Name: Sleepyhead
Brand: Lala Lala

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

HAAR11914.1

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Colour

grey

Colour details

Cloud colored vinyl.

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-08-23

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Sub P­op

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

098787311914

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / grey

Artist

Lala Lala

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Hardly Art

Originally released in October 2016 as a long-since sold-out self-released cassette, Hardly Art re-release Sleepyhead, the debut full-length from celebrated Chicago band Lala Lala, available for the first time ever on LP and CD (along with a new run of cassettes).

Recorded in a basement over the course of five days during a typically-inhospitable Midwestern winter, Sleepyhead is an auspicious—if, at the time, criminally overlooked—debut effort from the young songwriter Lillie West and her then-lineup of supporting players (Abby Black on drums and Karl Bernasconi on bass).

Unlike 2018’s critically-acclaimed The Lamb, Sleepyhead is a rawer, more punked-up album with fewer lyrical metaphors obfuscating it’s intimate, direct emotionality. Committed to tape in an urgent outburst of creative energy, the self-produced record eschews overdubs and takes unfussy aim at the listener’s ears, heart, and the lump in their throat.

Album standout Fuck With Your Friends was a breakthrough moment for West—it was the first song she ever wrote, one that tumbled out of her fully-formed, setting her on the path that’s led to her recent successes. Its also emblematic of Sleepyhead’s confessionalism and fearless forthrightness: “I drink more than I want to 'cause it makes you easier to talk to / And what you're saying is boring,” West sings. This pressing of Sleepyhead also includes new artwork and LP copies arrive on cloud-coloured vinyl.

Sleepyhead

Music US