LA LOM, the instrumental trio from Los Angeles, acclaimed by NPR for their ability to “transcend time periods and genres,” have announced the wide release of their first live album: Live at Thalia Hall.
They have shared their cover of Los Socios Del Ritmos’ “Llorar,” from the upcoming album alongside the performance video.
Originally issued as a Record Store Day exclusive earlier this year, the album captures the band’s sold-out March 2024 performance at Chicago’s iconic Thalia Hall and will be available worldwide on LP and digital formats September 12 via Verve Records. When they announced it, LA LOM shared a two-track single featuring “Alacrán” and a medley of “El Paso Del Gigante / La Danza De Los Mirlos / Cumbia Sampuesana” from the album. A live performance video for “Alacrán” is out now, featuring the bright red round stage, and the band fully surrounded by the audience in the round. Fans can stream the single and pre-order the full album now.
The Thalia Hall show was a pivotal moment for the band. Speaking on the exciting live release, guitarist Zac Sokolow says:
Our concert at Thalia Hall in March was a special night. Just a few months before, we had played a sold out night in Chicago at the Empty Bottle. The crowd was so enthusiastic and the demand to get into that show was so high that we knew that Chicago was an important place for our music. A few months before that, we were still playing little bars and dance parties all over the city of Los Angeles and had no experience playing much outside of LA.
Having graduated to playing big theaters within a span of about 6 months, we had a strong desire to keep the energy of the tightly packed dance clubs in LA that shaped our music, no matter where we were playing. We accomplished that at Thalia Hall. We built a round bright red stage and put it right in the middle of the room. The hall was completely packed, and there were people on all sides of the round stage dancing and screaming loudly, even getting up on stage with us and dancing for certain songs.
Jacob Butler (sometimes referred to as the 4th member of LA LOM) has recorded all of the videos we have made from the start. He was there with us at Thalia Hall, shooting from all sides of the stage and capturing the crowd as well. We had a crew recording the whole thing on tape. What we were left with was really great live footage from one of our most exciting shows to date, and incredibly well recorded audio of the whole thing. It’s a combination of original songs (some of which were released on our debut LP later that year, some which haven’t been released yet) along with covers of classic cumbia from Colombia, Peru, and Mexico, along with an old soul ballad from Smokey Robinson. This is a lot of the music that shaped the sound of LA LOM.