Lala Lala, the Chicago-based project of Lillie West, has shared a stop motion animated video for new track “Water Over Sex”. West says the second song off her forthcoming album The Lamb (out September 28th on Hardly Art) is about a paranoid feeling “that any good fortune I encountered would be subsequently taken from me to ‘balance the scales.’”
The video was co-directed by Matthew James-Wilson and Toronto-based illustrator Ginette Lapalme. James-Wilson explains how the video came about, commenting: “I know Ginette from the comics scene in Toronto and, since Lillie is a fan (with her stickers on her guitar case and a few tattoos of her drawings), I wanted to work on an animated music video with her for the new album. We spent a week straight shooting using fabric, photocopies, Ginette’s collection of miniatures and knick-knacks, and stuff we found at 99 cent stores in Chinatown. The video follows a lamb doll (which Ginette made) continually daydreaming about the objects around her while she tries to live a relaxing life. We wanted to sort of indirectly reference the conflict in the song about how your lifestyle changes after you quit drinking. Since we all live in three different cities and couldn’t film Lillie for it, I asked Lillie to send over webcam footage of her singing the song that we could animate over.”
Listen/watch “Water Over Sex” below:
Lala Lala kicked off an extensive North American tour on August 8th at Chicago’s House of Vans (where West took over Pitchfork’s Instagram Story), and will continue to play shows through mid-October with Wolf Parade, LVL UP, WHY?, and Mothers. News of European dates will follow soon.
Lala Lala – North American Tour Dates:
08/23 – Louisville, KY – Headliners &
08/24 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East &
08/25 – St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway &
08/26 – Indianapolis, IN – The Hi-Fi &
08/29 – Toronto, ON – The Garrison *
08/30 – Cleveland, OH – Mahall’s *
08/31 – Cincinnati, OH – Woodward Theater #
09/19 – Boston, MA – Great Scott %
09/20 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right %
09/21 – Washington, DC – Songbyrd %
09/22 – Raleigh, NC – Kings %
09/24 – Athens, GA – 40 Watt %
09/25 – Asheville, NC – The Mothlight %
09/26 – Nashville, TN – The 5 Spot %
09/28 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle (Album Release Show)
10/02 – New Orleans, LA – Gasa Gasa %
10/03 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall %
10/04 – Austin, TX – Barracuda %
10/05 – Dallas, TX – Curtain Club %
10/06 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger %
10/08 – El Paso, TX – Lowbrow Palace %
10/09 – Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole %
10/10 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar %
10/11 – Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room %
10/12 – Los Angeles, CA – Resident %
10/13 – San Francisco, CA – Cafe Du Nord %
11/04 – Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center #^
11/05 – Omaha, NE – Waiting Room #
11/06 – Kansas City, MO – Record Bar #
11/08 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theater #
11/09 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge #
11/10 – Boise, ID – Visual Arts Collective #
11/12 – Seattle, WA – Neumo’s #
11/13 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall #
11/14 – Eugene, OR – WOW Hall #
11/23 – Detroit, MI – Loving Touch #^
11/24 – Pittsburgh, PA – Sprit Hall #^
11/25 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom #
11/27 – Portsmouth, NH – 3S Artspace #
11/29 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer #
12/03 – Richmond, VA – The Broadberry #
12/05 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West #
12/08 – Lexington, KY – Cosmic Charlies #
& w/ Wolf Parade
# w/ WHY?
* w/ LVL UP
% w/ Mothers
^ w/ The Ophelias