Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Alex Lilly, just off arena tour as member of Beck’s touring band, preps debut “2% Milk” for Inara George’s new Release Me Records label.

L.A.-based musician, songwriter, producer, shares new music video with The FADER, latest single “Pornographic Mind” bows via PopMatters.

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Alex Lilly as photographed by David Black.

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“Pretty freaking awesome. 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 writer Jedd Beaudoin 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 Jan. 11th, 2019 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. “Distracting Me” is available on all major streaming platforms now. The music video for the song is now available 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,” also streaming everywhere now. 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 scheduled for release on Jan. 11th, 2019, preceded by the singles “Distracting Me,” and “Pornographic Mind,” out now.

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

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Alex Lilly – Live

(*= w/ KOLARS)

01/10/2019: Los Angeles, CA @ Gold Diggers (Record Release Show)
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
Jan. 11th, 2019
(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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