LOLA KIRKE
PREMIERES "SEXY SONG" VIDEO
DEBUT ALBUM HEART HEAD WEST OUT AUGUST 10 ON DOWNTOWN RECORDS
LIVE DATES IN LA + NYC THIS SUMMER
Lola Kirke will release her debut album Heart Head West on August 10, and today she shared the new single "Sexy Song" along with an intimate choreographed video directed by Mara McKevitt. In an interview with Harper's Bazaar, Kirke says of the clip, "I think thatunderstanding what the core and the truth of women's sexual desire is really tricky. Is it something that's just like a man's? Is it totally different? Is it something that is just like a man's because men have told us exactly how it should be or what they would like it to be?"
WATCH / SHARE: "SEXY SONG"
"An alluring yet rebellious composition, featuring Kirke's folk-inspired sound." - Harper's Bazaar
Heart Head West -- which also features the previously released tracks "Monster" and"Supposed To" -- is out August 10 on Downtown Records and is available for digital pre-order everywhere and vinyl pre-order via Rough Trade.
Lola Kirke will be performing live in Los Angeles at the Getty Center and New York at a residency at Brooklyn's Union Pool this summer. Catch her at:
7/28: Getty Center - Los Angeles, CA
8/21-23: Union Pool - Brooklyn, NY
EARLY PRAISE FOR HEART HEAD WEST:
"While the album does flirt with moments of overwhelming sorrow, it is much more complex than that. Shirking the idea of an entire album dedicated to the mournful, sad-eyed mores you'd expect from traditional steel guitar country, there is ample joy and feeling in Heart Head West." - Nylon
"Full of twangy guitars and Kirke's breathy vocals... a declaration of wanting to fit into the world." - Rolling Stone (on "Monster")
"[Her] desert-y, oft heartbroken country rock belies her English and East Coast upbringing, breezing as it does around Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Gram Parsons with a wistful yet quietly defiant air." - LA Weekly
MORE ON LOLA KIRKE:
Kirke is no stranger to shape shifting-as an actress with a steadily ascending star, she's had major roles in David Fincher's Gone Girl and Noah Baumbach's Mistress America, as well as the Golden Globe-winning Amazon show Mozart in the Jungle. While less in the fore, her passion for music has stayed constant, with her guitar following her from dressing room to dressing room.
Born to a musical family (her father is Simon Kirke, drummer of Bad Company and Free, and her sister is singer-songwriter Domino Kirke), Lola embarked on her own musical journey with her four track EP released in 2016.
Tracked live to tape in East Los Angeles and produced by frequent collaborator Wyndham Garnett (Elvis Perkins in Dearland, WYNDHAM) her debut LP Heart Head West, asserts her as part of the artistic tradition she holds so dear: delivering her own heart, laid bare for someone else to hear as theirs. "It's a really personal record about basically everything I though about in 2017-time, family, loss, social injustice, sex, drinking, longing-essentially everything I'd talk about with a close friend for 40 minutes."
The opening track, "Monster" delves into themes of self esteem and alienation, a lyrical narrative that reappears through the album. Says Kirke, "I wrote 'Monster' while I was watching someone I love struggle with self love and care, but in the process of writing it, I realized that I hadn't exactly mastered the delicate balance of those things either."
Her more upbeat second single, "Supposed To," features searing guitar licks from Lilah Larson (Sons of an Illustrious Father) while attempting to weed through the expectations we create for ourselves and the expectations others have of us.
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