Photo by Andie Jane
Last month, LA rock outfit, Liily, shared their first new music of 2024, single “More”. Tomorrow, the band is sharing their self titled EP, Liily, today they share the music video for track“Swallow”.
Speaking on the inspiration behind the track, the band says, “‘Swallow’ is a pretty simple rock tune, we wanted to keep it straight forward along with the rest of the EP, no bells and whistles! We saw it as our chance to be musical vs over-intellectualizing something that is meat and potatoes. It lyrically represents my distain towards trauma porn and the sheer disregard the people (throwing it into circulation) have for the individuals affected by the specific event, It’s presented through the lens of my teen self. I wanted to avoid any buzz words/phrases and just keep it light while still saying what I want to say. We recorded it in our old rehearsal space around 2022, enlisting Carlos De La Garza, Wyatt Bernard, Austin Corona, and Ryan Potesta to help us perfect the track.”
It’s been two and a half years since the release of Liily’s debut LP TV or Not TV, and the band has spent the time making music with their friends. “We started the process with RyanPotesta and then CarlosDe La Garza on the song “Swallow,” going through a few iterations of that track. A month or two later we got into a session with our buddies Austin Corona and Wyatt Bernard for the song “Imitate” and it felt like we struck gold.”
The EP subsequently took shape into the group’s most inspired work to date. It is Liily’s first release without a label or management, and was almost entirely born out of drummer Maxx Morando’s Airstream trailer in the San Fernando valley, where they made music with their friends. “We have to give a lot of the credit to our Tour Manager and our Agent for really encouraging us to release it, in general we’re just grateful to have a lot of people working on/for the project who truly believe in it. We’re doing things on our own and for ourselves now, receiving no more help from people that are not a part of our community.”
“More” is out today on all DSPs. Liily EP is due out June 14.
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