Lilys are an Americanindie rockband formed in Washington, D.C in 1988. The only constant member is Kurt Heasley, with the line-up changing regularly. Several of the band's tracks have been used in television advertisements, including the band's biggest hit, "A Nanny In Manhattan", which reached No. 16 in the UK after being used in a Levi's advertisement directed by Roman Coppola.[1]
Heasley has collaborated with other acts such as Nobody, appearing on the band's 2005 single "Fancy", a cover of the Kinks song,[2] and The Brian Jonestown Massacre, singing "Tschuss" on their 2003 album And This Is Our Music. He also contributed "effects" to Poole's "Snowcicle" on the band's Alaska Days album, and performed on Apples In Stereo's 1995 album Fun Trick Noisemaker, and Neko Case's 2009 album Middle Cyclone.[3] He co-wrote the Twitch Hazel contributions to their 1997 split double-7-inch EP Kramer's Beach. He has also produced recordings by other artists including The Asteroid#4 (Apple Street: A Classic Tale Of Love And Hate, King Richard's Collectibles), The Ladybug Transistor, and Mazarin and co-engineered Echo Orbiter's Laughing All The While.
Musical styleedit
The band's music has shifted style several times in its history. The early recordings, including debut album In The Presence of Nothing, were strongly influenced by My Bloody Valentine.[1] They then moved through dream pop before settling on a new style that has been described as mod revival and a particularly strong influence from The Kinks, and other 1960s bands such as The Monkees and The Zombies leading to the 1996 album Better Can't Make Your Life Better,[4][5] Later releases included elements of psychedelic rock and a return to their earlier shoegazing sound.[1] The band have gained a reputation for sounding very similar to other artists and bands over the years, with Michael Sandlin of Pitchfork Media going as far as saying "You might say Lilys frontman Kurt Heasley is a world-class thief",[6] but as one journalist put it "I know we're supposed to hate bands that sound too much like other bands, but the difference with the Lilys is that they do it so blatantly and so shamelessly that it's somehow rendered okay."[7]
Rock critic Robert Christgau described the band's sound as "amplified watercolors".[8]
Better Can't Make Your Life Better (1996) Che/Primary Records (Reissued in 1998 in Europe on CD with an altered track list that omitted one original song from U.S. album version and added two B-sides)
^Lewis, Catherine P. (2006) "Lilys Everything Wrong Is Imaginary", Washington Post, February 3, 2006, retrieved 23 December 2009
^Sandlin, Michael (1999) "Lilys The 3-Way 2008-10-21 at the Wayback Machine", Pitchfork Media, April 20, 1999, retrieved 24 December 2009
^Chang, Vickie (2006) "Sounds Just Like Awesome: 90s rockers the Lilys ripped off pretty much every band ever", OC Weekly, July 6, 2006, retrieved 24 December 2009
^Murray, Noel (1999) "Rock Steady: Three bands stay true to rock 'n' roll, with mixed results", Nashville Scene, May 20, 1999, retrieved 23 December 2009
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Not to be confused with Lilies Lillies or Lily s Lilys are an American indie rock band formed in Washington D C in 1988 The only constant member is Kurt Heasley with the line up changing regularly Several of the band s tracks have been used in television advertisements including the band s biggest hit A Nanny In Manhattan which reached No 16 in the UK after being used in a Levi s advertisement directed by Roman Coppola 1 LilysOriginWashington D C United StatesGenresIndie rock indie pop shoegaze dream popYears active1988 presentLabelsSlumberland Records SpinART Che Primary Sire Records Darla Low Transit Industries Tiger Style File 13 Manifesto Rainbow Quartz Rocket Girl Frontier RecordsMembersKurt HeasleyPast membersHarold Bear Evans Ken Heitmuller Mike Glasgow Dana Cerick Alex Hacker Archie Moore Beth Sorrentino Jay Sorrentino Paul Pablo Naomi Art Difuria Bryan Dilworth Mike Lenert Dave Frank Michael Deming Rich Costey Robert Andreano Thom Monahan Aaron Sperske Trevor Kampmann Torben Pastore Jason Falkner James Fuzzy Sangiovani Steven Keller Mickey Walker Gerhardt Koerner Don Devore Mike Musmanno Karl Hinze Don Piper Michael Johnson Tim Foote Mike Hammel Matt Horn Tommy Joyner Steven Keller Chris McAllen Trish Scearce Mario Pel Lopez Mark Scott Ariel Pink Matthew Keys Farthing Diana Wynn Dan Horne Jesse Gallagher Spenser Gralla Noah Bond Doug Tuttle Alex Craig William FitzGerald Travis Rosenberg Simon O Connor Chris Colley Evan Weiss James Richardson Reed Smidebush Evan Mui James Mahon Matthew McDermott Contents 1 Heasley collaborations and productions 2 Musical style 3 Discography 3 1 Albums 3 2 Singles EPs 3 3 Compilation appearances 4 References 5 External linksHeasley collaborations and productions editHeasley has collaborated