Lucky Nights by Mila Webb

The unearthly folk of singer songwriter Mila Webb blends empyrean lap steel and gossamer melodies to draw the out of body experience of a deeply inner life. Her debut EP, Lucky Nights, arrives in 2022 via Perpetual Doom.

Webb describes herself as “a bit of a late bloomer,” with a wink. The sixth child of singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb (“Wichita Lineman”, “MacArthur Park”), and the younger of five older siblings collaborating under the moniker The Webb Brothers, Webb bristled at the notion of leaving her own permanent record. In an embrace of anonymous fulfillment, she landed residence in a 70-person co-op in Berkeley, CA - a backdrop of fleeting privacy that led her to seek singularity in song. This is the kind of cosmic joke that informs her music’s psychedelic idealism. A move back home to Los Angeles, and tentative steps out of hermeticism, produced the demos that became Lucky Nights. Best detailed by her aptly named “Masterpiece,” Webb teases her interchangeable preference to “Waste my time / Take my time,” marveling at the indiscriminate difference between living in a moment and letting it pass you by.

The titular song is a love letter to darkness- “like the midnight sky would be, a long long time ago” Webb sings, an ethereal ode to the accident of happiness, inking vividly the memory of a dream in the stark brushstrokes of the woefully awake.

Recorded and co-produced by Chris Cohen (of Chris Cohen, The Curtains, Deerhoof) at Tropico Beauty (Glendale, CA) and various home studios, Lucky Nights also features contributions from Greg Hartunian, Harrison Whitford (Phoebe Bridgers), Max Whipple (Tobias Jesso Jr., Midnight Sister), Jay Rudolph (Midnight Sister, Weyes Blood), and Will Canzoneri (Jessica Pratt, Vampire Weekend).

"Lucky Nights" Official Video: https://youtu.be/BE20Iq84R0E
"Masterpiece" Official Video: https://youtu.be/0V0-9a_zi8k

Tracklist

1.	Masterpiece	4:18

2.	Halos	3:22

3.	I Was A Rose	2:44

4.	Lucky Nights	4:57

Credits

released April 15, 2022

Produced by Chris Cohen and Camila Webb
Engineers: Chris Cohen and Greg Hartunian
Guitars: Harrison Whitford, Chris Cohen, Camila Webb, and Greg Hartunian
Drums and Percussion: Jay Rudolph
Bass: Max Whipple
Piano: Will Canzoneri
Mixing: Chris Cohen
Edits: Dash LeFrancis
Mastering: Timothy Stollenwerk

Cover Art: Miles Wintner

Recorded at Chris Cohen’s Lincoln Heights studio, Mila’s igloo on Baxter St., and Tropico Beauty in Glendale, California.

Thank you to Chris Cohen, Greg Hartunian, Jay Rudolph, Max Whipple, Harrison Whitford, Will Canzoneri, Andrea Adolph (who provided special help with arranging harmonies), Timothy Stollenwerk, Christian Lee Hutson, Sharon Silva, Dash LeFrancis, Eli Pearl, Jason Quever, Matt LaRocca, Brian Cohen, Kyle Emerson Miller, Mackenzie Morrison, Danielle Filosa, Scarlett McIntosh, Renira Morris, Sulaiman Muhammad, Lou and the folks at Perpetual Doom, my wonderful family and Joe Cassidy (The Loveliest Fella).

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