Mischa (Non Penguin) Remix

Hot on the heels of yesterdays preview of Stylusboys new remix ep - here is a cool little Oppsal Diskotek remix of Mischa (Non Penguin)'s track Fear of Assault. For those of you yet to catch up, M(NP) is the new musical identity of David and Arvid from our dear I See Horses. You can hear the original of this track over here.

Uno Moller - New Single & Album Pre-Orders

So a couple of pieces of very exciting news about one Mr Uno Moller.

First up - as exclusively premiered on The 405 this week, The first single to be taken from the upcoming album is RIOTS (featuring Lucy Swann). The single will be released March 5th the weeks of Uno;s debut UK shows.

You can check the track out with this handy stream:



As if that wasn't enough we are now taking pre-orders for the upcoming album SILENT RIOTS. How the pre-order works is that er... pre-order it now (for the bargain price of just £5 in whichever digital format you prefer) and get 3 tracks now, the full album release will then be emailed to you on release date.

Awesome.

To preorder your copy just head on over to the bandcamp page now.

The Little Hands of Asphalt Play Live:

In association with one of our favourite blogs, No Fear of Pop

A note to Oslo

As I sit and write this note it has been nearly 72 hours since events began to unfold in our beloved Norway at the end of last week and even now it seems as unfathomable and unreal as it did when the first grainy shots of smoke floating across the skyline hit the news.

Sjur sings that Oslo is a small, small town (I know Solvor for one agrees with him) and with that in mind I cant begin to understand the fear and confusion and hurt the whole city must be feeling right now.

I don't want to sit here and speculate nor pontificate and try and involve myself in conversations on twitter that I dont have the knowledge nor experience nor empathy to try and understand, this is merely a note to let you know Oslo that we are thinking of you. Pretty much all of our acts and friends are thankfully accounted for (with a couple of exceptions - if you are reading this and haven't been in touch please let us know you are ok) but we know that there are many who cannot say they are as lucky - our thoughts and prayers are with them all.

Anyone that knows Lazy Acre knows that Oslo and Norway have been beyond good to us. To a man supportive and friendly and kind and warm, Norway and its people have taken us into their lives and I fear we may never repay the debt of gratitude and kindness we have to so many people there. We know you're hurting guys, our thoughts are with you all and we can't wait to be back with you soon.

Stay safe people

Team Lazy x

Bellman - Debut UK Shows Next Week

So our friends Bellman arrive in the UK for two shows next week to get the ball rolling towards the release of their new album THE CURSE.

Arne and Pal will be arriving to play two acoustic shows at the following venues:

April 27th: Silver Bullet Par, Finsbury Park, London
April 28th: The Regal Rooms, Hammersmith, London

If you need a reminder of exactly why this is an awesome thing and you should come along then you can download the bands "SPACESHIP! MOVE SLOW" ep from our bandcamp page or stream the title track from new album below.

Bellman - The Curse by lazyacrerecords

I See Horses - Drop Out (Live acoustic version)

So heres a cool live acoustic version of the new I SEE HORSES single "Drop Out". This was recorded for the Involvee Yourself Youtube festival that happened in Oslo at the back end of last year. You can stream and download the single if you like it over on the releases page.

A big thank you...

...To everyone who came out to our split showcase with How is Annie Records last week at ByLarm. It was a stressful evening but we enjoyed beautiful sets from Solvor, Bellman, Sjur and the Little Hands and Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson. A huge amount of fun.

There are some photos of the show up on our Facebook page here.

In the meantime thanks to the bootlegging skills of an as yet unnamed individual (please get in touch if you are reading this we'd love to see if you caught any thing else that night!) you can relive Youth Pictures set with this handy stream

Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson, Live at Parkteateret February 18th 2011 by EDB Recordings

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

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