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| Released | 12 August 2013 | |||
| Studio | ICP Studios, Brussels, Belgium | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, post-punk revival, new wave[1] | |||
| Length | 45:08 | |||
| Label | Fiction (UK, Europe) Harvest (USA) Universal Music Canada (Canada) | |||
| Producer | Ed Buller | |||
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Big TV (stylised as BIG TV) is the third studio album by the British indie rock band White Lies.[2][3] It was released on 12 August 2013 by Fiction Records in the UK and Europe, and on 20 August 2013 in the US (Harvest Records)[4] and Canada (Universal Music Canada).[5]
The album was produced by Ed Buller at ICP Studios in Brussels, Belgium[6]
On 18 August 2013, the album debuted at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart.[7]
In an interview with NME in January 2013, bassist Charles Cave said that the album was the band's most melodic record, but continued the definitive White Lies sound. The album follows a story of a couple who leave a provincial area for a big city and, according to Cave, the idea of equality in a relationship is a recurring theme.[8]
Big TV was the first White Lies album to feature 12 rather than 10 tracks, two of which ("Space I" and "Space II") are instrumental interludes.
- ^ "ALBUM REVIEW: Big TV by White Lies -". b-sides.tv.
- ^ "White Lies announce new album 'Big TV' and give away new track – listen". NME. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "White Lies announce third album 'Big TV', give away track as free download". The Line of Best Fit. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "WHITE LIES ANNOUNCE THIRD ALBUM "BIG TV" OUT AUGUST 20th VIA CAPITOL/HARVEST". Red Light Management. 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 5 September 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ "WHITE LIES ANNOUNCE AUGUST 20 FOR NEW ALBUM 'BIG TV'". Universal Music Canada. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ "White Lies Announce New Album, 'BIG TV'". This Is Fake DIY. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
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