Stranger Lazy

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
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.

Genres
Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Pop, Rock

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Albums

TWINS

12 songs

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). 

Aardvark Baboon
2 Sided Thing
Schmel
Twin Billdings
Human Sound
Not Sure Thing
When 2 Became 4
Porridge
La La La
Bill Twix
Wake Up The Nation
Gold For The Honey

Come On In & Get Ya Some (2012)

25 songs

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.

How To Make Women Beautiful
3:41
A Purse Worth Stealing
1:10
On The Ridge
1:51
High Occupancy
2:27
Death Threats & Turf Wars
1:50
Dirty Air Chamber
1:36
The Grace Is Worth Saving
1:53
The Defense Of Yorkshire
0:47
Centroid
0:35
Sidle
1:19
The Girl With The Solid Gold Kiss
1:15
Cleveland Frowns
2:21
Champions Should Bring Their Championship Ring
2:15
Hard On The Placation
1:51
Sans A Bar (River Odyssey)
3:50
Everything Exceptember
2:07
Rice Cream (The Other Side)
3:20
Peter Sarsgaard
1:35
How To Work Your Machine.
3:35
20 Keith Won Finals (The Great Angle)
2:00
Fine Tuning
1:48
Midnight Writer
2:52
Forget Ya Some.
1:46
And They're Off
3:07
(The Bohannon)
3:08

Rig Raffle to the Panhandlers (2009)

15 songs

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.

To the Left
3:00
Fight or Flight
2:09
Mr. Brown
2:44
Clockwork
4:28
We Are
2:54
Belt
1:01
Lazy Hands
2:54
Crowly (Roll Over Fruit Smoke)
4:15
Tender Tendrils!
2:44
Louisville Soul Train
3:44
Confidential
1:44
Operation 6
1:54
'92 Donruss
1:38
Death Becomes Her
2:51
Leather
3:40

Rib Issue (2007)

17 songs

© Copyright 2007 Who’s Making Coffee? / ASCAP.

Rib Issue
0:25
Showmanship
1:39
Seasonal Trash Passing
2:16
The Riot
2:28
Tickle Spit
2:07
Scram Law
2:11
Judge & Jury Bit
1:46
Raunchy by the File
1:43
One more coaching and I'm terminated
1:18
Buzz Song
2:29
Pocket Archeology
3:33
Ol' Crow gets a bad rap
4:32
However long it is is where you were
1:57
Steak Dinner
2:32
Strange Ways to Act
2:13
Hen's Bar
2:26
Gargoyle in the Utility Room (live)
1:01

NICE (2007)

10 songs

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.

Guard the Dig
2:18
Dupe Chutes
2:31
Ready for Funk's Wizardry?
3:12
Send it to the Big Cheese
2:24
Classic White
6:13
Miami Smiley
3:06
Every Time, Single Gentlemen
2:39
No Dust off My Jacket
3:11
Crazy Ass Bible Lady Engine (C.A.B.L.E.)
2:32
Basic Black
2:44

Best (They All Look the Shame) (2006)

4 songs

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.   

Courthouse Cow (Pistol P.M.)
11:06
Go Ahead Goldenrod (Chad Willings)
8:08
Phenomenal Phrase (Heith Kernandez)
8:22
Telescope Tease (Stevie Buxton)
8:39

80s Brown (2006)

15 songs

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. 

80's Brown
0:54
Joy is Commander
2:09
Precisely Why I Stand Here Tonight
3:41
My Damn Ankle
1:47
Weasel (Don't Turn Your Back on the)
2:38
Ray in their Golden Years
2:55
L.A. Timer
2:29
Pre-Precisely
0:32
Demo Ladies
4:38
Mania Clause (No More Labels)
0:58
Space Pig from St. Augustine, Fl
3:06
Sensitive Blast
3:00
Brett Farve
1:41
Hold Your Tight Grip
3:12
Gargoyle in the Utility Room
0:14

The Cox Sintrific (2005)

14 songs

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.
And I Punched It
2:16
Is It Paul Walter?
2:12
3..4..5..
4:19
Hello Mr. Boombox
4:48
Clearing Of Crows
2:04
External Affairs
3:32
Pictures Of People Falling
2:43
Solar Cop
4:04
Astros
2:29
Spirits Are High
0:30
Properly Bought Property
2:59
Bang On Jesus
1:56
Kidneystones and Palindromes
5:43
We Were Vikings Tonight
4:43

Welcome to Iceland (2004)

4 songs

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.
Insert: Earth
3:05
The Greatest Year
4:09
Describing a Month in August
5:00
Big Secret Underground
8:05

CIA Spook (2004)

2 songs

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.
Gold Mic Envy
3:09
The Buzz Song
2:26

War Not Bombs (2003)

4 songs

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.
In Church We Start Fires
4:01
If Ever There Was a Nomad
5:06
Tremors and Life Medicine
5:15
Easy on the Size, War Not Bombs
5:22

Elf Racket (2002)

8 songs

Produced, written, conducted and performed by Stranger Lazy at One-Mic Studios in Greenwood, IN.
© Copyright 2003 Who's Making Coffee? / ASCAP.
An Historic Mid-Air Collision
6:18
Nothing Like a Stop Sign
4:21
Coincidence and the Rest of Us
4:52
Faron's Wheel
8:02
7
0:47
Roger Fenton's Photographic Wagon
5:22
The Success of the Academy
7:18
Dark Matter and the Critical Mass
2:55