[split cassette] - Swim Ignorant Fire/Count Brent & the Maestros

Swim Ignorant Fire/Count Brent & the Maestros
[split cassette]
LAZ009 - CS ($4)

Holy hiatus, Batman! This is Lazy Roar's first release in nearly ten months! Though, I think you will agree that it was worth the wait after you hear this haunting split release from two Chicago natives: Ambient guitar-loop guru Swim Ignorant Fire and freak orchestra Count Brent & the Maestros. Inspired by the events following the BP oil spill in the gulf coast, Swim Ignorant Fire presents us with a beautiful high-concept piece on side A, while Count Brent & the Maestros feed us our daily dose of Meat Loaf-infused noisy goodness on side B. Love-dubbed C-62s sprayed with silver paint with a double-sided high-quality printed j-card. Cover photos by Count Brent with text by Stephen Holliger.

OUT OF PRINT - Email lazyroar@gmail.com if you're interested, I might still have a copy laying around!

Empty - Healthy Animal

Healthy Animal
Empty
LAZ007 - CS ($4)
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If you've been keeping up with the Healthy Animal Facebook page(which you should), you'll know very well that his energetic psych noise jams are literally getting better by the day. Empty is his newest compendium of wonderfulness, featuring almost an hour of new music, as well as covers of Spacemen 3 and Swans songs. Drawing influence from shoegaze, drone, shitgaze, and everything in between, there's something here for every kind of noise connoisseur. Love-dubbed, sparkly black and silver cassette tapes with a full-color, five-panel j-card, all wrapped up in aluminum foil and tied with twine. Also be sure to check out the previous Healthy Animal release.

CURRENTLY SOLD OUT

If you want one, there may still be a chance. Email me at lazyroar@gmail.com

[self-titled] - Jailhouse Fuck

Jailhouse Fuck
[self-titled]
LAZ008 - LP ($10)

Lazy Roar was always intended to be a label where fun punk rock music could coexist with heavy experimentalism and, so far, the LR catalog has heavily favored the latter. With the label's first ever vinyl release, however, the punk side is reclaiming what is rightfully theirs. Known for their intense live shows throughout the Swedish underground, Jailhouse Fuck's newest release is a powerful, six song romp with intricate drums, shattering guitars, and Mika Miko-esque vocals. Mastered at 33 1/3 RPMs for nice, wide grooves, delivering the hi-fi sound you've always craved from your thrash punk records. Full color, semi-gloss insert and a professionally printed fold-over cover. Edition of 137. A 10" version of this record is also available from the UK's Clan Destine Records.

OUT OF PRINT - Email lazyroar@gmail.com if you're interested, I might still have a copy laying around!

"Discovery" compilation tape

[Various artists]
Discovery
LAZ004 - CS ($4)
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How do you describe the indescribable? Through song, of course. A few months ago, sixteen artists took on the challenge of composing a piece of music that captures of the experience of experience and the feeling of feeling. The finished product plays much more like a mixtape or collaboration than a mere compilation, with each song seamlessly picking up where the previous one left off. Cassette culture is back, baby. With over 70 minutes of material, this floating, flowing epic is not to be missed. Mastered and compiled by Rob Duffy of Kleptocephalus with awesome artwork by Jay Harmon of Boy Fruit. Edition of 100, dubbed onto translucent neony yellowish-green cassettes.

List of artists featured:
Bengar Use Hypnosis!
Blackfeet
Bob Dignan Anthony
Boy Fruit
Bradford
First Dog To Visit The Center Of The Earth
The Great Red Shark
Healthy Animal
The Letter Box Project
Living (member of Inverness)
Maxwell Hell
Mystery Cave
Panthalassa
Splinter Villa
Tamma's Music Box
Young Man

OUT OF PRINT - Email lazyroar@gmail.com if you're interested, I might still have a copy laying around!

Pour Le Merite - The Dead Baron

The Dead Baron
Pour le Mérite
LAZ003 - CD ($6)

"The Baron is not all that he appears. On the surface, his lo-fi drum and bass thrashings appear as senseless sonic soldiers reaking their merciless, discordant onslaught. Digging deeper, however, you start to see the class through the chaos. Take the title of the album, for example. If you've been reading up on your Prussian military history, you know that Pour le Mérite, which translates literally to "for the merit", was the highest honor an officer could receive circa World War I. A similarly titled order was also given for contributions on science and art. Notable recipients of this civil-class award included Charles Darwin, Johannes Brahms, and Albert Einstein. What does this all have to do with badass noise rock? Absolutely nothing, and that's why it's awesome. Professionally pressed and imprinted compact disc goodness with authentically scorched cover insert. A limited number of CDs also contain a foam glider."


OUT OF PRINT - Email lazyroar@gmail.com if you're interested, I might still have a copy laying around!

[s/t cassette] - Healthy Animal

Healthy Animal

[Self-titled]
LAZ001 - CS ($4)
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"People seem to have a 'thing' for round records. CDs are alive and kickin' while vinyl has been rudely awakened from it's slumber. Somewhere in between life and death lives the four-cornered orphan of the music industry: the cassette tape. Bring this wide-eyed child into your home and he'll share his best-kept secret with you: A Floridian minor calling himself Healthy Animal has been cranking out some seriously quality psych-noise jams in his bedroom for quite some time now. Luckily for you, in return for giving a rejected audio format a home, this lonesome bard will sing and wail of these sonic journeys. Recorded with little more than a fuzzbox and microphones salvaged from Rock Band and Hey You, Pikachu!, this here is a prime example of quality experimentation and musicianship thriving through technical constraints. Pro-dubbed and spray stenciled c30 cassette tape with killer collage coverart by the artist. Includes random plastic zoo animal, restrained for your protection and the safety of others. Edition of 100.

OUT OF PRINT - Email lazyroar@gmail.com if you're interested, I might still have a copy laying around!