Alex Lilly

{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}

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| birth_name = Alexandra West Lilly{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/919766105 |title=AFTERNOON IN BLOOM |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=November 10, 2023}}

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| origin = Los Angeles, California

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| genre = Indie pop
Folk
Country

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| label = Release Me Records

| associated_acts = The Living Sisters, Beck, Lorde, The Bird and the Bee, Ry Cooder, Obi Best, Zero DeZire, Touché

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Alexandra West Lilly is an American singer-songwriter. She has played in the touring bands for Beck, Lorde, Ry Cooder, and The Bird and the Bee.{{cite magazine |last=Graff |first=Gary |author-link=Gary Graff |url= https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9329682/alex-lilly-2-milk-video |title=Alex Lilly Dips Into the World of Synchronized Swimming for '2% Milk' Video |magazine=Billboard |date=March 6, 2020 |accessdate=September 19, 2020}} Since 2010 she has played in The Living Sisters, a supergroup featuring The Bird and the Bee's Inara George, Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark, and solo performer Eleni Mandell.{{cite news |last=McElroy |first=Megan |url= https://www.ocweekly.com/the-living-sisters-live-grand-annex/ |title=LA Based Super Group 'the Living Sisters' Live on Fri 11/8 |work=Orange County Register |date=October 29, 2019 |accessdate=September 19, 2020}}

In 2019 Lilly released her solo debut album 2% Milk on Inara George's label Release Me Records.{{cite news |last=Iwasaki |first=Scott |url= https://www.parkrecord.com/entertainment/alex-lilly-serves-a-glass-of-2-mllk/ |title=Alex Lilly serves a glass of '2% Milk' |work=Park Record |date=January 27, 2020 |accessdate=September 19, 2020}} The album was produced by Jacob Bercovici of The Voidz and Andy Bauer of Twin Shadow. On July 31, 2020, she released a song bundle on Release Me called Love in Three Colors.{{cite news |last=Grunenberg |first=Kira |url= https://americansongwriter.com/aquamarine-alex-lilly-song-interview/ |title=Alex Lilly Uncovers Vivid Shades of Emotion in New Single "Aquamarine" |work=American Songwriter |date=July 27, 2020 |accessdate=September 19, 2020}} She has also announced an EP with Barbara Gruska of The Belle Brigade and an upcoming stage musical.

Discography

=As Obi Best=

  • 2008: Capades
  • 2011: Sentimental Education

=As Alex Lilly=

  • 2016: Paranoid Times - EP
  • 2019: 2% Milk
  • 2020: Love in Three Colors - EP
  • 2022: Repetition is a Sin

=With The Living Sisters=

  • 2010: Love To Live
  • 2013: Run for Cover
  • 2014: Harmony is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday

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