LOLA KIRKE - HEART HEAD WEST
OUT TODAY ON DOWNTOWN RECORDS
RECORD SIGNING TONIGHT AT ROUGH TRADE IN NYC + UNION POOL RESIDENCY AUGUST 21-23
"Kirke's lovely and frayed folk-rock melodies sometimes feel like a bridge to the past." - Newsweek
"Heart Head West seems to tinker with a more contemporary, dreamy indie-pop and alt-country sound, reminiscent of heartbreak powerhouses like Angel Olsen, Jade Bird or Sharon Van Etten." - Paper
"An alluring yet rebellious composition, featuring Kirke's folk-inspired sound and her take on Gram Parsons' Cosmic American genre." - Harper's Bazaar
"Full of twangy guitars and Kirke's breathy vocals... a declaration of wanting to fit into the world." - Rolling Stone
"Heart Head West has all the rhinestone shimmer of a fresh Opry suit, and the strong voice of a woman fearlessly sharing her darkest corners to hopefully shed a little more light." - No Depression
"An exceptionally personal, witty debut." - The Line of Best Fit
"A sound that flirts with grunge, folk, and country." - The Daily Beast
"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
"Desert-y, oft heartbroken country rock [that] 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
"Kirke's songwriting lays bare her own story, accompanied by the kind of cinematic, sweeping melodies that conjure images of open-top desert drives." - Hero
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LOLA KIRKE LIVE:
8/10: Record signing @ Rough Trade - Brooklyn, NY
8/21-23: Union Pool - Brooklyn, NY
10/16: The Regent w/ Alex Cameron - Los Angeles, CA
MORE ON HEART HEAD WEST:
Lola 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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