Live Preview: The Tilly and The Wall Interview

story by Jen Fischer
photo by Rob Walters

Like so many of us, Jamie Pressnall holds down one of those day job things. As she answered a recent call from Chicago Innerview, she mentioned that she had just finished work. Reflexively, I asked if she'd been in the studio. "Oh, I work at a coffee shop," she replied. Just like the rest of us who don't travel the globe with our super-cool indie band, she has to bring in the cash. When you talk to her, you get the sense that the tap-dancing percussionist from Tilly and the Wall never stops moving. And soon, she'll be on the move some more.

         

As the group nears completion of its third album to be released, like its others, on Connor Oberst's Team Love label, they are also launching a tour, which kicked off on February 28. Jamie's excited. The group hasn't toured the States in a long time, and they're ready to treat fans to some new music, including the release of a March single featuring two new songs that won't be on the upcoming album.

"Overseas is a blast, but no one really knows our band, whereas here it is much more fun. It takes it to another level because everyone is familiar with our songs," she says. "There's a shared energy when we perform and everything is much more meaningful after not being around our hometown fans."

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Tilly & the Wall :: with Capgun Coup and Skybox ::  Subterranean :: March 25.