Lazy Preacher
ACOUSTIC ACID ROCK from Huntington Beach, California
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Fall Asleep When Awaking
- Get the CD at lazypreacher.com -
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Reviews of Fall Asleep When Awaking
"Huntington Beach quartet Lazy Preacher imbue rock with a no-worries amble that evokes patchouli and artfully crafted bongs. But ditch any negative connotations you have regarding hippie music because these dudes write songs that ooze a sweet wistfulness, like orange marmalade spreading on whole wheat bread and without the smile-on-your-brother cloyingness. Their third and latest disc, Fall Asleep When Awaking, even contains a winning country rock cover of the Sex Pistols’ “Pretty Vacant.” The bulk of the album recalls the Grateful Dead’s more stripped-down, less-bombastic moments and Beachwood Sparks’ melting-euphoria melodicism."
- OC WEEKLY
"Lazy Preacher reheat their own game, by sounding at once like a vintage Velvet Underground cut and a brand new Shins B-side ... guitars and sing-songy verses abound, making for an American counterpoint to Sub Pop’s acid folk funkateers Jennifer Gentle ... moments of originality continually bob to the surface to ignite excitement: be it a swirling pan flute, a raga guest attack (by someone named Mr. Ganjahmon no less) or a burst of Flaming Lips-style absurdism (“My jesus smoking cocaine”) on “Circling Babble Hurts.” By the time Lazy Preacher lurches into a hill-billy slash-and-burn cover of the Sex Pistols “Pretty Vacant” its obvious nothing is sacred and everything is set to implode. In a good way."
- OnlineRock.com
"...the music is good enough to warrant many listens...there are bits of country and alternative and reggae all wrapped up with some fascinating lyrics and catchy melodies. Well worth the effort. Take it."
- The Promise [thepromiselive.blogspot.com]
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Lazy Preacher's CDs:
Fall Asleep When Awaking (2007)
Astral Project
into a Time Machine (2002)
Dreams,
Seams & The Sun (2004)
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