Liily at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (2021-10-24)

Los Angeles’ Liily is currently touring in support of their debut record TV or Not TV. The band headlined the 7th Street Entry, in Minneapolis, on October 24th.



Opening the show was local band Birdhole, their first time playing the Entry.



The band started their set with “Let Me be Frank with You” intro, followed by “In Different Towns” and “Sleep”.



They had a few covers on their set, including Tegan & Sara’s “Hell” and Guided By Voices’ “Motor Away”.



They ended their set with a song they said was called “SPV”.



Liily is still a very new, but they they are very good and shows a lot of promise. Singer, Dylan Nash, reminds me of a stoic Ian Brown, while the band, guitarist Sam De La Torre, bassist Charlie Anastasis, and drummer Maxx Morando, plays post-punk, art-rock music. While the band didn’t mentioned their influences, I felt like they were inspired by a lot of UK-bands, as I hear sparks of The Fall and Gang of Four in their sound… which is a positive thing.



The best songs, “I Am Who You Think I Am”, “TV or Not TV” and “Wash” were played early in their set. The latter, I misheard as “walk it off” instead of “wash it off”… which had two very different meaning. They saved their hit single, “Toro” near the end of their brief set.



Again, the band is new, and I hope their music reach a wider audience. It’s not just the music, but it’s also the live performance that made Liily so exciting to experience.



Liily’s UK starts in November.