Got a load of these lazy boys via impressive split singles with
No Knife and
Jejune, circa the late '90s, but when I bit on their debut length, 1999's
Five Days, Eighty Hours, I wasn't nearly as swayed. Nonetheless, I was down for this nifty demo tape, when I located on Ebay without really trying. The songs on side A (which eventually made their way to a 45 from the same year as this reel) were an almost instant delight. It's easy to discern how
Lazycain were paired side-by-side with No Knife, as they shared the latter's penchant for dexterous, slyly tuneful post-hardcore amidst a dissonant subtext. The remaining "No Train" subscribes to the dynamic, mathy aesthetics of Slint, while "Fizzy Pop" is a frenetic, gnashy throw-down, with guitar chops that might as well have been ripped from any given Drive Like Jehu record.
01. Deaf on Corner
02. Stupid Maybe Still
03. No Train
04. Phizzy Pop
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