 February - Brighton Dome
17 February - Oxford Academy
19 February - Portsmouth Pyramid
20 February - Cambridge Corn Exchange
21 February - London Brixton Academy
