| Lillix | |
| Background: | group_or_band |
| Alias: | Tigerlily |
| Origin: | Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada |
| Years Active: | 1997–2010 |
| Label: | Maverick (2001–2006) |
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Lillix was a pop rock band from Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1997 when the early members were in high school. The band was originally an all-girl group under the name Tigerlily composed of guitarist Tasha-Ray Evin, keyboardist Lacey-Lee Evin, bassist Louise Burns, and drummer Sierra Hills. In 2001 the band was signed by Maverick Records and changed their name to Lillix as there was another band called Tigerlily. Hills left in 2002 and was replaced by Kim Urhahn, and later by Alicia Warrington, a future WWE NXT ring announcer under the name Alicia Taylor. Urhahn has been among a rare group of left-handed female drummers. The band was considered on hiatus from late 2006 through 2009 due to the folding of their label, Maverick Records, and officially disbanded after the release of their independent third album in 2010. Their debut album Falling Uphill was an international success, selling more than half a million copies worldwide.[1]
Under their original name of Tigerlily, the group sent their demo to an industry lawyer named Jonathan Simkin, who liked the band's sound and helped promote them to record labels.[2] The group ultimately ended up signing with Maverick Records in 2001 and changed their name to Lillix. Their debut album Falling Uphill was released in Canada and the United States on 27 May 2003[3]
The second album, Inside the Hollow, was released in Canada on 29 August 2006 and in Japan on 6 September.[5] The only single from this album is "Sweet Temptation (Hollow)". This album's release featured drummer Alicia Warrington in October 2005.[6]
Maverick Records folded in 2007 as part of restructuring after becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the Warner Music Group the previous year, and Lillix was not picked back up by Warner Bros. Records, leaving them without a record label. In April 2008, Lillix moved to Vancouver and was preparing to record a new album. On 15 March 2009, the band introduced a new member, Britt Black, and announced the recording of a new single, "Dance Alone". The song was released on 14 June. It was followed in March 2010 by "Nowhere to Run" and was later accompanied by a music video directed by Colin Minihan that premiered on 7 August. The title of the new album was announced on 17 July, to be Tigerlily in honour of their original band name.
Tigerlily was released in Canada on 24 August and later released in Japan along with two bonus tracks. The first single released was "Dance Alone", which did not chart but achieved moderate airplay. The album was met by positive reviews; music journalists such as Kate MacRae from Chart Attack have stated that "Tigerlily has some pretty good tracks ("7 Days", "Back Up Girl" and "Nowhere to Run"), Lillix". In November 2015, an interview with Lacey-Lee was published by SonicBids Blog discussing the band's label (Maverick) folding and the struggles they faced afterwards.[7]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [8] | US Heat [9] | JPN [10] | ||||||
| Falling Uphill |
| 188 | 6 | 14 | ||||
| Inside the Hollow |
| — | — | 48 | ||||
| Tigerlily |
| — | — | 283 | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US CHR [11] | US Pop [12] | |||||||
| 2003 | "It's About Time" | 32 | 33 | Falling Uphill | ||||
| "What I Like About You" | — | — | ||||||
| "Tomorrow" | 48 | — | ||||||
| 2006 | "Sweet Temptation (Hollow)" | — | — | Inside the Hollow | ||||
| 2009 | "Dance Alone" | — | — | Tigerlily | ||||
| 2010 | "Nowhere to Run" | — | — | |||||
| 2011 | "Dreamland" | — | — | |||||
| "Back Up Girl" | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released to that format. | ||||||||
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