January 30, 2017 For Immediate Release
ALEX LAHEY SIGNS TO DEAD OCEANS, “B-GRADE UNIVERSITY” EP OUT DIGITALLY TODAY
WATCH NEW VIDEO FOR “WES ANDERSON” h ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAQNnd7QIkk
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR ANNOUNCED; PLAYING SXSW, LA, SAN FRANCISCO, CHICAGO, PHILADELPHIA, NYC, AND BOSTON; SUPPORTING TEGAN AND SARA IN THE UK NEXT MONTH
(photo credit: Kane Gibbered) “The sen ment is simple and familiar—and yet so is the wind that whips through your hair while racing down a highway in the summer with friends, and who ever gets sick of that?” — Pitchfork, on “You Don’t Think You Like People Like Me” [BEST NEW TRACK]
“Earlier this year, Melbourne’s Alex Lahey released her debut EP, ‘B-Grade University,’ which is the kind of startlingly impressive debut that you just know is going to catch on…” — Brooklyn Vegan
“The fact she’s made something so vibrant and altogether fun out of a concept as straigh orward as ‘being in your early 20s and just figuring shit out’ speaks volumes about her ability to put her own thoroughly entertaining spin on the ups and downs of the everyman.” — DIY Magazine
Rela onship problems. Post-gradua on life choices. The troubles of early-20s life. They’re millenials’ problems, sure, but weren’t they everyone’s at one point? Few people can detail these worries quite like Alex Lahey, a 24 yea- old Melburnian (that’s Melbourne, Australia) who’s EP “B-Grade University” is out now on Dead Oceans. Having already garnered a Best New Track from Pitchfork for her debut single, “You Don’t Think You Like People Like Me,” Lahey’s fuzzed-out, catchy-as-hell indie rock is stacked with emo on, weighing the sound of youthful anxiety against cu ng, sophis cated wordplay. Watch the EP’s first video for “Wes Anderson,” premiered earlier today via Noisey.
Alex Lahey originally released “B-Grade University” on her own label in summer 2016, shortly before playing iconic Australian fes val Splendour in the Grass. Lead track, “Ivy League,” pre y much wrote itself: “I went and studied sax at uni for a few years and just fucking hated it” she told DIY Magazine last November. Lahey dropped out to concentrate all her efforts on the songwri ng that she cared most about. That cli ump proved a great decision: “B- Grade University” immediately went onto heavy rota on on Triple J, with the single "You Don't Think You Like People Like Me.” Lahey closed 2016 being the most played ar st on Triple J Unearthed, as well as being voted Best Female Ar st at the Age Music Awards.
Even if your woes are not the same, Lahey's themes demand you to sing along, close your eyes and punch your fist in the air. Underneath the millennial angst, there’s an aura of posi vity, universality, good mes and looking towards the future that we all need right now.
WATCH “WES ANDERSON” VIDEO — h ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAQNnd7QIkk
ALEX LAHEY TOUR DATES: Mon. Feb. 13 — London, UK @ Roundhouse w/ Tegan & Sara Tue. Feb. 14 — Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall w/ Tegan & Sara Wed. Feb. 15 — Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy w/ Tegan & Sara Fri. Feb. 17 — Glasgow, UK @ O2 ABC w/ Tegan & Sara Sat. Feb. 18 — Birmingham, UK @ O2 Ins tu on w/ Tegan & Sara Sun. Feb. 19 — Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street w/ Tegan & Sara Mon. Feb. 20 — London, UK @ Old Blue Last Sat. March 11 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo Sun. March 12 — San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop Tue. March 14 - Sat. March 18 — Aus n, TX @ SXSW Mon. March 20 — Chicago, IL @ Schubas Wed. March 22 — Washington, DC @ DC9 Thu. March 23 — Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live Fri. March 24 — Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade NYC Sat. March 25 — New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge Sun. March 26 — Boston, MA @ Great Sco
“B-GRADE UNIVERSITY” TRACKLIST: 01. Ivy League 02. Let’s Go Out 03. Wes Anderson 04. You Don’t Think You Like People Like Me 05. L L L Leave Me Alone
WATCH/SHARE: “You Don’t Think You Like People Like Me” video — h ps://youtu.be/Z32tgLHEEBc “Let’s Go Out” video — h ps://youtu.be/sTrajo-tHMc
PURCHASE/STREAM “B-GRADE UNIVERSITY” EP — h ps://alexlahey.lnk.to/B-GradeUniversity
(“B-Grade University” EP art)
Download hi-res images & album art — h p://pitchperfectpr.com/alex-lahey/
Alex Lahey online: alexlahey.com.au facebook.com/alexlaheymusic/ twi er.com/alexlahey instagram.com/alex_lahey/
For more informa on, contact: Sam McAllister & Stephanie Bauman | Pitch Perfect PR — [email protected], [email protected], 773-271-6844