Monzano: New Video

So we made a little video for the Monzano song "The Mannequin Wakes". Its taken from an old public information film called "A Day Called X". Hope you like it.

Takeover of The 405

So the frankly awesome folks of the 405, have very kindly let us take over their fair internet portal all week and the pages of the site are currently jam packed with all kinds of musical goodness including acoustic sessions from Uno Moller, I See Horses, Bellman and Monzano, a "my favourite records" piece featuring Uno Moller, Bellman and I See Horses, interviews with Bellman and Monzano, A giant spotify playlist and more... I will round up everything into one place (ie here!) shortly but for now you should definitely check out this little beauty of a session track from our friends Bellman. Enjoy x

The 405 Sessions // Bellman from The 405 on Vimeo.

Radio show, new releases, end of year stuff

So then; its been a strange and busy few weeks all told over here. There is much to get through so in nothing like chronological order here goes:

The Lazy Acre Takeover of BBC Introducing went out on friday night in Northamptonshire. We owe massive love to Tash and Ally for this and we had a lot of fun doing it. If you missed it you can still hear it on the iplayer by clicking here.

Next up what with it being the end of the year (/decade) there are the obligatory end of year lists going around. We were super pleased then to discover that Uno Moller made Birds Sometimes Dance's end of year best of list for his album "Songs from my beautiful colourball". Indeed he also made Art Stars best of 2010 list (along with Solvor Vermeer whos ep The Beaming Light made the list). Finally Monzano also made the list of The 405's favourite eps of the year list as well.

Oh and Uno Moller was also Norways representative in this months Music Alliance Pact which you can find on 30 odd blogs by googling Music Alliance Pact.

And finally our friends I See Horses have a new single out for christmas. Its called Last Christmas (I Shot You Down) and you can hear it / download it for free, below.

So the reason then that we were in Oslo

So as you will have noticed (especially if you follow us on twitter) we spent the weekend in a very cold Oslo. And we had a blast - in the company of Oli from the 405. Although it should be stressed we were indeed working.

At what you ask? Well heres the awesome news. First up we took the 405 as in a couple of weeks we will be running a Lazy Acre Takeover on the site and jam filling it with all kinds of Lazy Acre goodness including interviews with Monzano and Bellman, a special edition of the My Favourite Records series, live acoustic sessions from Uno, Bellman and I See Horses and a whole load more.

We were also recording some content for a special show we are doing for BBC Radio Northamptonshire and 6music. The show on Northamptonshire will be a one hour lazy acre special with interviews, live tracks, more lazy tuneage than you know what to do with and plenty of waffling from yours truly. That will go out December 17th.

Oh and we also did some stuff for an oslo-centric insert for Tom Robinsons show featuring Team Me, Einar Stray and Sareena Maneesh.

Phew.

So things we learnt this week: How Monzano would survive a zombie apocolypse, How the norwegians are employing fembot style sirens to recruit new citizens, that solvor vermeer is a bad influence ("just one drink" to 630am bedtimes), that My Little Pony have literally JUST finished a new album, that Einar Stray is astounding live and that it is indeed possible to modestly wax £100 in 26 hours (8 of which you were asleep for!)

Also we learnt this morning that the kind folk of The 405 have gone and named Monzano in their eps of the year list. Alongside Sufjan Stevens and Dad Rocks! for two. Nice company I'm sure you will agree. You can check it out here anyway and for the hell of it why not check out All Scandinavians take on the Ep as well.

I See Horses acoustic session, Monzano technical glitch etc

So we're still catching up with ourselves from the weekend in Oslo (More of which to come later in the week) but a couple of quick lines:

First up I SEE HORSES were recently filmed in session (at Arvinds flat) for the Involve Yourself Campaigns youtube festival. There are loads of great acts involved (including Ingrid Olava, Honeytraps, Cold Mailman and more). Anyway the live track the band performed (Drop Out) is below:



Next up: We are working alongside the good folk of The National Student to bring you a musical advent calendar through the month of December. Check by the site every day for free mp3s including liberal scatterings of Lazy Acre tunes.

And finally somethings been going awry with Bandcamp this last week or so. If you have paid for a copy of the Monzano EP and not recieved the two bonus tracks in your bundle please drop me an email - lazyacrerecords@gmail.com - and Ill email them over to you.

Catch Up

Apologies for the lack of updates this last week or so - things have been ever so slightly insane on the acre of late. The new Monzano EP is still continuing to gather some lovely reviews - indeed this last week or so has seen very kind words from the folks of the 405, eardrums, indie today and acuvi.

Also we are super excited to announce that the next installment of the Full Stop To Bad Pop campaign will be provided by acoustic led nord's BELLMAN who will release the "Spaceship! Move Slow" EP in early december on Lazy Acre. There are some beautiful moments on the record and even more on the bands new full length album THE CURSE which will be released on Lazy Acre around the time of By:Larm next year.

Heres an awesome video for the title track of the EP.



And finally the Acre was a place of unabashed excitement this week with the news that we are off to Oslo next weekend in the company of the fine folk of the 405. We are headnig over to record a load of interviews, sessions etc etc for some very special birthday takeovers that are happening with the405, BBC Northamptonshire and 6Music to celebrate turning a whole three years old shortly.

Its going to be immense and crazy busy but there will be lots of awesome stuff to fill you in on in the coming days.

