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Available Today, Friday, April 5th, Lillie West of Lala Lala has released if i were a real man i would be able to break the neck of a suffering bird. The album collects 8 new instrumental compositions, with collaborations from Baths and YATTA. if i were a real man i would be able to break the neck of a suffering bird is West’s first release under her own name and was written and recorded during a residency at the LungA Land program in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland.
About Lillie West if i were a real man i would be able to break the neck of a suffering bird:
“Most of ‘if I were a real man I could break the neck of a suffering bird’ was written and recorded in January 2022 during my residency at the LungA Land program in Seyðisfjörður Iceland. Seyðisfjörður is a town of approximately 650 people on the east coast of Iceland, and during winter the sun never enters the fjord. Some of the acts the other residents and I took part in throughout the program included; making knives, backpacking in a blizzard, learning about Icelandic herbs, geology, history, having a lymegrass themed dinner party, sleeping outside. I also made field recordings of the environment around the town - ice, grass, water, rocks, snow, animals, people.
I had never considered making an instrumental album, nor was it my intention while taking these field recordings. Thus the process felt very natural, organic, almost private. I hope that the music is able to invoke the rhythm, sway, and connection I felt with the landscape in Seyðisfjörður, as well as my ongoing attempt to communicate with the divine.”
- Lillie West, 2024
if I were a real man I could break the neck of a suffering bird is the first official release by Lillie West, the creative force behind Lala Lala. The album follows a string of acclaimed releases with Hardly Art, 2018’s The Lamb, 2021’s I Want The Door To Open, and most recently 2023 singles “HIT ME WHERE IT HURTS” and “Armida.” Lillie is currently at work on her next album as Lala Lala.
Lala Lala
"holyholyholy"
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2. holyholyholy
3. Weather report feat. YATTA
4. LUNGA feat. Baths
5. Lymegrass
6. Rivur
7. Mirror
8. Lunga2
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