''The Lamb'' is the third
studio album
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by American musician Lillie West, under music project
Lala Lala
Lala Lala is the indie rock project of Chicago-based songwriter Lillie West (guitar, vocals).
Biography
Lillie West was raised in London and moved with her family to Los Angeles when she was a teenager. She would soon relocate to Chicago to atte ...
. It was released on September 28, 2018 under
Hardly Art
Hardly Art is an American independent record label based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in early 2007 by Sub Pop Records, Hardly Art is run by three full-time employees and is distributed by the Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) and Sub Pop ...
.
Release
On July 13, 2018, the first single "Destroyer" was released. On August 21, 2018, West released the second single from the album, "Water Over Sex". West explained the song and the release of the album:
"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. I started to frequently and vividly imagine the end of the world, often becoming too frightened to leave my house."
The third single "Dove" was released on September 10, 2018, along with the announcement of the new album.
On September 28, 2018, the music video for "Scary Movie" was released.
Tour
In support of the album, West announced an American tour from November 2018 to February 2019.
Critical reception
''The Lamb'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an
average
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score of 75, based on 7 reviews.
Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 80 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 8 reviews.
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
* Lillie West – primary artist, producer
* Emily Kempf – bass, vocals
* Ben Leach – drums
* Sen Morimoto – saxophone
Production
* Dave Vettraino – engineer, mixer
References
External links
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2018 albums
Hardly Art albums