White Lies are a band that I told you to watch back in September and they finally released their debut album “To Lose My Life” a few days ago (January 19th). The album has been getting pretty good reviews, but some reviews are just calling them another Interpol and Joy Division etc… Say what you want but I am enjoying the music. There are many bands that try to stick to a past sound and fail miserably. White Lies sound relevant and fresh to me.

Anyway a few blogs such as Pretty Much Amazing have noticed that the band recently did a cover of Kanye West’s “Love Lockdown”. The band actually pulls it off very well even with the lead singer’s deeper vocals. The guitars are dark similar to the Arctic Monkeys, the keys are ominous, and the pounding drums give the song a pretty cool atmosphere. They would be the last band I expected to do a Kanye cover, but they did it and well!! Check it out:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7v5f54u2lw

[mp3] : White Lies – Love Lockdown (Kanye West Cover)