Lala Lala
The Lamb
"The Lamb was written during a time of intense paranoia after a home invasion, deaths of loved ones and general violence around me and my friends," says Lillie West, the Chicago-based songwriter behind Lala Lala. "I began to frequently and vividly imagine the end of the world, eventually becoming too frightened to leave my house. This led me to spend a lot of time examining my relationships and the choices I'd made, often wondering if they were correct and/or kind." West initially started Lala Lala as a way to communicate things that she felt she could never say out loud. But on 'The Lamb', her sophomore LP and debut for Hardly Art, she has found strength in vulnerability. Through bracing hooks and sharp lyrics, the 24-year-old songwriter and guitarist illustrates a nuanced look on her own adulthood, her fraught insecurity, struggles with addiction, and the loss of several people close to her.