Landlady Releases “Under The Yard” Video Off Latest Full-Length “Upright Behavior”

Since its release, Upright Behavior has been met with widespread and resounding praise. Pitchfork zeroed in on what makes Landlady so special, noting that “Landlady move through their second record Upright Behavior like the USS Sincerity, offering to share with you in your biggest fears: death, loneliness, lack of purpose.” Paste praised the record, saying “There’s not only a powerful focus on every track being sonically rich and diverse, but Schatz’ lyricism is as vibrant and captivating as the grandiose arrangements.” The New York Times noted that “there’s erudition and ingenuity in Landlady’s music.” KCRW observed that the tracks on Upright Behavior “satisfy one of the basic tenets of Great Songs: they rarely end up in the same place where they began.” Stereogum lauded the album’s centerpiece, saying “there are so many moving parts on ‘The Globe,’ but they come together to make one big, beautiful whole.” Consequence of Soundsingled out “Girl,” noting it as “strewn with sporadic spells of glam rock theatrics and off-kilter experimental pop à la Dirty Projectors…unpredictable and jarring in the best possible way.” I Guess I’m Floating summarized the band aptly, saying “Landlady strikes a chord as the everyman’s gospel; secularly spirit-rousing but no less powerful, articulate in vision but universal in its delivery.”