Lala Lala’s new album The Lamb -- one of The A.V. Club and Paste’s most anticipated September releases -- is out today on LP, CD, digital, and cassette. To celebrate, Lillie West shared a new video for album track “Scary Movie,” which PAPER Mag premiered alongside a feature on the Chicago band. The recently-discovered footage was originally filmed on 16mm by West’s parents before she was born. West re-edited it for the new song, explaining, “‘Scary Movie’ is primarily about perception and the often blurred line between reality and non reality. For the video I wanted to use this 16mm footage my parents took of each other before I was born because although I didn't exist yet, their experience is in some way a part of me, so watching it is both familiar and disorienting. This is where I came from, but if I view it as memory, I am technically wrong. It feels real and fake at the same time, which is how every day feels sometimes, and is what the song is about.” The Lamb is now available for purchase here and streaming at all DSPs.
Lala Lala will play a hometown record release show tonight at Chicago’s Empty Bottle, and their extensive North American tour then continues with additional dates supporting WHY? and Mothers, including a stop at LA’s Resident on October 12th and a new NYC show at Brooklyn’s Elsewhere on November 30th. Click here for a full list of upcoming shows.