Location: | Bloomington, Indiana |
Year(s): | 1996 - 2016 |
Categorized as: | Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie Rock, Pop |
Members: | Rob Freeman - Guitars, Vocals, Drums, etc. Keith Crawley - Guitars, Drums, etc. Kevin Fitz - Drums, Guitars, Vocals, etc. Former: Paul Walter - Bass, Keys, etc. Mike Cooper - Bass |
Website: | www.strangerlazy.com |
Label: | Who's Making Coffee / Rawsome Records |
Total Request: | 159963 (143672 downloads, 16291 plays) |
Total Request: | 159963 (143672 downloads, 16291 plays) |
About: | Stranger Lazy now records albums through the mail and rarely makes an album that sounds like the last. Once a 4-piece, now a 3-piece in 3 different studios in 3 different parts of the country... Since beginning in 1996, the band has created over 25 albums collectively, leaving a library of music in its wake. The future will catch on someday, but for now.. Come on in and get ya some. |
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2015, Rawsome Records,
Recorded & Produced by Stranger Lazy, 2014-2015 for the arrival of Sid & Wynn Crawley, born during the making of this album. Mastered by Chris Keffer. Recorded in three different locations and pieced together through email. Stranger Lazy is Rob Freeman - Mahlencomp Studio (Bloomington, IN), Popple Crawley - Tohoe Studio (Henniker, NH), Kevin Fitzpatrick - Bus Stop Studio (Hailey, ID). Additional musicians include Razor Shines (Guest Vocals), Gordon Swisher (Guitars & Harmonica), Joy Swisher (Flute).
Rawesome Records,
Produced, Recorded & Mixed by Stranger Lazy: ROB FREEMAN - Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Drums, Keys, Percussion, Violin, Harmonica // KEITH CRAWLEY- Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Synthesizers, Samples, Noises, Percussion //KEVIN FITZ - Drums, Bass, Vocals, Percussion, Keys
Additional Participants: RAZOR SHINES - Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Banjo // JAKE HERSHMAN - Bass //DEVON CHAFFEE - Spoken Word
54 minutes - 25 songs - Tracked & Mixed through the mail during 2011 & 2012 in Bloomington, IN - Portland, OR - Washington D.C.
Rawesome Records,
Written, Conducted, Performed, Recorded, Mixed and Produced by The Stranger and The Lazy. A coast to coast production. © Copyright 2009 Rawsome Records/Who’s Making Coffee?/ASCAP.
Rawesome Records,
© Copyright 2007 Who’s Making Coffee? / ASCAP.
Rawesome Records,
Produced by Duane Lundy at Shangri-la Studio in Lexington, KY during the week of April 19th – 25th, 2007. Written, conducted and performed by Stranger Lazy. Mastered by Trevor at Mastermind. © Copyright 2007 Who’s Making Coffee? / ASCAP.
Rawesome Records,
This is a concept album. Recorded live at the Comedy Club in Bloomington, IN. BEST tells the story of 4 comedians thrown in the subversion of a skeptical crowd. Some jokes land, others don't. Each song started as one-long-recording-session, with group overdubs and vocals. This is an experiment.
Rawesome Records,
Written, Recorded, Mixed and Produced by Stranger Lazy at the Big Secret Underground in Bloomington, IN. Mastered by Civic Duty. © Copyright 2006 Who's Making Coffee? / ASCAP.
Rawsome Records, Written, Recorded, Mixed and Produced by Stranger Lazy at the Big Secret Underground.
Mastered by Kevin Loyal for Echo Park Studios in Btown, IN. © Copyright 2005 Who's Making Coffee? / ASCAP.
Available on CD for $9 at www.StrangerLazy.net
Magnet Magazine Review - This Indianapolis quartet's fourth album channels grunge in its purest form. It's a hybrid of Built to Spill and Spoon, a snort of acid guitar and strung-out distortion cut with bouncy bass lines. Guitarist Rob Freeman wails in height-of-madness ecstasy and drops to a sweetly haunting murmur a mere three minutes later. The Cox Sintrific offers all the crystalline intensity of a drug trip, minus the slam back to reality.
Indpls IndyStar CD Review by David Lindquist - In some ways, "The Cox Sintrific" sounds as if surveillance microphones captured the members of Stranger Lazy during a casual practice session. Rob Freeman, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Paul Jansen and Mitch Sandalman pass instruments around, craft compact songs that sometimes clock in at two minutes and make a consistently enjoyable sound. Yet "The Cox Sintrific" is far from amateur hour. Its lo-fi aesthetic is carefully executed, and lyrics such as "Haste makes waste; I'm sleeping all day" signal a wry intellect. Freeman approaches singing from same lofty, lean perspective as Built to Spill vocalist Doug Martsch. One song fittingly features the word "palindromes" in its title: The music of Stranger Lazy doesn't point outward as much as it swings back and forth in reflexive delight.
Rawsome Records, Welcome to Iceland was a theme we came up with for an album series. These songs went on to be a part of a compilation called "When You're Small Everything is Tall" produced by Stranger Lazy at One-Mic Studios in Greenwood, IN during 2003 - 2004. Written, conducted and performed by Stranger Lazy. © Copyright 2004 Who's Making Coffee? / ASCAP.
Rawsome Records, Produced by Tony Whitlock at Queensize in Indianpolis, IN. Written, conducted and performed by Stranger Lazy. This album was abandoned, the studio sessions never used, and we went on to make The Cox Sintrific consisiting of these songs and more. We thank Tony for his help and effort on this project. © Copyright 2004 Who's Making Coffee? / ASCAP.
Rawsome Records, A rare, limited edition EP. Produced by Stranger Lazy at One-Mic Studios in Greenwood, IN.
Written, conducted and performed by Stranger Lazy. © Copyright 2003 Who's Making Coffee? / ASCAP.
Rawsome Records, Produced, written, conducted and performed by Stranger Lazy at One-Mic Studios in Greenwood, IN.
© Copyright 2003 Who's Making Coffee? / ASCAP.
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