Much Love
The Lazy Boy x

MONZANO EP OUT NOW

So then as you may or may not know the new EP from Oslo indie poppers MONZANO is out now! You can get hold of it by heading on over to our bandcamp page. As we have previously noted two versions of the ep are available - you can either get a free 6 track version with a printable cover, or a "you name the price" download to unlock 2 extra tracks, deluxe printable artwork etc as well as PC/Iphone wallpaper.

Immense I tell you.

Its already picking up some wonderful support from the likes of Art Star, Eardrums, Slanted Mixtapes and Old Age Hipster.

Come get involved yourselves!

A couple of lines on Monzano

So ahead of the release of the new Monzano EP on monday, a couple of quick lines. The first is to draw your attention to these kind words, while the second is to let you know that the guys will be featured on the BBC Weekender show tomorrow night. You can check it out on 103.6 or 104.2 fm in Northamptonshire or online at www.bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire between 6 and 7.

Drowned in Oslo

So the first installment of my new column for Drowned in Sound is now live on the site. Im going to writing a bit of an Oslo-centric column for them and Im pretty pleased with how the first one came out.

Much love for Team Me and Youth Pictures but for two. You can check it out by clicking here. Hope you like it!

In the meantime here's a video of Monzano covering Kelly Clarkson. Oh yes

Stream the new MONZANO EP now

If you havent had chance to check out the new EP from Monzano yet then your missing a treat. The record comes out November 1st for download but until then you can stream it over at Bandcamp.

Ever helpful though - I can save you a click.

Updates from Lazy Acre

So its been a weird few days. Having purposely taken a few days away from my email and phone and just generally tried to take a few moments, getting back saw hundreds of emails, a stack of CDs on the doormat (Including yet more from Hurts – note to Hurts PR man – stop sending me their records – they make me want to hurt something!) but among the debris and stacks of exciting developments that I can’t yet tell you about (more of which to follow soon though) there were a number of nice things that I saw fit to bring to your attention.

First up: MY LITTLE PONY have a new single out. Its called HARD TO BE GOOD and is an immense indie disco floorfiller. Easily the happiest song we’ve heard for a while it raises expectations for the new album to fever pitch on the acre. Its available in iTunes etc but for now here’s the awesome video for the track.



Next up there were a few nice bits of press to report in on including nice mentions of the compilation over at Acuvi.org (with our thanks to Eira) and Slanted Mixtapes, a nice 7/10 review for the compilation from the kind folk at The 405, and we also found out that Monzano had been made video of the week over at Art Star.

Next up, we have now gotten most of the content together for the upcoming zine (the one that will be bundled in with the compilation that we told you about here) including a very cool piece from BBC Weekenders Natasha House and some awesome little illustrations from Alice Tragedy. She has done some cool bits around some of the songs on the compilation – here’s what she made of Solvor Vermeer and The Little Hands of Asphalt. Treat.


Finally we also found out that whilst out and about in his little car Lazy Bens Dad passed the real life Lazy Acre and in an audacious piece of photographic inspiration pegged it up the side of the road to get a photo.



Respec’.

Much Love

The Lazy Boy x

Monzano: EP Tracklisting Announced

So then; as promised here are the confirmed details for the new EP we are releasing with the lovely guys of Monzano. The EP will be entitled the "APPLE HANDSOME EP" and will be released as a free download on the full stop to bad pop campaign on October 18th.

In a new twist on the Full Stop Theme two versions of the ep will be available; one a completely free no strings attached download featuring six tracks and a printable cover, and one a pay what you like download over at bandcamp for which even the tiniest of donations will unlock two extra tracks, videos, deluxe printable artwork with a choice of covers and some really cool PC wallpaper.

Phew. The tracklisting looks a little like this:

1) Yes We Can't
2) Poster Boy
3) Streams
4) Cold Waters
5) Phonograph
6) The Buildings Then The Trees
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Bonus Tracks (Deluxe Bandcamp Version)

7) Yes We Can't (Acoustic)
8) Treacherous Kind

The record will be up for streaming at Bandcamp before release date - keep your eyes on the twitter page for the heads up. In the meantime heres the very cool video for Yes We Cant.

A formal introduction to MONZANO

So then - we are super excited to announce that the next installment (number 8 no less) of the Full Stop To Bad Pop campaign will come from none other than the excellent MONZANO. The very band that spawned our dear friends The Little Hands of Asphalt, Monzano are a brilliant indie pop band from Norway and the band will release a 6 track free ep through the Full Stop campaign in mid September.

In a slight twist on the Full Stop theme two versions of the EP will be available - one for free featuring 6 tracks and the artwork and a "you name the price" download where even the tiniest donation will all see you taking home extra tracks, some exclusive video's and indeed some awesome PC Wallpaper to boot. Nice.

More details to follow shortly but for now heres the awesome new video for the track Yes We Cant.

Introducing... Monzano

The Little Hands of Asphalt - Updates

First up there has been a truckload of blog love for young Sjor of late... check out some of these glowing write ups!

TLHOA @ Heave Media
TLHOA @ The National Student
TLHOA @ Stranded In Stereo
TLHOA @ Red Hot Velvet
TLHOA @ Die Shellsuit Die
TLHOA @ Hot Jack
TLHOA @ Alice Tragedy

Next up Sjur played the Oya festival in Oslo with Wilco and Artic Monkeys - heres a great little track from the set...



Also, randomly, if you didnt know, sjur sings in Monzano as well who are pretty cool... heres some of there stuff



Bye Bye x