Finnish melodic rock/metal band LILLI releases the third single from the upcoming second album on Thursday 12th of May. The song titled Elude is a heavy sounding but still wistful story of giving one’s all but still to be left with nothing. Elude following the two earlier single releases – Limits of Life and Manflake – continues the musical development leaning towards heavier sounds compared to the band’s first album Awful Hits for Women (2020).

”The lyrics are about trial and error in a relationship, about giving all you got to someone but still just not being enough. Eventually one is forced to give up and let go, but still the doubt remains: did I try hard enough or could I have given it more effort?” the vocalist Lily Black sums up.

”Elude differs from other our songs because the basic structure was created almost two years ago but the finishing took time. The chorus especially took a lot of work and we ground it to the point of tiring. We put the song on the shelf for a while and got back to working on it in the beginning of 2022 as we were working on the second album. Suddenly it all just clicked and the released version also includes a synthesizer bringing wideness to the sound. The song is very nice to play and as an upbeat song it works great in live shows as well” Teemu Harjunen (guitar) and Sami Halinen (bass) comment on the song.

Listen to the single on music services: https://push.fm/fl/skgcetws

The song has been recorded in the group’s bassist Sami Halinen’s home studio in Nakkila. Mixing was done by Sami Niittykoski (SN-Audio Production) and mastering Alho Audio Mastering.

LILLI is a melodic rock and metal playing band founded in February 2019 from Pori, Finland.

Finnish rockers LILLI have released their second single, Manflake, from their upcoming second album. The previous single Limits of Life gave some tasters of the bands refreshed musical direction and this new single creates a continuum towards the second album’s more energetic and heavier punch.

“Manflake leans towards the more traditional hard rock recipe added with a hefty handful of rage from punk. As a fusion of these two the new single is at the same time fiercely stand taking and fist raising rumble”, tells the band’s bassist and chief studio officer Sami Halinen. “With Manflake, we have pushed to increase the quality of our sound without forgetting the rough edge coming from punk. All this is served to the listener as an efficient 3 and a half-minute package.”, Halinen continues.

The band Vocalist Lily Black opens the background of the lyrics: “Manflake is pointed at people who are offended about other people not tolerating their unsolicited opinions and bad behavior. It encourages you to be brave and live your life the way you are without minding the opinions of people who live in the past and think that everything was better then.”

Listen to “Manflake”:
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3ufSUgt
Apple Music: https://apple.co/3L1CjTC
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ALeYkB
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/fi/album/284183852
Tidal: https://listen.tidal.com/album/210803840