Do you know the bands Interpol, Editors and Depeche Mode? Shit, then I seriously don’t need to tell you anything about White Lies’ second album “Ritual” because you already know what it’s going to sound like. They even got Alan Moulder to produce the album and most likely asked him to do exactly what he did while he was working with Depeche Mode.
Do you know the band Rammstein? Well, White Lies doesn’t sound anything like them. But just like those Teutonic gods of thunder, these guys love to insert grand gestures in their music. And just like those German noisemongers, these guys sound as if they traded in their sense of humor for one more hook.
It’s weird… on the one hand there is so much wrong with this album that it’s not even funny anymore. Even the artwork on the album is fuckin’ hideous! Yet listen to these songs once and you’ll have the damn chorus stuck in your head for the rest of the day.
Score: 7 out of 10
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