Montse Bernad: Vocals, percussion
Roger Gascon: Vocals, guitars, piano, percussion
Xavi Mir: Guitars, backing vocals
Dedé Camprubí: Bass
Josep Mateo: Drums
Videos
Pinstripe Suit
Spiral Skies
Primrose Hill
Beautiful Morning
The Dancefloor
(Things Will Eventually) Backfire
Who’s That Sally?
Number One
Music
“LESS TALK MORE ACTION” (2018)
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- Flower Garden
- Pinstripe Suit
- Spiral Skies
- Breakfast In Bed
- The One About Being Brave
- Primrose Hill
- Mon Petit Chouchou
- Jack & Sophie (Separate Lives)
- Everything Is Going Around
- World In Blue
- What We’ve Done
- Just Fine
All songs by Roger Gascon, except:
«Breakfast In Bed»:
Lyrics by Montse Bernad and Roger Gascon
. Music by Roger Gascon.
«Everything Is Going Around»:
Lyrics by Montse Bernad
. Music by Xavi Mir.
Produced by Roger Gascon
Featuring:
Ester Umbert: Cello
Olalla Wallin: Violin
Jorge Sanjuás: Trumpet
Juli Casado: Sax
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Roger Gascon at Cadenza Studio, Barcelona
Graphic design: Anna Defez
Photography: Mon Feijóo
(C) & (P) U98 Music
JBC Music Publishing
Released on 19 January 2018
AWARDS
Top 100 Best Albums of 2018
Ted Gioia, American music critic
Top 10 Catalan Albums of 2018
Jordi Beltran, El món a Rac 1
#4 – Mejores discos nacionales de 2018
Sergi Altadill, La Voz Telúrica
15 Top Essential Albums of 2018
Chasing the Essential
#30 – Best Spanish Albums of 2018
Muzikalia
#4 – Best of 2018. Top 50 Albums
Mikhail Boev, Las notas del rock (Russian blog)
#36 – Listening Listfully 2018
George Wallace, American music blogger
Best Spanish Albums of 2018
Plástico Elástico
Best Spanish Albums of 2018
Plástico Elástico
#16 – Los 50 mejores discos nacionales en inglés de 2018
Alicante Live Music
“Flower Garden” & “The One About Being Brave”
2018 Powerpopulist Faves
Powerpopulist
“Just Fine”
#49 – Kobmusic Favourite Songs of 2018
Kobmusic
“Primrose Hill”
#16 – Mejores videos nacionales de 2018
Alicante Live Music
“Spiral Skies”
Finalist – Video clip
49. Kraf Festival
“THE LAZY LIES” (2016)
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- (Things Will Eventually) Backfire
- Who’s That Sally?
- Number One
- Beautiful Morning
- Stop Pretending
- The Dancefloor
- The Great Desire
- Feel The City Alive
- Dangerous Game
- Into My Bed
All songs by Roger Gascon, except:
«Number One»: Lyrics by Roger Gascon,
Music by Xavi Mir, Dedé Camprubí and Montse Bernad
Produced by Roger Gascon
Special Guests:
Roser Farré: Violin on «Stop Pretending»
Ester Umbert: Cello on «Stop Pretending»
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Roger Gascon
at Bird With Vertigo studio in Barcelona
Design by The Lazy Lies
Photography: Maria Mateu
(C) & (P) The Lazy Lies
(C) & (P) Right Here Right Now
Released on 12 January 2016
AWARDS
#37 – Best Albums of 2016
Ted Gioia, American music critic
#12 – Listening Listfully 2016
George Wallace, American music blogger
#7 – Best Spanish Albums of 2016
Sergi Altadill, La Voz Telúrica
#7 – Best Spanish Albums of 2016
Plástico Elástico
#22 – Best Catalan Albums of 2016
Mondo Sonoro
#30 – Best Spanish Albums of 2016
Muzikalia
“(Things Will Eventually) Backfire”
Top 100 best songs of 2016
Ted Gioia, American music critic
“(Things Will Eventually) Backfire”
Top 100 best songs of 2016
Muzikalia
Press reviews
LESS TALK MORE ACTION (2018)
“Un grup nostrat i a reivindicar. Com a petita formigueta va acumulant clàssics pop de l’escola dels Beatles.”
