Alex Lilly
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Avant-pop siren Alex Lilly has always colored outside the lines, whether in her earliest incarnations as Obi Best, Touché or in the madcap Buddhist punk band Zero DeZire, who opened up for Peaches. And she does know where the lines are - her other exploits have included her role as the “fourth sister” in the harmonic quartet the Living Sisters, and touring gigs with Lorde, Beck, and the bird and the bee.
Lilly released her debut album 2% Milk on January 11, 2018, followed by her second full-length, Repetition Is a Sin, on October 21, 2022 via Release Me Records.
RELEASES
Repetition is a Sin
Release date: Oct 21, 2022
Alex Lilly’s second full-length album. Featuring banned book anthem “Pure Drivel” and ode to tap-dancing friend “Melinda”. Album art by Daiana Feuer.
Love in Three Colors
Release date: July 31, 2020
A 3-song trilogy chronicling a relationship’s disintegration, aftermath, and the sunny side of being free of it. Produced by Barbara Gruska.
2% Milk
Release date: January 11th, 2018
Alex Lilly’s debut full-length album, a collection of bright, gloriously Byzantine celebrations and critiques of modern life. With Lilly’s virtuosic vocals and sharp wit at the helm. The album’s title track “2% Milk,” was adapted by Lilly from a poem by Jacqueline Suskind, an LA poet who improvises free verse for strangers. The record includes contributions by Jacob Bercovici (of The Voidz), Andy Bauer (of Twin Shadow), and LA electronic pioneer Daedelus.
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UPCOMING SHOWS
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SELECT PRESS
“...Lilly delivers structural and emotional complexity with deceptive nonchalance.” -Jon Pareles, New York Times
FLOOD MAGAZINE:
“…deliciously dreamy pop-positivity that recalls influences Kate Bush and XTC, with unexpected nods to mid-’80s Trevor Horn production…and “Borderline”-era Madonna.”
THE FADER:
“Pretty freaking awesome.”
POPMATTERS:
“Madonna with a more poetic bent.”
KEYBOARD MAG:
Talent Scout Artist of the Week interview with Alex Lilly
L.A. RECORD:
“Lead single ‘Distracting Me’ is a light (but not slight) pop song with a punchy beat and engaging twisty-turny melodies.”
BUZZBANDS.LA:
“‘Distracting Me’ is a peppy, synthy prance between handclaps and bass that stop and start in a way sort of mimicking the distraction itself.”