Lala Lala – Heaven 2
Lala Lala, the project of Lillie West, releases her new album and Sub Pop debut, Heaven 2.
Heaven 2 includes the previously released singles “Arrow”, “Does This Go Faster?” and “Even Mountains Erode.”
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, Iceland, and London. 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.
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 realization 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.
Heaven 2 is now available to preorder on CD/LP/all DSPs from Sub Pop. LPs purchased from megamart.subpop.com, MegaMart Europe in the UK + EU, and your local record store, will receive the limited Loser Edition on Ocean Blue (NA) and Crystal Clear (UK/EU) vinyl, while supplies last. Lala Lala will embark on a North American tour next month and will support Death Cab for Cutie for two dates in August.
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*
Thu. Aug. 6 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Theater at Virgin Hotels ^
Fri. Aug. 7 – Paso Robles, CA @ Vina Robles Amphitheatre ^
% = w/ lots of hands
* = w/ mother soki
^ = supporting Death Cab for Cutie
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