"No one noticed I wasn't there / No one noticed I had gone / So I walk the street at night / With permission from a hiding sun..."
The wistful, sagely beauty of "Love is A Dark Comedy" by Los Angeles singer-songwriter Lily Kershaw is so timeless that it could have been birthed in every decade since the 50's and on forever. A lot of this timeless feeling has to do with Kershaw's vocal countenance that feels at once exquisitely gorgeous but also maybe a bit bruised up but healed up too. The cadence, sort of western noir-esque quality, pearly guitars holding up that steely yet vulnerable voice all shouts survivorship and hope of better days under a melancholy rain. Sometimes lyrics in songs are vague, sometimes they are decidedly literal and easy to read. Kershaw's poetry lies somewhere in between, purely cinematic with lines you are eager to read between.
"The saints have all left town
I'm on the east side now
And I'm waiting for your call
Its a funny thing
What joy can bring
I don't feel it at all"
(from Liner Notes): [In this lilting sing-a-long, the line "the saints have all left town" refers to missing local shows by Lily's idols Patti Smith and Leonard Cohen, who she never got to see play when he was alive and living in Los Angeles, suggesting what she knows now: that music would become her salvation.]
I love the lyrical content, I love that as the song moves along, gets deeper, so deep that I felt chills skate across my skin. "Love is A Dark Comedy" as a title is so true, isn't it. Love hurts sometimes but it is our life blood, isn't it. Great track, a great forever song.
No one noticed it was you
Who put me in this state
Made me feel this way
I stop and pray for peace
What every person needs
And a little quiet too
It's a dark thing
What the wrong love can bring
Don't let it happen to you"
Had by you
Yeah you got me
You got me blue
I was done
Done in by you
Yeah you got me
But now I'm so blue"
(from Liner Notes)
Los Angeles singer & songwriter Lily Kershaw makes her long-awaited return with her first new music since 2020. The wistful and witty “Depreshmode” sees Lily open up like never before as she dives into her personal experience with prolonged depression. Produced by Brandon Walters (Lord Huron), “Depreshmode” is the first taste of Lily’s upcoming album, due out in 2024 (details forthcoming).
Lily explains, “There was a girl who I was very close to when I was younger, and I told her how bad my depression was. Within a short period of time, she stopped talking to me. So I started joking about depression a lot. I wouldn’t say I was depressed; I would say I was in depreshmode.”
Lily explains, “There was a girl who I was very close to when I was younger, and I told her how bad my depression was. Within a short period of time, she stopped talking to me. So I started joking about depression a lot. I wouldn’t say I was depressed; I would say I was in depreshmode.”
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Los Angeles singer & songwriter Lily Kershaw makes her long-awaited return with her first new music since 2020. The wistful and witty “Depreshmode” sees Lily open up like never before as she dives into her personal experience with prolonged depression. Produced by Brandon Walters (Lord Huron), “Depreshmode” is the first taste of Lily’s upcoming album, due out in 2024 (details forthcoming).
Lily explains, “There was a girl who I was very close to when I was younger, and I told her how bad my depression was. Within a short period of time, she stopped talking to me. So I started joking about depression a lot. I wouldn’t say I was depressed; I would say I was in depreshmode.”
Lily released her debut album Midnight In The Garden in 2013, featuring break-out single “As It Seems.” The album scored millions of streams and critical acclaim as she landed syncs on Criminal Minds, Grey’s Anatomy, Finding Carter, and more. She followed it up her 2018 EP Lost Angeles and her 2021 sophomore album Arcadia, which received acclaim from Nylon, American Songwriter, Vulture, Earmilk, Refinery29, and more. Along the way, Lily cut her teeth on tours alongside Radical Face, Mason Jennings, The Weepies and Joshua Radin, to name a few, and today has amassed more than 80 million streams.
Lily Kershaw, singer songwriter, Los Angeles, indie rock, folk, Western noir, indie pop, dreamy, confessional style, "Love is A Dark Comedy", beautiful bruises, thoughtful, moving,
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https://www.instagram.com/lilykershaw/
https://lilykershaw.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/lilykershawmusic
https://www.lilykershaw.com/
Los Angeles singer & songwriter Lily Kershaw makes her long-awaited return with her first new music since 2020. The wistful and witty “Depreshmode” sees Lily open up like never before as she dives into her personal experience with prolonged depression. Produced by Brandon Walters (Lord Huron), “Depreshmode” is the first taste of Lily’s upcoming album, due out in 2024 (details forthcoming).
Lily explains, “There was a girl who I was very close to when I was younger, and I told her how bad my depression was. Within a short period of time, she stopped talking to me. So I started joking about depression a lot. I wouldn’t say I was depressed; I would say I was in depreshmode.”
Lily released her debut album Midnight In The Garden in 2013, featuring break-out single “As It Seems.” The album scored millions of streams and critical acclaim as she landed syncs on Criminal Minds, Grey’s Anatomy, Finding Carter, and more. She followed it up her 2018 EP Lost Angeles and her 2021 sophomore album Arcadia, which received acclaim from Nylon, American Songwriter, Vulture, Earmilk, Refinery29, and more. Along the way, Lily cut her teeth on tours alongside Radical Face, Mason Jennings, The Weepies and Joshua Radin, to name a few, and today has amassed more than 80 million streams.
Lily Kershaw, singer songwriter, Los Angeles, indie rock, folk, Western noir, indie pop, dreamy, confessional style, "Love is A Dark Comedy", beautiful bruises, thoughtful, moving,
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