Lala Lala - Heaven 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Lillie West has always made her music in response to an itch to always be moving. But, as she recently experienced a burgeoning desire to settle down, she realized that steadiness can beget creativity. That evolution is what fuels much of her new album as Lala Lala, Heaven 2. For many years, West lived in Chicago, where she established Lala Lala as part of that city's indie scene, releasing several records on the Sub Pop imprint Hardly Art. Those albums, The Lamb and I Want the Door to Open, 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 her new album, Heaven 2. On her journey, she landed in New Mexico, where she lived off the grid in Taos. InchIt was very challenging, freezing, infested with poisonous animals. But it's still the most beautiful and magical place I've ever been and I dream about it all the time,Inch West says. She then made her way to Iceland, where she lived for two years on and off, with the off being in London, where she grew up. Eventually, she made her way to Reykjavik and settled in with the music community and released an instrumental album (If I Were A Real Man I Would Be Able To Break The Neck Of A Suffering Bird) before heading to Los Angeles, where she has fallen in love and found herself settled. L.A. has been a good place to live, if for no other reason than, in West's words, Inchwherever you go, there you are. I wish there was a cooler way to say that.Inch Fortunately, there are This theme of finding beauty and fulfillment wherever one can permeates Heaven 2. On InchEven Mountains Erode,Inch West sings, InchThere are symbols and signs, you're missing your life.Inch West encourages herself, and us, to slow down. To stop and smell the flower