LA LOM Details Highly-Anticipated Debut Album & Shares Infectious New Single

The L.A.-based trio’s first full-length arrives on August 9.

By Andy Kahn Jun 5, 2024 7:00 am PDT

LA LOM confirmed the release of their self-titled debut album on August 9 through Verve Records. The Los Angeles-based trio previewed the pending full-length with the lead single, “Danza de LA LOM.”

LA LOM – which stands for The Los Angeles League of Musicians – consists of L.A. natives, guitarist Zac Sokolow, bassist Jake Faulkner and drummer Nicholas Baker. Sokolow and Faulkner met at age 16 and initially began performing together in Southern California-based rockabilly bands.

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Baker, who studied Latin percussion with Nuyorican bassist/percussionist Roberto Miranda, joined the pair in forming LA LOM. The trio honed their collective chops playing five nights a week at the storied Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard.

The trio recorded LA LOM mostly at producer Elliot Bergman’s Figueroa Studio in L.A. Bosting 13 new songs, the latest effort follows their self-titled EP that arrived in 2022.

Regarding the single “Danza de LA LOM,” Sokolow stated:

“The song in a lot of ways is our homage to the Cumbia and Chicha from Peru. Bands like Los Mirlos, Los Shapis, Los Destellos, Los Wembler’s de Iquitos, and others have been a huge influence on us and the music we make. Particularly in the way they use the biting twangy guitar to lead the melody of the song. When we started out playing in bars full of dancers around Los Angeles, covers from the great Chicha and Cumbia bands of Peru were a big part of our repertoire. We knew we wanted to have our own ‘Danza de LA LOM,’ and this song gets people dancing as well as any song we have ever covered.”

Listen to the LA LOM lead single “Danza de LA LOM” here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUGwOQC-1bI

LA LOM will set off on a tour supporting Vampire Weekend tomorrow, Thursday, June 6 in Houston. This year will see LA LOM make their first appearances at the Newport Folk Festival and Pitchfork London, alongside other performances. View their full tour itinerary below.

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LA LOM Tracklist

  1. Angels Point
  2. Figueroa
  3. Maravilla
  4. ’72 Monte Carlo
  5. El Sereno
  6. Lorena
  7. Lucia
  8. Danza de LA LOM
  9. Espejismo
  10. Ghosts of Gardena
  11. Moonlight Over Montebello
  12. Rebecca
  13. San Fernando Rose
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