Lily Konigsberg - Lily We Need to Talk Now - Yellow Vinyl

Lily We Need To Talk Now is a record Konigsberg has

been slowly chipping away at since 2016, revising and

re-recording the songs over the years. The eleven-track

collection is her first proper full length, following her

anthology of EPs and unreleased tracks, The Best of

Lily Konigsberg Right Now, released in 2021 by Wharf

Cat Records. The new record is catchy the whole way

through, like much of her poppy and plainspoken indie

rock output that's made her a fixture of the NYC underground in recent years. Her voice twists and turns and

dashes around her clever wordplay in new ways; there

are hints of power-pop, pop-punk, and downtempo introspection, all dotted with easter eggs of winking humor.

True to it's title, this collection of songs is like a check in

with herself. "On "That's The Way I Like It," with backing vocals from longtime collaborator Paco Cathcart,

she reflects on the feeling of "struggling with someone

you love, and how you can get all evil about it, like a

brat, like a baby." On "Proud Home", she sings one of

the records boldest earworm hooks ("You've got a lot

of f***ing things to be proud of!") and tries to comfort

a friend who has a crush on her mom. "I really cracked

myself up with the lyrics," she says. "It's kind of a Stacey's Mom riff. I decided it's a dedication to Adam

Schlesinger [of Fountains of Wayne]." "Roses, Again" is

a new take on a familiar Lily tune (originally on Good

Time Now) re-recorded at the request of her current

live band, who have evolved the song on the road