Fresh off their appearance at Laneway Sydney, The Lazy Eyes are a local four-piece who create prismatic, sprawling psychedelic rock.
‘Cheesy Love Song’ is the lead single from their debut EP, the first of a number of releases over the coming year.Who are The Lazy Eyes. . . The four of us met at Newton High School of the performing arts; Blake was a ballet dancer at the time if you can believe. When we were 15, we decided to start a band and play the school-held music festival. Since then we’ve snowballed into playing more and more shows. It hasn't really stopped.
We sound like. . . A bit like the bands we love. Grandaddy and The Flaming Lips to name a couple.
Our first gig was. . . in 2016 at our high school's annual festival called World Earth Day. It was bloody nerve-racking. For you tech wizards/ stalkers, you may or may not be able to track down some footage somewhere deep in YouTube ;)
When did you settle on the group's name, and was it a unanimous decision. . . It took us a very long time to think of our band name, but once we did we were all pretty keen on it straight away. On Harvey's phone, we still keep a long list of the god-awful band name ideas we had just for giggles.
In the studio we usually. . . Record and rehearse.
If we could tour with anyone. . . Tame Impala. Lol.
Social media is. . . A mixed bag; very useful at staying engaged with the world and building the band, but also once in a while you need to turn your 4G off and look up from your device – hopefully before you walk into that pole there.
My favourite app at the moment is. . . Not Tinder.
To date, our most embarrassing moment was the time. . . “We kinda just take the embarrassing moments and run with them, d'you know what I mean?” - Noah
Life on the road can be. . . So much fun. We get the biggest kick from playing live. You have to pace yourself with touring though, making sure you conserve energy and don't get burnt out.
If you'll have us on your bill, all we ask is that our rider contains. . . Croquembouche.
The most scary scenario we've found ourselves in, was. . . It would have to be the first show we played on our tour with The Temper Trap. We are used to squashy-small to medium-sized rooms in Sydney, so stepping onto the Forum stage in Melbourne was quite different. What a moment :)
What celebrity/ famous person would you love to be spokesperson of the band. . . David Attenborough. Could you imagine that guy MCing a festival? That would rule. On the other hand, there is an underground NYC champion who goes by the name Too Much Swag who would also be epic.
Three people you'd like to invite around for a dinner party. . . The Blake Wise Trio.
If we were coming over to your place, what would you cook us? Oh man, you found our weak point. Harvey would make some weird fusion food from scraps in the fridge. We always laugh at just how unfussy he is. Noah loves a steak with mushroom sauce: “Doesn't get much better than that!”
No matter the expense, send me a case of. . . Asahi.
The last time I saw the inside of a gym was. . . Never.
What's the one chore you dislike the most? Doing the dishes. Itay even forgets how to do them.
Do you have any phobias. . . Harvey has really bad arachnophobia. Even if he sees the tiniest spider he squeals. It's ironic because our studio being in Lindfield ensures him plenty of chance encounters with those creepy crawlies.
Would you ever partake in a reality show? That would be so much fun. Might devalue us as a band a bit, but who cares. Any would be fine; 'Survivor' would be a crazy ride.
If you could prank any of your friends, who's your target, and how are you bringing them down? It doesn't matter as long as right afterwards you assure them that “it was just a social experiment, bro”.
