Since their debut album To Lose My Life briefly topped the charts in January 2009 London three-piece White Lies have regularly been compared to such gloom-rock luminaries as Editors, Interpol and of course Joy Division. In a recent NME interview, they identified a very different source of inspiration though, unexpectedly citing Kings of Leon as the band whose career trajectory they are aiming to replicate.
BY MATTHEW MISKIMMIN
