Ritual is only White Lies' second album, but they have already become quite successful during this short period of time. These british dark indie rockers released their great debut To Lose My Life in 2009. Since then they've played on every major European festival and I gotta say they deserve it.
After release of Ritual in January 2011, people didn't get excited as much as with their debut though. Mainly reason for this is probably the fact that they didn't really bring anything new to the table. However, I consider their loyalty to their sound the key reason to their previous success. So why change it? I think that it is good they keep doing their thing only with minor changes in their sound (guitars are more quiet and keyboards are louder) because their dark style is quite unique.
Only disadvantage of Ritual is lack of real single. To Lose My Life has several singles and they proved their potential in charts ("Death", "To Lose My Life", "Farewell to the Fairground", and "Unfinished Business"). "Bigger Than Us" is probably the only real single from Ritual.
Despite that, their sophomore record has consistent sound that just can't betray you in any way.
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