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Lazy Susan
12+ albums
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about
1) Lazy Susan rose from the ashes of several Sydney pop groups in early 1999. Based around the songwriting of Paul Andrews and Pete Wilson, and featuring Dave Keys on bass and Tim Byron on keyboards, Lazy Susan has earned a large and loyal following in an Australian music scene often characterised by hype, hyperbole and haircuts. Lazy Susan's music suggests its members have spent a lifetime developing their musical roots while listening to the likes of Elvis Costello, Paul Weller, Todd Rundgren, Bob Dylan, Aimee Mann, Squeeze's Difford and Tilbrook and quintessential Australian bands like The Sunnyboys and Happy Hate Me Nots. Lazy Susan's debut album, Long Lost, released in 2001, was an unqualified success. Radio played the hell out of three of the album's tracks, Bobby Fischer, Canada and Clumsy, while it also elicited glowing praise from Australia's music press and punters alike. Lazy Susan's songs embedded themselves in the mental-playlists of Australian music fans, gaining national telly and radio exposure, while the band cemented their reputation as a damn fine live act. Two and half years later, Lazy Susan entered the studio to record Long Lost's follow up, Never Better (2004). Never Better was a more thought-out and expansive record, adding horns and strings and exploring Lazy Susan's songwriting and arranging skills. They grew up but they didn't bland out. Again, singles like Sometimes and Looking Backwards copped a well-deserved flogging on the country's airwav
