29. Charles Cave (White Lies)

The Last Line

In this episode of The Last Line, James talks to songwriter, bassist and member of the band White Lies, Charles Cave. They discuss the 10th Anniversary of the band's debut album To Lose My Life and the 10 Year Anniversary Tour they did in celebration, their "difficult second album" Ritual, the ways in which the band's approach to songwriting has changed and the band's influences.

White Lies are an English post-punk band from London comprising of Harry McVeigh on lead vocals and guitar, Charles Cave on bass guitar and backing vocals and Jack Lawrence-Brown on drums. The band started life under the name Fear Of Flying but, despite early success, retired the band name when they started writing the darker material that would eventually become White Lies. Their first album To Lose My Life debuted at number one in the UK charts in 2009. Since then, White Lies have released four more studio albums; Ritual, Big TV, Friends & 2019's Five.

White Lies - To Lose My Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGEjz12YLiM

White Lies - Bigger Than Us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW0yynlDmqQ

White Lies - Time To Give: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz50W0hM0XE

James's other podcast with musician George Kerridge, Getting Pretentious, can be found at the links below:

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/getting-pretentious/id1504881437

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