Lily Vakili To Expose Her ‘Live Wire’ May 8
Montclair’s Lily Vakili, on the heels of her Oceans Of Kansas album, will release the six-track Live Wire EP on May 8. The first single, “Anybody Knows,” is out now. Vakili says the song “captures the yearning of waiting for a lover to return. The room is empty when they’re gone, complete when they return. I wanted to write about this kind of small, interior moment and have it occupy an entire song. The slow tempo emphasizes the way time gets drawn out when you’re waiting, the drums mark the clock, the bass the wanting, and the guitar the intensity of desire. Performing the song live is delicious – the slow, driving beat and build-up are fun to play with when the band is all in – and they sure were in this studio performance. We had a good time.”
Producer Reed Turchi adds, “Lily has established her reputation as both a performer and as a songwriter, and to me Live Wire is the most successful simultaneous showcasing of those strengths. In a time of AI music and inhumane amounts of editing on even ‘roots’ style records, it is a huge risk — and a huge reward — to record an album like this, insisting each song is with everyone together in a room, rather than piecing things together bit by bit in the name of ‘perfection.’ There is no sorcery without sacrifice, and on Live Wire Lily proves that she will stand behind what she and the band do live rather than rely on studio trickery.”
EP pre-save link https://ffm.to/lv-livewire
May 6 New York City, Francis Kite Club (EP Release Show)
May 13 Atlanta, GA at Smith's Atlanta Room
May 14 Charleston, SC at Tin Roof
May 16 Charlotte, NC at Starlight on 22
May 19 Washington, DC at Pie Shop
May 20 Philadelphia at Nikki Lopez
Duo Shows (With Guitarist Eric Burns):
June 10 Phoenix, at Thunderbird Lounge
June 12 Los Angeles, at Kulak's Woodshed
June 14 San Francisco at Lost Church
June 16 Portland, OR, at White Eagle Saloon
June 17 Seattle at Fremont Abbey