Friday, January 11, 2019

L.A.-based Alex Lilly, a veteran musician in bands with Beck, Lorde, follows-up her own band experiences with debut solo LP, out today.

The New York Times says 2% Milk “delivers structural and emotional complexity with deceptive nonchalance.” Stream full album now here.

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Alex Lilly as photographed by David Black.

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Alex Lilly –In The Press


“Through heartache, rejection, workplace harassment and pervasive disillusionment, Alex Lilly’s songs keep their cool on her debut album, 2% Milk.” — The New York Times

“Pretty freaking awesome.” — The FADER

‘Distracting Me’ is a peppy, synthy prance between handclaps and bass that stop and start in a way sort of mimicking the distraction itself.” — Buzzbands LA

“Lead single ‘Distracting Me’ is a light (but not slight) pop song with a punchy beat and engaging twisty-turny melodies.” — L.A. Record

Madonna with a more poetic bent.” — PopMatters

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Los Angeles! See Alex Lilly live on Sun., Jan. 20th as part of the weekly Mimosa Music Series upstairs at The Federal Bar. 11AM, All Ages!

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“It’s a weird Los Angeles fantasy world where the digital realm crosses into real life and there’s a lot of cats all around,” says The FADER in its premiere coverage of the music video “Distracting Me” by Alex Lilly.


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PopMatters calls Alex Lilly, “Madonna with a more poetic bent.” Listen here or at the link below!


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Los Angeles-based artist Alex Lilly is a renaissance female.

In addition to the writing, arranging, producing, and playing of her own music, Lilly has established a notable career out on the road as a part of the touring bands of such esteemed musicians Beck, Lorde, Ry Cooder, and the bird and the bee. When Lilly’s in L.A, she has stayed busy throughout the years with her own projects such as Obi Best, The Living Sisters, Touché, and Zero DeZire.

Now Lilly is bringing all of her talents, ideas, and her singular voice to the table in the form of 2% Milk, her debut full-length album, out now via newly-formed Release Me Records.

Lilly’s ability to take a song out of the realm of merely entertaining to intriguing is all over the album’s first single “Distracting Me,” a tune dedicated to the idea of enjoying the annoying. See music video for the song via an exclusive premiere at The FADER.

“What better testament to loving someone than when you enjoy their interruptions?” Lilly explains of the tune. Of the video, Lilly says, Jason Greene (aka iconic gender fluid actor, Freckle) had previously killed me in a music video and danced around with my blood. This time I wanted her back in a more playful role as a relentless kitten that pulls me away from my digital addiction.”

The latest single taken from 2% Milk is the intriguingly titled “Pornographic Mind”. In its premiere coverage of the song, PopMatters says, “The tune is a combination of classic AM radio pop, of the kind that has inspired Lilly’s sometime bandmate Inara George, as well as breezy, late '80s synthesizer pop, think Madonna with a more poetic bent or Belinda Carlisle momentarily expressing an appreciation for the avant-garde.”

Lilly’s songs – she describes her sound as “sexy psychological thriller” – are synthy, syrupy, and suspicious i.e. there’s something going on here that’s not only pop, but actually pops. The intrigue that abounds on 2% Milk moves the listener beyond toe-tapping and finger-snapping, straight to brain-mapping.

2% Milk, the debut album from Alex Lilly, is out now. Lilly tours with KOLARS in February and March. See below for dates.

Alex Lilly is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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Alex Lilly – Live

(*= w/ KOLARS)

01/20/2019: Los Angeles, CA The Federal Bar (Mimosa Music Series)
02/21/2019: San Diego, CA @ Casbah *
02/22/2019: Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo *
02/23/2019: Santa Barbara, CA @ Velvet Jones *
03/01/2019: Costa Mesa, CA @ Wayfarer *
03/21/2019: Denver, CO @ Larimar Lounge *
03/22/2019: Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge *
03/28/2019: Eugene, OR @ Wildcraft Cider Works *
03/29/2019: Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern *
03/30/2019: Portland, OR @ Doug Fir *

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Alex Lilly
2% Milk
Out Now
(Release Me)
  


Track Listing:

01. Confucius Says
02. 2% Milk
03. Distracting Me (STREAM | MP3 | VIDEO)
04. Pornographic Mind (STREAM | MP3)
05. Boomerang
06. Night Drive
07. Infantile
08. Cold Snap
09. Hypothetical
10. Firefly

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Alex Lilly Links


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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion


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