Yes, they are working with a previously-explored aesthetic, but they are molding it into a beautifully-original product, per a vision that refuses to forget music’s former greatness.
With Big TV, White Lies combine the urgent passions of their debut with the conceptual ambitions of their sophomore effort and by doing so, make the best album of their career.
‘Big TV’, as a whole, is an entirely successful album. The concept is interesting, it fits well with the sonic ambitions of the band, and for the most part it flows effectively and has good changes of timing and pace.
What saves Big TV from mediocrity isn’t its ambition, but its hooks.
If they were just a bit more concerned with making themselves bigger on the inside, rather than placing all the sonic importance on the shiny surfaces, they might – might – be on to something.
While Big TV is unlikely to win over those who have already dismissed White Lies as revivalists, it is an album that is going to score highly with fans.
Ultimately, Big TV is hard to shake; once you’ve heard it, it will haunt you. It’s full of pitch-perfect songs, but it will lead to digging for the real emotion, the heart buried somewhere at the center.
Big TV is a solid album, and it very much retains the White Lies sound. For existing fans it’s worth a listen, and it certainly won’t offend, but it probably won’t convert many new ears.
the first half of this LP holds some of my favorite tracks. White Lies doesn't do their best to get the story told clearly, however this album tells the story of a girl finding her way through the city, with the lyrics in her point of view. the instrumental space I and II tracks are placed in appropriate places, keeping the flow of this LP.
fav tracks: there goes our love again, first time caller, heaven wait
least fav tracks: change, tricky to love
Melhores do álbum: Big TV; There Goes Our Love Again; First Time Caller; Getting Even
Pior do álbum: Heaven Wait
this album is kind of like possession by joywave for me i always think i hate it and then i look at the track listing and go "holy shit that song's on here?" i really really really just wish space i and space ii weren't on there like i get what they were going for but also man. no track by track commentary for every single track on this one, just ratings. also skipping the instrumentals.
big tv: 8/10
there goes our love again: 8.75/10 this gets stuck in my head so bad
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Melhores do álbum: Big TV; There Goes Our Love Again; First Time Caller; Getting Even
Pior do álbum: Heaven Wait
this album is kind of like possession by joywave for me i always think i hate it and then i look at the track listing and go "holy shit that song's on here?" i really really really just wish space i and space ii weren't on there like i get what they were going for but also man. no track by track commentary for every single track on this one, just ratings. also skipping the instrumentals.
big tv: 8/10
there goes our love again: 8.75/10 this gets stuck in my head so bad
first time ... read more
1 | Big TV 5:27 | 98 |
2 | There Goes Our Love Again 3:36 | 88 |
3 | Space i 0:48 | 73 |
4 | First Time Caller 3:34 | 92 |
5 | Mother Tongue 3:23 | 93 |
6 | Getting Even 4:56 | 97 |
7 | Change 4:51 | 90 |
8 | Be Your Man 4:23 | 87 |
9 | Space ii 1:10 | 68 |
10 | Tricky To Love 4:17 | 92 |
11 | Heaven Wait 4:42 | 90 |
12 | Goldmine 3:56 | 90 |