Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Celebration, we arguably don’t do it enough, or if we do then we do it for the wrong reasons, we find the excuse to congratulate almost anything and we often neglect the purposeful and the driven to our own cost.

It is in the resolute and focused aim that White Little Lies took to the stage at Studio 2, not even the spectre of November’s horrendous weather, the grey skies leaving its sternly fixed gaze over the Liverpool skyline could deter Daniel Saleh and Vanessa Murray from delivering a set full of mastery, poise and the squeal of delight from the audience.

It is in the release of a new chapter that we should find cause to celebrate, and for White Little Lies that celebration has been a worthy wait, but now is no longer a secret, confined to the machinery that makes the audience quiver in anticipation, and instead out in the open, where it deserves to be, in full exposure to the senses and blooming like a rare flower in the wind of change.

Whilst the power of White Little Lies is in their natural harmony as a duo, there is a absorption of power that comes to mind when they add a group dynamic to the music they have created, and with Pete Roper on drums, Matt McGrory on bass, Danny Bradley on guitar and vocals, Lewis Corke on keys and the enchanting Camilla Sky on backing vocals for most of the set, there was no doubting the responsibility that they all carried with earnest passion, the combination combustible, attentive and fixed on the delivery and the sweetness of the songs.

Whether as a group or just on stage as an acoustic pair, White Little Lies stormed the air with the aid of a beating heart that would not slow down, that refused to give way, and across a set that included Mother, Hurricane, If These Walls Fall Down, Parallel, In Case You Didn’t Know, Lose Yourself, I Know You’re Still Around, Do You Remember, Young Love, World Tour Inside My Mind Everything Is Gonna Be Alright, Lifeline and a truly remarkable cover version of the hit song made famous by Elvis Presley, Can’t Help Falling In Love With You, all the remained from the explosion of sound was honour, a music privilege that blew everything in the city clean away.

A tremendous night of live music captured by White Little Lies in all its glory.

Ian D. Hall