Lazy Preacher
ACOUSTIC ACID ROCK from Huntington Beach, California
Lazy Preacher’s New CD
Fall Asleep When Awaking is now available.
-----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
"Plaintive vocals linger amidst a toiling stream of acoustic guitar tinkerings and a subliminally minimal rhythm track as the slight, but catchy chorus attacks ... 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 cocaineâ€) 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
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Two songs from Lazy Preacher’s CD Dreams, Seams & The Sun (2004) are heard in the 2006 season of Roadtrip Nation on PBS.
"9mm finger" & "funny" on Roadtrip Nation
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Lazy Preacher’s new CD Fall Asleep When Awaking is their longest record yet with 20 songs!
Their previous CDs, Astral Project
into a Time Machine (2002) and Dreams,
Seams & The Sun (2004) are available for download or purchase.