White Lies – have just announced a headline show for The Academy, Dublin

White Lies has just announced a headline Academy, Dublin show for Saturday, 24^th January 2026. To mark the occasion, the band have also released a brand new track, ‘Nothing On Me’, their first new music since the release of their 2022 album, As I Try Not To Fall Apart.

Talking about ‘Nothing On Me’, which was recorded at The Church Studios, North London, produced by Riley MacIntyre (Ezra Collective, Arlo Parks) and mixed by Chris Coady (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blondshell, Beach House), the band said:

This track welcomes you into the collaborative present mind of White Lies. It’s somewhat reckless, unhinged, full of competing ideas. There is a disregard for any external influences, pressures, or expectations. We’re driving with no brakes or seat-belts. Lyrically and conceptually it’s a rebirth, and an introduction.

The initial musical ideas came from having a synth sequence that is in a different time signature to the rest of the band. This is something I borrowed a lot from the 70’s prog that I love and listened to a lot during the making of this record. I listened to records by Genesis, Chris Squier, Yes, Utopia and Gong who all extensively make use of this in their music. The rhythm is a classic motorik beat borrowed from the krautrock that we all love and is a motif we’ve used a lot across our careers in White Lies. The guitar melody is almost jolly and absurdist like the nursery rhyme or something you’d hear an ice cream van playing. It clashes, I think, to the feel of the music. This is inspired by Steve Hillage and his album Motivation Radio where he often utilizes similar melodies. All of this feeds a cacophony and an overload of information that disorients and confuses. The lyrics reflect the difficulties we can all have in relating to people even when they are close to us, especially in the heat of an argument or disagreement and how overwhelming that can be. This is probably the fastest most intense song we’ve ever written and was further developed in rehearsals, with Seth Evans (formerly of Black Midi) on keys, and then performed in the studio. The foundations of this track are one take played live.

White Lies
Plus Special Guests
Saturday, 24^th January 2026
The Academy, Dublin
MCD Presale Tuesday 27^th May @ 10am

Tickets from €38.65 (inc booking fee & venue facility fee) from Ticketmaster.ie on sale Friday 30^th May @ 10am.