– Announces new album ‘Heaven 2’
– Out February 27th via Sub Pop
Lala Lala, the project of Lillie West, announces her new album and Sub Pop debut, ‘Heaven 2’, out February 27th, and a North American tour (on sale Jan. 9th). In conjunction, she releases two new singles, “Even Mountains Erode” and “Heaven2”, which follow the existential “Does This Go Faster,” which was released late last year.
West has always made her music in response to an itchiness to always be moving, but as she developed a burgeoning desire to settle, she found the surprise realisation that steadiness can beget creativity. That evolutionary tension is what fuels ‘Heaven 2’. The album was co-produced by West and Jay Som’s Melina Duterte, who provides a strong punchiness as a bed for West’s warm, rounded vocals. Duterte and West performed almost all of the album’s instruments with a few crucial guests, including Sen Morimoto, Macie Stewart and Porches’ Aaron Maine.
For many years, West lived in Chicago, where she established Lala Lala as an integral part of the city’s indie scene, releasing two albums – ‘The Lamb’ (2018) and ‘I Want the Door to Open’ (2021) – on the Sub Pop imprint Hardly Art. They were powerful statements from a curious artist: catchy guitar-pop songs about being stuck in the ups and downs of life, the struggle to stay sober, to leave town, to blow up your life.
West left Chicago to search for more, and in the process, wrote ‘Heaven 2’. On her journey, she landed off the grid in Taos, New Mexico, then made her way to Iceland, where she lived on and off for two years, with the off being in London, where she grew up. Following a residency in a tiny Icelandic town, she made her way to Reykjavik and released an instrumental album, ‘If I Were A Real Man I Would Be Able To Break The Neck Of A Suffering Bird’ (2024), and finally headed to Los Angeles, where she has, almost surprisingly, fallen in love and found herself settled. It’s been a good place to live, not because she particularly likes or dislikes L.A., but because she’s discovered that, as she puts it, “wherever you go, there you are.” This sentiment permeates throughout ‘Heaven 2’.
Lala Lala Tour Dates
Fri. March 6 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah %
Sat. March 7 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy + Harriett’s %
Sun. March 8 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress %
Tue. March 10 – Austin, TX @ 29th St. Ballroom %
Wed. March 11 – Dallas, TX @ Rubber Gloves %
Fri. March 13 – Denver, CO @ Globe Hall %
Sun. March 15 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court %
Tue. March 17 – Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall %
Wed. March 18 – Seattle, WA @ Baba Yaga %
Fri. March 20 – San Francisco, CA @ Cafe du Nord %
Sat. March 21 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room %
Tue. March 31 – Washington, DC @ Songbyrd*
Wed April 1 – Raleigh, NC @ Kings*
Thu. April 2 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy*
Fri. April 3 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade Altar*
Sat. April 4 – Nashville, TN @ Blue Room @ Third Man*
Tue. April 7 – Minneapolis, MN @ Zhora Darling*
Wed. April 8 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club*
Thu. April 9 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall*
Fri. April 10 – Detroit, MI @ Lager House*
Sat. April 11 – Toronto, ON @ The Garrison*
Sun. April 12 – Montreal, CA @ L’Esco*
Tue. April 14 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair*
Wed. April 15 – Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA*
Thu. April 16 – New York, NY @ Nightclub 101*
Fri. April 17 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right*
% = w/ lots of hands
* = w/ mother soki
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