White Lies announce 'Ritual' details

White Lies have announced details of their new album, Ritual, to be released through Fiction Records on Monday 17th January 2011.

The 10-track album, produced by Alan Moulder (Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails) at the Assault & Battery studios in London, will be preceded by a single, Bigger Than Us, on January 3rd.

The album track-list is as follows:

1. Is Love?
2. Strangers
3. Streetlights
4. Bigger Than Us
5. Peace & Quiet
6. Holy Ghost
7. Turn the Bells
8. Power & The Glory
9. Bad Love
10. Come Down

Ritual will be released on CD, digital, 12'180gm vinyl and a special limited 'edition 7' box set. The box set will include 5 x 7's of the album tracks, a 7' featuring an exclusive track, a bonus CD of remixes, signed artwork and an MP3 of all the featured audio.

White Lies will perform a live premiere of the album at London's historic boxing venue York Hall on Monday 22nd November 2010. Tickets for the event SOLD OUT within minutes of going on sale in mid-October.

In addition to writing and recording their second long-player, the last 12 months have seen White Lies play stadium and arena shows as main support to Coldplay, Kings of Leon and Muse. They will shortly announce their first headline tours for 2011 in the UK, Europe and North America - after trips to Mexico, Eastern Europe and South America before the end of 2010.

Their debut album, To Lose My Life, was released in January 2009 selling just under a million copies worldwide. The UK number one album scooped both 'New Band of the Year' accolades at the Q and Mojo awards and a number 2 slot in the NME reader's 'Album of the Year 'poll.

White Lies are: Harry McVeigh (vocals / guitar), Charles Cave (bass) & Jack Brown (drums).