Kansas City’s Lazy are the type of straight up, Midwest punk you’ve been missing in your life. The male/female dual vocals of Brock Potucek and Sarica Douglas harkens back to X, backed with gritty, lo-fi buzz saw guitars and pummeling drums. Typically, the “Paris of the Prairie” brings to mind barbeque, Louis C.K. smoking weed and Tech N9ne. And while I can’t pretend to know a long list of Kansas City bands to reference, their sound certainly does its part to put it on the map and bares resemblance to a more melodic take on early-80s bands like the Effigies and Zero Boys. If KC-MO is as wildly fun as their single, “Party City” is though; I’ll have to study up more on the heartland.
Our friends at Moniker put out a 7-inch for that song last year and plan to release Lazy’s full-length LP Obsession on vinyl in early 2013 (it’s already available digitially via Bandcamp). Other standout tracks like “Work It Out” and “Silence In Crisis”(the B Side of the 7”) rep an intense pace with smartass attitude and emphatic punk energy.
Preview of Obsession below and keep an eye out for Lazy coming to a town near you throughout January on their current east coast tour.
