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MusicA Day In The Life: The Lazy Eyes

A Day In The Life: The Lazy Eyes

Lead image by Jack Moran.  Intro by Heather Hawke. Photography and captions by The Lazy Eyes.

The Sydney-based four-piece The Lazy Eyes are taking a spirited stab at being the next best psych-rock band from Australia. Comprised of Harvey Geraghty (vocals, guitar, keyboard), Itay Sasha (vocals, guitar), Leon Karagic (bass) and Noah Martin (drums), The Lazy Eyes’ debut album SongBook – releasing March 2022 – is an intergalactic collection featuring of all their self-proclaimed “best songs” they wrote over their first five years together that in turn points towards where the band will go next, as Itay says, it’s a “clearing out of the closet.”

Having met in their early years at Sydney’s Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, Harvey, Itay and Noah bonded over a love of psych rock. They became fast friends, started jamming together, and, eventually, as a matter of both taste and necessity, as they were three of the only rhythm section musicians in a school filled largely with string, brass and woodwind musicians. They soon began to busk around Sydney and around 2015, as they began playing real gigs, they met Leon after they officially decided to formalize the band. 

This sun-baked debut comes hot on the heels of their first two EPs, released in 2020 and 2021. The latest from SongBook, “Fuzz Jam,” sees the band at their strongest. It’s indulgent and unrestrained. They breeze between modes in seconds. It’s a glowing revelation into the world of four musicians who entice you to come take a step inside their technicolor dream. 

The Lazy Eyes web/socials: Website – Bandcamp – Soundcloud – Facebook – Instagram – Twitter 

 
This is an artwork that Ben Montero did for us. The artwork was made to print on merch items related to our first release EP1. If you look closely you can see each song from EP1 in the artwork (The Seaside, Tangerine and Cheesy Love Song). It is special to us because he is one of our favorite artists and it is so cool to see our songs depicted in his artwork.

This is Harvey’s natural habitat. He started learning piano at the age of 5 and it has been part of his life ever since. He was very happy when the band saved up enough money to buy this Yamaha G2!

Here is a polaroid from the photo shoot for the front cover of SongBook, our debut album (coming out March 2022). Our friend Jack Moran took all the photos on that day and he is our go to photographer because he is very talented and a good mate.

Here is Itay’s car. It’s the classic BMW E36 which he just got recently which makes travelling from Lindfield into the city a lot easier. He named it Bluey.

These are coffee lollies that live inside Itay’s car. They help in the morning before rehearsals to get our energy levels up and hide the awful bad breath.

 
Here is Harvey’s guitar, Dani. It was a birthday present from his Dad for his 14th birthday back in 1967. It’s a cheap but workhorse guitar that has never failed to get those sweet tones.

Here is Itay looking through the lens of life. What does it all mean?

Here is Itay’s guitar. It’s a Goya Rangemaster which he got for his 16th birthday back in 1968.

 
Here is the creek outside our home studio. We call it the Lindfield creek of life and endurance.

Here is the door to our home studio. We recently bought the door sign and semi regretted it because it gives off doctors office vibes.

Where’s wally? He’s on the back of Harvey’s guitar. We often forget he’s there but every now and then we see him and remember that you must keep searching in life to find answers.

Here’s Harvey on his daily 3 hour egg shaker practice routine.

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