White Lies Announce Upcoming Sixth Album With Title Track & Video “As I Try Not To Fall Apart”

Acclaimed indie trio White Lies have officially announced their forthcoming sixth album As I Try Not To Fall Apart will be released on February 18th. Recorded over two studio sessions, As I Try Not To Fall Apart is expected to be their most expansive record to date, taking in explosive rock, electro-pop, prog-inspired invention, funk-tinged grooves and their signature post-punk hooks. Alongside the news, the band have shared the anthemic title track and its accompanying music video.

“We wrote this song quickly, late one night, and often the songs which come quickest are written from the gut and the heart, not with the head”, vocalist Harry McVeigh shares.“We wanted the melody to feel like a hymn, to give the confessional lyrics weight despite being wrapped up as a pop song. It’s about accepting vulnerability as a man, and knowing it’s ok to be broken. There’s never been a more pressing time to spread the message that it’s ok to not be ok.

Directed by James Arden (aka The Trash Factory), the accompanying music video delves into the fight or flight instinct on an everyday level, but with a metaphor twist. Talking about the video Arden said. “The track made me think of people trying to lift themselves out of emotional spirals – navigating feelings of fragility and fighting everyday pressures just so they can keep it together – and it made me think about how we can be buried and overwhelmed by our feelings and emotions, and how we could explore that, visually“.

Harry from White Lies added: “Being buried in sand was too mad to pass up. The sensation was really chilling and I was picking sand out of my ears for days, but I’m thrilled with the video, it really carries the message of the song and it looks beautiful.“.

Watch the music video below:

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