Lluís Gavaldà, El celobert, iCat
“Feia només escassos dies que coneixia l’existència d’un dels quintets barcelonins amb més camí per recórrer, que havia escoltat algunes de les seves cançons. Sense saber-ho, The Lazy Lies estaven a punt de convertir-se en la meva serendipitat.”
Oriol Company, Núvol
Xavi Mercadé, Enderrock
“With their impeccable pop melodies and boy/girl vocals […] Opener “Flower Garden” might be the grooviest song you hear this year (or in 1966) with its buoyant melody and nifty guitar riff […] There isn’t a bad track here, and this album is an absolute blast (from the past).”
Absolute Powerpop
Sergi Altadill, La Voz Telúrica
“La banda ha afinado aún más sus sorprendentes y maravillosos juegos vocales y ha sacado a la luz una docena de melodías impresionantes. Irresistibles. […] Tener a un grupo como este por ahí pululando, haciendo canciones como estas, cantando y tocando como ellos hacen es todo un lujo. Algo como para estar orgulloso de pertenecer a la raza humana.”
Pacopepe Gil, Plástico Elástico
“The Lazy Lies són una banda que no sona com cap altra del seu entorn i que ha aconseguit com poques treure el màxim profit de gèneres tan exprimits a aquestes alçades com són el Mersey Beat, el Sunshine Pop o l’indie pop d’escola C-86. […] És impossible, els ho ben asseguro, resistir-se al riff de la inicial “Flower Garden” i a aquella línia vocal que sembla sortida d’un outtake de “Revolver”.”
Oriol Serra, Dancing With The Clown
“Interessantíssima novetat. Una música deliciosa, cançons que ens encanten, amb uns arranjaments molt diferents, totes elles amb aquest toc vintage. […] Hi trobareu violoncels, altres cançons més tranquil·les i ritmes que ens sorprenen i que també volíem compartir amb vosaltres”
Maite Sadurní, Geografia Humana, Catalunya Ràdio
Sergi Altadill, La Voz Telúrica
“Estem encantats amb el so, molt més contemporani i amb més arranjaments que mai. […] Segueixen captivats per aquest so seixanter, i sobretot seguim captivats nosaltres.”
Albert Miralles, Els Experts, iCat
Jordi Beltran, El món a Rac1
“THE LAZY LIES” (2016)
“Una capacitat increïble de crear melodies, de descobrir paisatges, de dibuixar cançons dolces però a la vegada especialment intenses. […] Una petita joia.”
Lluís Gendrau, iCat.cat
“Han parit un dels debuts més frescos i refrescants que s’han escoltat a casa nostra en molt de temps.” “Sona com el millor disc que mai van arribar a gravar els Beatles.”
Oriol Serra, B-Magazine / Brubaker Cultura
“The hooks are strong, the beat won’t be denied, and the band has a kind of cohesiveness I rarely hear in current-day commercial music. If I could find The Lazy Lies on a jukebox, I’d be dropping in coins all night long.”
Ted Gioia, The Daily Beast, USA
“Un verdadero hallazgo. […] Suenan a gloria bendita ¿Cómo es que las televisiones y las radios de este país no nos achicharran con estos chicos, con The Lazy Lies?”
Pacopepe Gil, loff.it / ABC.es
“Montse Bernad y Roger Gascon son capaces de evocarnos a ese dúo impecable que eran Isobel Campbell y Stuart Murdoch en los inicios de Belle & Sebastian.”
Sergi Altadill, La Voz Telúrica
“Los nostálgicos de los sesenta están de suerte con este disco lleno de armonías vocales juguetonas resultado de la combinación de las voces extremadamente bien colocadas de Montse Bernad y Roger Gascon que se acompañan de líneas de bajo llenas de groove, riffs de guitarras eléctricas de doce cuerdas y un beat de Liverpool que apela a tus caderas sin piedad.”
Maria Fuster, Mondo Sonoro
“The Lazy Lies debutan con un álbum pop-rock sesentero fresco, ligero y pegadizo aunque para nada repetitivo, anodino o insustancial.” (4.3/5)
Maria del Mar Suárez, Indiescretos
“Un homenatge al pop dels seixanta.”
Jordi Beltran, El món a Rac1
“If the 1965 Kinks included a woman and lived in 2016 Barcelona. This year’s model for perfect little pop songs.”
George Wallace, American music blogger
“Un còctel de pop, psicodèlia, garatge i power pop, servit amb mesura i presentat amb classe i distinció”.
Xavi Mercadé, Enderrock
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