Doors at 8:30pm, show at 9:00pm

Lillian King’s debut album In Your Long Shadow is out October 24th. It is about letting the wind in, Lake Michigan in the winter, and the silence of a long summer evening. And really it’s about the grief of losing her dad, Neil King Jr.

When her dad died in September 2024, grief permeated every facet of Lillian’s life. The loss is felt in everything, but especially when doing the things her dad loved the most –– the simple everyday good things that make life worth living: cooking, walking the longer way to work, swimming in cold water. In the throes of grief it feels impossible to find anything that doesn’t just make you sadder, but when Lillian did find those things, she grabbed onto them. Soon it was clear that the best coping mechanisms weren't gin and tonics, but talking to her mom and sister as much as possible, and producing an album.

The album arrangement came together in a couple of weeks as Lillian brought bandmates and friends Robert Salazar and Nick DePrey new and old songs to build on. Robert played the drums, while Nick played keys (with a smattering of bass and guitar). The process was collaborative and intimate, and only got better when Jack Henry (producer of albums by Friko and Free Range) joined to record and mix it.

From Spencer Krug, founder of Pronounced Kroog: I first met Lillian in June of 2024, when she joined me on tour to open for a short run of solo shows. We became fast friends, and my appreciation for her songs grew as I listened to her perform them each night with nothing but an acoustic guitar and her singular voice. By the end of the tour, I told Lillian if she ever made a full-length album, Pronounced Kroog would be interested in putting out. A year later, here we are.