with other acts such as Nobody appearing on the band s 2005 single Fancy a cover of the Kinks song 2 and The Brian Jonestown Massacre singing Tschuss on their 2003 album And This Is Our Music He also contributed effects to Poole s Snowcicle on the band s Alaska Days album and performed on Apples In Stereo s 1995 album Fun Trick Noisemaker and Neko Case s 2009 album Middle Cyclone 3 He co wrote the Twitch Hazel contributions to their 1997 split double 7 inch EP Kramer s Beach He has also produced recordings by other artists including The Asteroid 4 Apple Street A Classic Tale Of Love And Hate King Richard s Collectibles The Ladybug Transistor and Mazarin and co engineered Echo Orbiter s Laughing All The While Musical style editThe band s music has shifted style several times in its history The early recordings including debut album In The Presence of Nothing were strongly influenced by My Bloody Valentine 1 They then moved through dream pop before settling on a new style that has been described as mod revival and a particularly strong influence from The Kinks and other 1960s bands such as The Monkees and The Zombies leading to the 1996 album Better Can t Make Your Life Better 4 5 Later releases included elements of psychedelic rock and a return to their earlier shoegazing sound 1 The band have gained a reputation for sounding very similar to other artists and bands over the years with Michael Sandlin of Pitchfork Media going as far as saying You might say Lilys frontman Kurt Heasley is a world class thief 6 but as one journalist put it I know we re supposed to hate bands that sound too much like other bands but the difference with the Lilys is that they do it so blatantly and so shamelessly that it s somehow rendered okay 7 Rock critic Robert Christgau described the band s sound as amplified watercolors 8 Discography editAlbums edit In the Presence of Nothing 1992 Slumberland Records A Brief History of Amazing Letdowns 1994 10 mini album SpinART Records Eccsame the Photon Band 1994 SpinART Records reissued in 2015 on Frontier Records Better Can t Make Your Life Better 1996 Che Primary Records Reissued in 1998 in Europe on CD with an altered track list that omitted one original song from U S album version and added two B sides The 3 Way 1999 Sire Records Zero Population Growth Bliss Out Volume 15 1999 Darla Records Precollection 2003 Manifesto reissued in Europe with 3 bonus tracks as The Lilys 2004 on Rainbow Quartz Records Everything Wrong Is Imaginary 2006 Manifesto Records Singles EPs edit February Fourteenth Threw A Day 1991 Slumberland Records Tone Bender 1993 Slumberland Records Tone Bender EP 1994 Summershine Records contains the first two album singles re released as EP Returns Every Morning 1996 Che Records A Nanny in Manhattan 1996 Che Records Which Studies the Past 7 EP 1996 Sub Pop Records Services For the Soon to Be Departed EP 1997 Primary Records A Nanny in Manhattan 1998 Che Records Reached the UK Music Charts at No 16 Selected EP 2000 File 13 Records Compilation appearances edit Any Several Sundays appears on One Last Kiss CD 1992 spinART Records Claire Hates Me appears on Neapolitan Metropolitan 3x 7 inch EP box set 1992 Simple Machines Excelsior Plainslide appears on Ten Cent Fix A Jiffy Boy Records Compilation 1993 Jiffy Boy Records Strange Feelin appears on Sing A Song For You Tribute To Tim Buckley 2000 Manifesto Records Dreams Never End appears on Slumberland Records The First 20 Years 2009 Slumberland Records Lilys Aspera Ad Astra split EP with Aspera Ad Astra 2000 Tiger Style Records Well Traveled Is Protest appears on the Lilys Big Troubles split 7 2012 Speakertree Records Unheard of Curiosities appears on the Lodge 49 Original Soundtrack Series album 2019 Lakeshore RecordsReferences edit a b c Strong Martin C 2003 The Great Indie Discography Canongate ISBN 1 84195 335 0 p 836 837 Mosurak Doug 2005 Still Single Vol 3 Dusted 2005 retrieved 24 December 2009 Here s Neko Case With The Weather www magnetmagazine com 31 December 2008 Retrieved 2016 02 06 Howard Brian 2003 A Man Up Archived 2009 12 04 at the Wayback Machine Philadelphia City Paper 22 28 May 2003 retrieved 23 December 2009 Lewis Catherine P 2006 Lilys Everything Wrong Is Imaginary Washington Post February 3 2006 retrieved 23 December 2009 Sandlin Michael 1999 Lilys The 3 Way Archived 2008 10 21 at the Wayback Machine Pitchfork Media April 20 1999 retrieved 24 December 2009 Chang Vickie 2006 Sounds Just Like Awesome 90s rockers the Lilys ripped off pretty much every band ever OC Weekly July 6 2006 retrieved 24 December 2009 Murray Noel 1999 Rock Steady Three bands stay true to rock n roll with mixed results Nashville Scene May 20 1999 retrieved 23 December 2009External links editLilys at AllMusic Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lilys amp oldid 1205125121, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
